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Academic career development: Career development support for Ph. Dstudents and post-docs Janne Tienari

Janne Tienari • Professor, Organization and Management • Director of Doctoral Program School of Business, Aalto University janne. tienari@aalto. fi; +358 -50 -3531093

This presentation 1. Aalto BIZ doctoral program in context 2. Career support for Ph. D-students and post-docs

1) Aalto BIZ doctoral program in context

Aalto University A merger of three leading Finnish higher education institutions University of Art & Design Helsinki, founded 1871 Helsinki University of Technology, founded 1849 Helsinki School of Economics, founded 1911 •

Aalto schools Art, Design & Architechture Business Chemical Technology Electrical Engineering Science

Context for doctoral education • (Long) transition to a more ’Anglo-American’ model of doctoral education (and academic work) in Finland - Professional Ph. D-work (4 years); funding model; new academic career models • Synchronizing University and School level policies and guidelines at Aalto (director and coordinator groups) - Admission criteria and selection process; funding model; supervision plan; advisory committees; transferable skills; placement after Ph. D • Efficiency and cost reduction combined with higher quality

Aalto BIZ Doctoral Program Disciplines (12 in total): • • • Organization and Management International Business Organizational communication Entrepreneurship Accounting Business Law Marketing Information Systems Science Management Science Logistics Economics Finance Approx. 200 active Ph. D-students; approx. 20 -25 dissertations per year

Learning Services – Doctoral Program (TOKO) Staff: Coordinator (studies) Responsible for infrastructure and support for Ph. D-students • Planning and implementation of doctoral education and administrative services • Process owner (administrator) of the funding model for first and second year Ph. D-students Curriculum development and core courses Support for (1) • Essential academic skills: doing research, Producing text and giving presentations (2) academic writing and (3) • Qualitative research: Principles and practices crafting article • Quantitative research: Principles and practices manuscripts • Philosophy of Social Science • Paper development workshop: Qualitative research • Paper development workshop: Quantitative research

Points of development at Aalto BIZ Recruitment • Clearer admission criteria and (more) competitive selection process New program structure and content • Tripartite structure (specialization areas: business, economics, finance) under common umbrella • More flexibility for departments and disciplines in terms of content and process More focus on student-supervisor relationship • E. g. supervision plan; supervisor teams / committees New criteria for program quality assessment • First position after Ph. D: top universities across the world? Common core Business Economics Differences across disciplines… Finance

2) Career support for Ph. D-students and post-docs

Aalto BIZ: focus on preparing Ph. D: s for nimi career in academia Laitoksen 9/16/2020 12

Elements of support • Research • Teaching • ”Transferable skills”

Research Learning to do research • Theories • Methodologies • Empirical work Building a manuscript portfolio • Several manuscripts at different stages (in progress; under review; under revision) • Variety of journals targeted (”top” journals and others) • Single authored (to show that you are capable of independent work) and • Co-authored (to show that you can collaborate with relevant others) Specialist or generalist?

Teaching • Assisting in (developing) courses • Lecturing; grading • Pedagogical training

”Transferable skills” (under construction) • Media, communication and presentation skills • Ethics- and integrityrelated skills • Project management skills • Leadership skills • Entrepreneurship (selfemployment) skills

Career coaching; mentoring; wellbeing support

Support for life after graduation Help from supervisor and advisors • Introduce to networks • Encourage conferencing • Co-authoring • Advice in writing CV: s and applications • Advice in preparing for job interviews

Aalto Tenure Track • New career system based on US models • Key objective: attracting top talent (from outside Finland) • Principle of systematic evaluation: predictability, transparency and comparability

However… two ways to understand (academic) career Hierarchical Hybrid Teaching Service Research Public debate Consultancy

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