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Ph.D. Journey Dynamics Template

By: Raafat Mahmoud ZainiWorcester Polytechnic Institute

System Dynamics & Organizational Behavior

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Ph.D. is about the Process Not just the Outcomes.. Khalid Saeed

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My “Search for Research” Story .. So farTEMPLATE

Starting topic

Projects/ideas

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My “Search for Research” Story .. So farSAMPLE

Innovation sustainability

in R&D organizations

Strategies for

University Growth

(HE)

Qualifier (FBS,

Professional competence

models)Empirical Case of a technical

organization

Dissent in

Organizations

AramcoOr

KAUST(HE)

KAUSTStrategy

Effectiveness?

(HE)

US organization

Compare with other succ . univ.

4/25/2013

R&D Org.(Projects Dynamics

view)

4/5/

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July 2011

May2012

April 2012

May – Dec 2012

February 2013

March2013

Nov. 2012

4/2/2013

Compare with AIT OR LUMS

15 April 2013

operational variables to create the

issue reference

mode

23Ap

ril 2

013

START

CURRENT

My clean “Research” Story (TEMPLATE)

Starting topic

Path A

Path B

B1

CONTEXTFinal Dissertation

Title

FRAME A

FRAME B

A1

5Time (years)

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START YEAR 1 2 3 4 5

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No., No., p Example: 1,4p-> 1st deliverable, 4 times presented, p: published

My clean “Research” Story (SAMPLE)

Innovation sustainability in

R&D organizations

WPI-Project Strategies for

University Growth

Composition Dynamics & the Paths of

Change Dissent in

Organizations

Higher Education

Institutions

Modeling Manifest and Latent

structures in a University:

Understanding Resources and

Dissent Dynamics

Manifest structures

Tangible View

Latent Structures

Intangible View

MIT-Skoltech Project

Startup Research Universities Strategies

6Time (years)

Dive

rgen

ce

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

0

1, 4p2, 2p

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No., No., p Example: 1,4p-> 1st deliverable, 4 times presented, p: published

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Type/Title Presentation Bibliography

1 Conference paper/TITLE

Published in Journal Title. 

• colloquium • Meeting• Competition• Conference

Citation

Important Feedback:

Deliverable Documentation (TEMPLATE)

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Type/Title Presentation Bibliography

1 Conference paper/Strategies for University Growth: A System Dynamics Analysis of Organizational Change

Published in a special issue on Education as a Complex System in Systems Research and Behavioral Science journal. 

• 25th Ualbany-MIT-WPI colloquium @ Ualbany, November 2012

• Benelux SD chapter meeting at Radboud University in Nijmegen, January 2013

• WPI Graduate Innovation Exchange ( 1st place award), March 2013

• Poster at 31st ISDC, Cambridge, July 2013

Zaini, R., Radzicki, M., Saeed, K., Pavlov, O., Hoffman, A., & Tichenor, K. (2013). Strategies for University Growth: A System Dynamics Analysis of Organizational Change. In R. Eberlein & I. J. Martinez-Moyano (Eds.), . Presented at the Proceedings of the 31st International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, System Dynamics Society.

Zaini, R. M., Pavlov, O. V., Saeed, K., Radzicki, M. J., Hoffman, A. H., & Tichenor, K. R. (2016). Let’s Talk Change in a University: A Simple Model for Addressing a Complex Agenda. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, n/a–n/a. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2408

Feedback: Appropriately limited example of one way to conduct a modeling study so as to affect policy decisions ..

Deliverables Documentation (SAMPLE)

“Research” Story Pattern

Innovation sustainability in

R&D organizations

WPI-Project Strategies for

University Growth

Composition Dynamics & the Paths of

Change Dissent in

Organizations

Higher Education

Institutions

Model Based Organizational

Design:The context of

Higher Education Institutions

Manifest structures

Tangible View

Latent Structures

Intangible View

MIT-Skoltech Project

Startup Research Universities Strategies

9Time (years)

Dive

rgen

ce

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

0

12

3

Reference ModeClassesProjectsBooksPapersPresentations in colloquiums, conference

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Dynamic Hypothesis of what controls the journey path

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Ph.D. Research story structure

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Few tips ..may be• Leading the process

– Committee formulation– Plan of Study– Calls for meetings– Setting milestones– One-on-one consultations

• Logging events– Meetings– Conversations– Correspondence

• Reflective journaling– What worked and what didn’t– Successes and setbacks– Feelings

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Few tips ..may be• Utilizing assignments & projects

– Making the best out of classes– Structured supervision– Can go places

• Going with the flow– Accepting change– Letting go vs. losing

• Embracing time delays– Absorbing vs. Bouncing

• Sharing – Updating – Sharing– Venting– Writing – Presenting– Building a story– Making connections

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Ph.D. Journey Journal Entries• Topics:

– Advisor meeting– Committee meeting– Important events– Important decisions taken

• Meeting date• Attendees• Discussed topics• Milestones• TO DO list• Feelings

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