Professional doctorate in advanced practice and research: consultation and the organisation (D10D)
Course overview
This course will provide you with an advanced and sophisticated education in organisational consultancy in a stimulating learning community. It is designed to equip you, as a professional consultant, to work with the complexities of contemporary organisations in consulting and researching using a systems-psychodynamic framework. You will complete an original research project in an area of relevance to the profession and contribute to the knowledge base in the field.
It is uniquely arranged with other professional doctorates covering social work and social care and systemic therapy, making for a multidisciplinary student body and enriching learning experience.
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There are two taught modules per year: Research Methods and Advanced Practice.
The Research Methods module involves formal research teaching including lectures, seminars, research conferences and individual research supervision.
Advanced Practice includes presentations from a range of expert practitioners in the field, practice-based and theoretical seminars, peer discussions and individual practice supervision. The emphasis throughout is on the development and integration of theory and its practical application to consultancy and research in context.
The programme will equip you with the skills to design and execute original applicable research informed by professional practice. It will enable you to contribute to a growing body of knowledge about organisational consultancy from a systems psychodynamic perspective and give you an advanced academic understanding of the field.
Research Methods is taught as part of the Tavistock and Portman's integrated doctorate programme in advanced practice and research. This will give you the opportunity to experience peer learning and support and the benefits of participation in a stimulating research community. Towards the end of year two you will finalise the design of your research project which you will then carry out with the support of supervisors and peer discussion. You may take a minimum of two years and a maximum of four years to complete your research and write your thesis. During this time, you will have the benefit of access to the Tavistock and Portman and the University of Essex online seminars and web-based learning opportunities.
This course will enable you to continue your professional and academic development to an advanced level in order to meet the increasingly complex needs of organisations and deepen your understanding of intrinsic organisational issues. You will leave the course with the capacity to develop others in organisational consultancy.
What our students say
“Involvement with this programme has enabled me to think much more clearly and analytically about my professional work with clients, and also to confidently take on consultancy roles of increasing scale and complexity. I have found the research component particularly rewarding and exciting, as it has enabled me to develop a proposal that opens up new horizons in my intellectual and professional development.”
"The Doctorate certainly does what it says on the box. I feel much more able to take up my role as a consultant, and near the end of completing my research, have been offered several senior positions in the consultancy world. Delighted.”
“Teaching is consistently high quality; the course design is a strength.”
“As an independent practitioner I have been able to think more clearly about my work.”
This course is for you if you are an organisational consultant who has prior education and experience in working from a systems-psychodynamic approach to consultancy and you wish to question and extend your skills and deepen your knowledge. Organisational consultants looking to move into positions requiring sophisticated capacities to research organisational phenomena will also enjoy this course.
In order to undertake this course, we ask that you:
- have either completed our Masters in Consulting and leading in organisations: psychodynamic and systemic approaches course, or have a Masters degree or equivalent in consulting to organisations or a relevant subject.
- are engaged in work as a consultant - either employed or self-employed, or as an employee within an organisation with managerial responsibilities. As the teaching methods rely on learning from experience at emotional, social and intellectual levels, a capacity to work in this way is essential. We welcome applications from those with equivalent experience.
Attendance
Part-time, two days per month, on a Thursday and Friday.
Assessment
Knowledge and understanding of research methods is assessed via a critical literature review in Year 1 and by the submission of a research proposal in Year 2, which may then form the basis for the research project and final thesis of 40,000 words.
Students are required to carry out a minimum of four consultancy assignments throughout the first two years of the programme, in which they will either work alone or, where appropriate (and where the student has a primary role), as part of a team. Three of these assignments are written up as detailed case studies and are assessed on the basis of application of an ethical and client centred systems psychodynamic approach, understanding of organisational function and self-reflective capacity. Other assignments recorded as field notes as part of a practice log. This log is then appended to a Professional Development summary report which forms the last assignment and which is assessed on the basis of a reflective self appraisal, consultancy mindset and the range of work presented.
Doctorate students are invited to participate in the Advanced Practice programme for a third year and on successful completion of an additional two case studies will be eligible for the Tavistock Qualification in Consulting (TQC).
2021:
7/8 October
11/12 November
9/10 December
2022:
6/7 Jan
20/11 February
10/11 March
21/22 April
19/20 May
16/17 June.
2022:
6th and 7th October
10th and 11th November
8th and 9th December
2023:
5th and 6th January
9th and 10th February
9th and 10th March
20th and 21st April
18th and 19th May
15th and 16th June
Home
£ 7,570 per year
International
£ 15,140 per year
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Please note that course fees are subject to a 3% or CPI uplift each year, whichever is greater.
We are happy offer a range of ways to pay your fees, as well as some funding for specific courses.