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The central function of KATAJA is to support doctoral students in their efforts to attain their licentiate and doctoral degrees.
Doctoral level education in business studies is offered at 12 academic institutions in Finland. The cooperation between these has been found to be important because of the small size of business administration departments, their sparse location, the large number of subjects taught and the cost-cutting possibilities. KATAJA also coordinates graduate schools of business administration.
General information on KATAJA’S teaching program
Since the beginning of the 1980’s KATAJA has organized research courses and tutorials for doctoral students in business studies.
KATAJA’s teaching program consists of subject courses, specialized courses, and courses in research skills. In addition KATAJA students can participate in courses arranged by the Swedish doctoral program ‘ Doctoral program in Management and IT’ (henceforth MIT).
Subject courses deal with the theories of central research fields and the bases of these. Specialized courses focus on topical research themes within the various research areas. Training in research skills consists of courses in research methods and philosophy of science.