Small defence (PEME and EKE)

Small defence terms:

 

2024
09.01.2024 /10:00/MO/PEM/RB436/Ing. Daniel Šubrt/KAM-doc. Špaček
2023

05.12.2023/13:00/MO/PEM/Eva Hovořáková/RB334/doc. Pauknerová

14.12.2023/09:00/MO/PEM/KMG/RB359/Bartoš/doc. Stříteský

18.10.2023/14:00/RB438/Marcel Sieber/supervisor prof. Malý (PEME)

27.06.2023/10:45/RB434/Jan Wegert/supervisor doc. Karlíček

26.05.2023/12:30/RB459/Marcel Sieber/supervisor prof. Malý (PEME)

22.05.2023/11:00/RB438/KSG/Martin Vogl/supervisor prof. Hnilica (PEME)

10.05.2023/10:00/RB 359/KPO/Ing. Daniel Šubrt/supervisor doc. Ing. Miroslav Špaček, Ph.D., MBA

27.06.2023/11:00/KMG/Bartoš/supervisor doc. Stříteský (room tbd)

27.06.2023/10:00/KMG/Thümler/supervisor doc. Tahal (room tbd) (PEME)

03.02.2023/12:30/ RB 111 /Mgr. Nikola Frollová/supervisor doc. Ing. Petr Houdek, Ph.D.

11.01.2023/11:00/RB 334/Ing. Kateřina Půbalová/supervisor doc. Jarošová

 

2021, 2022

24.10.2022/10:00/RB359/Ing. Ladislav Možný, MBA

04.10.2022/15:30/room RB-459/ Norman Hendrik Riedel, MBA (PEME)

30.9.2022/10:00/RB459/Mgr. Ivana Lukeš Rybanská – Department of Management

28. 6. 2021/13:00/online/Mgr. Petr Šimek/ The dissertation will be available at the DMG

24. 5. 2021/12:00/online/Florian Maximilian Diener, M.A./ The dissertation will be available at the DE (PEME)

14. 4. 2021/11:00/online/Manuel Mayerhoffer, MSc/ The dissertation will be available at the Department of Entrepre­neur­ship (PEME)

 

The obligation to successfully complete a small defense varies according to the Dean’s Order to which you are subject and the form of study:

Form of study Dean’s Order N3/17 of 3.4. 2017 Dean’s Order N1/14 of 10. 09. 2014
full-time until the end of the winter semester of the 3rd year during the 3rd year
combined until the end of the 4th year until the end of the 4th year

The student submits a complete dissertation to the department and study assistant in electronic form and the supervisor submits a report on the control of the originality of the thesis using the Validator program (https://validator.vse.cz/index.php). In case of requirements of the department, the student also submits a paper version. The complete dissertation must be submitted at least four weeks before the scheduled date of the small defence.

Small defence is usually attended by the staff of the department (academic staff and doctoral students), the relevant supervisor (only in exceptional cases by a representative appointed by the supervisor), opponents and representatives of the faculty with advanced knowledge of research methodology. Small defences are organized by the relevant department, incl. finding a suitable date, and informing the participants.

In a small defence, there are usually two opponents: at least one should be an expert in research methodology and at least one expert in the research area. It is enough for opponents to have a Ph.D. However, it is possible to recommend that these experts are associate professors or professors, who will then participate in the big defence as opponents. Opponents are proposed by the head of the department in cooperation with the supervisor and approved by the guarantor of the study program.

A small defence is basically a final rehearsal for the final defence, so your completed thesis is presented. The aim of the small defence is to evaluate whether the dissertation meets the requirements for this type of works, including originality check of the submitted work. The small defence also assesses your ability to present the results of your dissertation, the fulfilment of the objectives, your justification of scientific methods used and must be able to convincingly document the contribution of the doctoral student.

The committee at the small defence then provides report where they state whether your work is recommended for the actual defence (after having incorporated recommended amendments) or that your work needs further reviewing and you will need to re-attend the small defence. If the work is returned for revision, the resit of the small defence can be done in a few months later at the earliest, as your amendments to the dissertation are essential for it, requiring a large-scale revision.

Further organisational matters

  • Opponents and other academic staff addressed by the supervisor (or the head of the department) comment in writing on the doctoral student’s thesis and submit their comments and questions to the doctoral student at least one week in advance (the deadline for submitting comments may be individually adjusted by the department).
  • The minutes are usually prepared by the supervisor in cooperation with the faculty representative and approved by the head of the department. The signed record is then handed over to the dean through the study department, a copy is handed over to the doctoral student. Part of the minutes from the small defense is, among other things, a statement as to whether the submitted work is dissertable, what further adjustments are necessary and the opponents’ proposals for a large defense.
  • Newly, you will also find the result of a small defense as a course in InSIS, only defended / not defended. If the student has not defended, he should resit a small defense again.

Contact person

Department of Strategy – doc. Ing. Aleš Kubíček, Ph.D.(ales.kubicek@vse.cz)
Department of Human Resources – Ing. Marek Stříteský, Ph.D. (marek.stritesky@vse.cz)
Department of Logistics – doc. Ing. Petr Kolař, Ph.D. (petr.kolar@vse.cz)
Department of Management – doc. Ing. Petr Houdek, Ph.D. (petr.houdek@vse.cz)
Department of Arts Management – Mgr. Jan Hanzlík, Ph.D. (jan.hanzlik@vse.cz)
Department of Managerial Psychology and Sociology – doc. PhDr. Daniela Pauknerová, Ph.D. (daniela.pauknerova@vse.cz)
Department of Marketing – doc. Ing. Jan Koudelka, CSc. (jan.koudelka@vse.cz)
Department of Entrepreneurship – prof. Ing. Mgr. Martin Lukeš, Ph.D. (martin.lukes@vse.cz)
Department of Managerial Economics – doc. Ing. Tomáš Pavelka, Ph.D. (tomas.pavelka@vse.cz)