About Phd Strategy, Operations And Leadership in Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh

This group comprises seven academics including experts in Quality Management, Business Performance, Project Management, Strategic Management, Management, Management and Business History, and International Management. Collectively, they are some of the most highly cited global leaders in their fields. The group represents a diverse range of research interests that include Policy and strategy development and organizational change with a particular interest in what people do in the development of strategy:

• Measuring and managing business performance with a view to understanding what makes high performing organisations different and how organisational controls could be optimised to underpin sustainable long term business performance
• Business process management and the use of Lean Six Sigma, quality management and wider business improvement approaches in a wide range of sectors and industries
• Management of strategic projects and strategic management and organisational controls in temporary organisations  
• The international political economy of infrastructure systems
• Internet portals, website quality, social networks and the market reach of rural small firms
• Strategic and performance management of SMEs
• Origins, history and cultural practices of hospitality; and philosophical, ethical and cultural underpinnings of contemporary management practices.

Research of the group is informed by significant industry engagement across public and private sector organisations. The Strategy, Operation and Leadership group includes the following academics:

Academic qualification equivalents

• A post graduate degree with related subject

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS :6.5 
• TOEFL IBT: 90
• PTE: 58-64

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Heriot-Watt University Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

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Living in a rented flat may vary according to the type of accommodation and facilities being availed. The estimated monthly cost including food and travel is £923.