3TRANSFORMING “HUNCHES” INTO AN EXCITING RESEARCH TOPIC
Derek Walker and Beverley Lloyd-Walker
Introduction
This chapter explains how mature doctoral candidates with project management experience face developing a research topic. Many have a vague “gut feeling” for a topic that is implicit, embedded in their praxis, but generally, initially poorly expressed. Skilled supervisors help candidates explicate ideas from an interesting perspective. Supervisor-candidate discussion outcomes need rigour to identify knowledge gaps and how these may be bridged to doctoral thesis standards. The resulting topic must be sufficiently interesting to sustain the candidate and supervisor for 3–5 years!
Mature experienced doctoral ...
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