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<p class=MsoNormal><b>2 PhD scholarships available<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Applications are invited from
suitable qualified graduates for two PhD scholarships at the Business Process
Management Group, Information Systems Discipline at Queensland University of
Technology as part of the ARC projects “<b>Facilitating Process
Standardization and Reuse</b>” and “<b>Risk-aware Business Process
Management</b>”. The term of the scholarships is three years. The
scholarships provide financial support towards study and living costs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Project Background</b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>One of the most pressing management challenges of today's
organisations lies in the reuse and standardisation of best practices across
different sectors, products or units. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>In the project “<b><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Facilitating
Process Standardization and Reuse”</span></b>, we will develop an
innovative open-source software platform and appropriate governance structures
to efficiently and effectively support best practices standardisation and
reuse. We will examine theoretically and empirically the use, appropriation,
governance and impact of the software platform in contexts of process standardization
and reuse.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>In the project <b><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Risk-aware
Business Process Management</span></b>, our intent is to increase risk
awareness in corporate process management and to increased process awareness
within corporate risk management. We will investigate, evaluate and enhance
current approaches for the identification, analysis, evaluation, treatment, and
overall management of risk as it relates to business processes. Informed by
relevant mathematical foundations, conceptual-analytical research, and empirical
evidence from a range of case studies, the project will extend established
process management approaches by explicitly including the concept of
‘risk’ as an integral part of process definition and enactment.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>The Research Group<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>QUT’s BPM research group is one of the largest BPM
research groups in the world with impressive academic achievements, significant
third-party funded research projects and major industry linkages.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>QUT’s BPM Group is situated within the Information
Systems Discipline, the highest ranked IS research department in Australia
based on research quality. The discipline is currently the highest ranked IS
department in Australia or Europe in terms of publications in the top six IS
journals worldwide.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>QUT’s BPM Group has a global reputation for its work
on BPM maturity management, process improvement, process modeling, and workflow
technology. The group has had substantial impact on the global body of BPM
knowledge and its uptake in industry and academia. Research from the BPM group
has appeared in premier outlets journals such as the <i>MIS Quarterly</i>, the <i>Journal
of the AIS</i>, the <i>European Journal of IS</i>, <i>Decision Support Systems</i>,
<i>Information Systems</i>, <i>ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and
Methodology</i>, and others.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>To find out more, please visit the research group’s
website (<a href="http://www.bpm.scitech.qut.edu.au">http://www.bpm.scitech.qut.edu.au</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Application Criteria<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>The successful applicant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
lang=EN style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:
Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN>has a Master's degree in
information systems, business administration, computer science or a comparable
field. He or she completed the Master’s degree with a GPA of 6 or higher
(or equivalent).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
lang=EN style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:
Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>has the ambition and
capabilities to complete a high-quality PhD project within 3 years.</span><span
lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
lang=EN style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:
Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>has a strong research mindset,
and evidence of skills in theoretical and empirical research.</span><span
lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
lang=EN style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:
Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>possesses strong analytical and
problem-solving capabilities.</span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
lang=EN style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:
Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>speaks and writes fluently in
English.</span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>likes to work in an
international setting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Application Procedure<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Applicants are required to submit a letter of application
for the scholarship to Associate Professor Jan Recker (<a
href="mailto:j.recker@qut.edu.au">j.recker@qut.edu.au</a>) by <b>30<sup>th</sup>
April 2011</b>, briefly describing qualifications, relevant skills and areas of
research interest. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Applicants will be screened and, if suitable, invited for
further assessment and interviews.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The following supporting documents are required: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>CV including a comprehensive list and details of
all publications if any.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>Certified copies of academic transcripts.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>Copies of most important research papers or
theses<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>A letter stating how the above criteria are met
by the applicant<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>2 letters of reference from academics who have
taught/supervised the applicant at university.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
<ns0:PersonName>Dr Jan Recker</ns0:PersonName><br>
Associate Professor for Information Systems and Business Process Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Co-Leader
of the Business Process Management Group<br>
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of Technology<br>
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</ns0:place></ns0:country-region>CRICOS No. 00213J</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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