Approved by the Chairperson of the Doctoral

Committee
____________________________________
(Name, surname, signature )

____________________________________
(Date)

VILNIUS UNIVERSITY
Faculty of Economics

Georges Kfouri
(Students name and surname)

PLAN OF DOCTORAL STUDIES, RESEARCH AND PREPARATION OF

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
October 2014 April 2017
(Effective date of studies)

(Completion date of studies)

The modelling of Business Intelligence needs space structures

(Field of Science, tentative theme of doctoral dissertation)

Prof. Rimvydas Skyrius

(Name and science degree of the doctoral students supervisor)
______________________________________________________________
(Name and science degree of the doctoral students consultant)

PLAN OF DOCTORAL STUDIES

Regular studies. Duration of studies 4 years
Extended studies. Duration of studies 6 years.
Nr.

Subject

1.

Credits
7.5

Date of
examination
27/02/2015

7.5

31/05/2015

Prof. Rimvydas
Skyrius

7.5

25/12/2015

7.5

29/05/2016

Prof. Albinas
Marcinskas
Dr. Virginijus
Tamasevicius

Decision support systems

and technologies
2.
Business Intelligence
Technologies
3.
Management Theory
4.
Research
Methodology&Methods

Consultant
Prof. Rimvydas
Skyrius

5.
1

STAGES OF RESEARCH-IN-PROGRESS AND PREPARATION OF DOCTORAL

DISSERTATION
Nr.

Research assignments

1.

Literature review, survey and analysis of

publicized research data (in Lithuania and
abroad) related to the theme of Doctoral
dissertation:
1. Broad problem definition
2. Literature analysis
3. Problem field adjustment
Performance of Research-in-progress:
2.1.Establishing and defining research
methodology:
1. Definition of problem entity
2. Selection and justification of
research methodology
2.2. Empirical analysis:
1. Preparation of research procedures
2. Execution of research
2.3. Summary of analysis, conclusions:
1. Empirical findings
2. Practical implications

2.

3.

4.

5.

Implementation
deadlines
April 2015

Notes

December 2015

Preparation of separate parts of Doctoral

dissertation :
1. Description of research methodology
2. Description of research findings
3. Description of theses claimed and
conclusions
Preparation of Doctoral dissertation and its
discussion in the department

June 2016

Defence of Doctoral dissertation

April 2017

December 2016

ATTENDING CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, OTHER MOBILITY ACTIVITIES

during the period of DOCTORAL STUDIES (mobility program of ERASMUS, other
mobility means and resources of the departments, etc.)
Planned activities
1.
2.
3.

Workshop on social media and the use of web-based and mobile

technologies to turn communication into interactive dialogue, Ottawa,
Canada
Biannual Meeting of the international society for the study behavioural

Date
23 Oct 2014
12-14 Jul 2016
2

4.
5.
6.

PLANNED PUBLICATIONS OF RESEARCH RESULTS

1.
2.
3.
4.

Tentative theme of research publication, intended for scientific

journals
The linkage between the customer-centred culture and the service
quality in the Organizations
Knowledge management

Date
20 of July 2015
20 of April 2016

Signatures:
Doctoral student _________________________________________
Supervisor _____________________________________________