Planning Doctorate Degree Path As A Working Professional

How to Decide and Plan Your PhD Journey Smartly

What you'll learn
Understand and identify your drives and career goals
Understand the complete picture of a typical doctorate journey
Assess how a doctorate degree is a right choice for your career
Identify the potential challenges and pitfalls
Analysis of skills required to complete a doctorate degree
Self-assessment of your readiness for a successful doctorate degree
Decision matrix to help you prioritize your goals, decisions, and timing
Choose the least effortful pathway as working professionals
How you can do a doctorate successfully part-time alongside your day job
Prepare a plan for your doctorate journey
Requirements
Master’s degree in business or equivalent discipline
Description
About the courseTaking up a doctorate sets you apart from the rest. It establishes you as an authority or specialist in a specific field of human endeavors. It makes you come across as a knowledgeable and go-to person. Having a prestigious doctorate on your profile makes you more available in the market and presents you as a key differentiator. If you are at a turning-point stage in your corporate management career, where you are actively thinking of attaining the highest level of educational degree to create that extra edge in your career, then this course is for you.In this self-paced online introductory course, Dr. Raman K Attri shares his personal experience and research on making the right decisions. The course answers the mysteries and behind-the-scenes truth of attaining a doctorate degree with reasonably less-taxing efforts. Through several reflective sessions embedded in the course, you will assess your own journey if taking up a doctorate degree path is the right approach for you. Having completed two doctorates in a brief period, Dr. Raman will guide you through how to plan for this daunting path.Key takeawaysIdentify the skills, competencies, and expertise required to undertake successful doctorate research.Identify how you can leverage your current and previous practice-based experience and translate that into doctorate research.

Overview

Section 1: A note before you start

Lecture 1 A note for the learners

Section 2: INTRODUCTION

Lecture 2 AGENDA: What will be covered in this course? (Video lesson)

Lecture 3 AGENDA: What will be covered in this course (text lesson)

Lecture 4 BACK STORY: Why I created this course (Video)

Lecture 5 BACK STORY: Why I created this course (text version)

Lecture 6 WORTH: Is the journey worth the efforts? (Video version)

Lecture 7 WORTH: Is the journey worth the efforts? (text version)

Section 3: UNDERSTANDING YOUR MOTIVES AND DRIVERS

Lecture 8 Video Lesson

Lecture 9 SET THE IMPRESSION: Understanding how doctorate credential is generally viewed

Lecture 10 START WITH WHY: Finding out your drivers and 'why' behind your goals

Lecture 11 KNOW THE VALUE: Assess the value from 2 different viewpoints

Lecture 12 DEFINE THE VALUE: Use 5-point method to assess the value

Lecture 13 NUGGET - It is all about making smart choices

Section 4: NAVIGATING THE ANATOMY OF A DOCTORATE JOURNEY

Lecture 14 Video lesson

Lecture 15 CHOOSING STRUCTURE: Choosing the path or structure of the program wisely

Lecture 16 ESTIMATE THE TIME: Estimating time investment on the program

Lecture 17 ASSESS LEVEL OF EFFORTS: Assessing what it takes and challenges to expect

Lecture 18 FIGURE OUT THE SKILLS: Figure out 6 critical skills required to be successful

Lecture 19 NUGGET: Stay open to feedback

Section 5: ASSESSING YOUR BEST BETS AND LEVERAGES TO COMPLETE A DOCTORATE JOURNEY

Lecture 20 Video lesson

Lecture 21 KNOW YOUR PERSONALITY: Questioning if you are cut for the program

Lecture 22 LEVERAGE YOUR YOUR BEST BETS: Syncing your professional thinking process

Lecture 23 FIND KEY LEVERAGES: Scouting 3 types of leverages from various dimensions

Lecture 24 NUGGET: Leverage your personality and ecosystem

Section 6: HOW TO START THE JOURNEY WITH END IN MIND

Lecture 25 Video Lesson

Lecture 26 CHOOSE THE RIGHT MODE: Selecting the best mode or type of program

Lecture 27 SELECT A CREDIBLE AREA OF RESEARCH: Using a matrix to select a research area

Lecture 28 SELECTING A REWARDING TOPIC: Systematically selecting the most rewarding topics

Lecture 29 NUGGET: Make smart choices

Section 7: WHAT TO DO NEXT

Lecture 30 Where to go next?

Managers,Working professionals,Executives,Management professionals