[AISWorld] 2 PhD scholarships available in Information Systems @ QUT Brisbane

[Jan Recker]

2 PhD scholarships available
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 "Facilitating Process Standardization and Reuse" and "Risk-aware Business Process Management". The term of the scholarships is three years. The scholarships provide financial support towards study and living costs.

Project Background
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.
In the project "Facilitating Process Standardization and Reuse", 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.

In the project Risk-aware Business Process Management, 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.

The Research Group
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.

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.

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 MIS Quarterly, the Journal of the AIS, the European Journal of IS, Decision Support Systems, Information Systems, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, and others.

To find out more, please visit the research group's website (http://www.bpm.scitech.qut.edu.au).

Application Criteria
The successful applicant

-          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).
-          has the ambition and capabilities to complete a high-quality PhD project within 3 years.
-          has a strong research mindset, and evidence of skills in theoretical and empirical research.
-          possesses strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
-          speaks and writes fluently in English.
-          likes to work in an international setting.

Application Procedure
Applicants are required to submit a letter of application for the scholarship to Associate Professor Jan Recker (j.recker at qut.edu.au<mailto:j.recker at qut.edu.au>) by 30th April 2011, briefly describing qualifications, relevant skills and areas of research interest.
Applicants will be screened and, if suitable, invited for further assessment and interviews.

The following supporting documents are required:

-          CV including a comprehensive list and details of all publications if any.
-          Certified copies of academic transcripts.
-          Copies of most important research papers or theses
-          A letter stating how the above criteria are met by the applicant
-          2 letters of reference from academics who have taught/supervised the applicant at university.

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Dr Jan Recker
Associate Professor for Information Systems and Business Process Management
Co-Leader of the Business Process Management Group
Queensland University of Technology
Office 510 / 126 Margaret Street
Tel: +61 7 3138 9479
Fax: +61 7 3138 9390
Brisbane QLD 4000, Australia
CRICOS No. 00213J

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