Synopsis
Many research handbooks seem too complicated. In fact, you might just need a hand getting started.
Writing your thesis: A friendly guide focuses on the common foundations of all academic research, preparing students – from undergraduates to doctoral students – to use advanced research handbooks more efficiently and confidently for their thesis, capstone project, or dissertation.
This book is different from other research handbooks because it moves you along through interactive work pages that you can build into the first draft of your thesis. The process is intuitive, logical, and aligned with your real thesis concerns and hopes.
With the Friendly Guide, thousands of students from around the world have written good theses, handed them in on time, and even had a little fun along the way. They look back on the thesis journey with nostalgia rather than horror, and look forward to applying their research in their professional context.
Writing your thesis : A friendly guide is available as a full page-sized paperback book, allowing you to capture your notes and ideas. It is also available in eBook format, which includes download capacity and direct translation in multiple languages.
Full details about the book, including Table of Contents, available here.
Accredited faculty members may contact us to request an eBook inspection copy.
Dr. Elizabeth Florent Treacy, MSc, MA (Distinction), PhD
Senior Lecturer and Thesis Director
INSEAD Executive Degree Programmes
Supervisor for Executive Coaching and Consulting
(Cert. Tavistock Inst. Human Relations, London)
INSEAD
boulevard de Constance
77305 Fontainebleau Cedex, France
e-mail: elizabeth.florent@insead.edu
Elizabeth Florent Treacy, MSc, MA (Distinction), PhD is a Senior Lecturer and Thesis Director at INSEAD, a global business school consistently ranked among the best in the world.
Dr. Florent Treacy is an accomplished researcher and author. She has written or co-authored dozens of books, case studies, chapters and articles that apply a system-psychodynamics lens to understanding human challenges in organizational life. While she privileges research outputs with accessible and practical implications, she has also published in top academic journals in her field, including Harvard Business Review on-line, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, and Intl Journal of Human Resource Management. She continues to present her work at academic conferences, such as the Academy of Management Annual Meeting.
Dr. Florent Treacy is currently navigating the changing landscape of artificial intelligence and human-led research. Her focus is on aiding researchers to develop their human capacities to see what A.I. cannot yet see. In parallel, she views the structures of scientific research as solid containment for newer methods of data gathering and analysis.
In her role as thesis director, Dr. Florent Treacy has supervised hundreds of MA-level thesis projects. She works with students from all over the world to develop solid bridges between their academic studies and real-world application. She delights in supporting students who seek to develop their research post-thesis in many ways, from in-company action research to articles, books, and PhD studies.
Elizabeth Florent Treacy is also an organizational consultant and certified supervisor (Tavistock Institute for Human Relations, London) for executive coaches and organizational consultants. From 2017-2019 she held the INSEAD Dutch Alumni Research Fellowship in Governance, Leadership and Diversity.
Dr. Caroline Rook, PhD
Lecturer in Leadership and Director of External Staff
Henley Business School MBA and Masters Programmes
Executive Coach (Prof. Cert. Henley Business School)
Henley Business School, UK
Dr. Caroline Rook, Dipl.-Psych, PhD is a Lecturer and Director of External Staff at Henley Business School, a top UK business school with triple-accreditation.
Her work on healthy and productive leaders and organizations is published in leading academic journals such as Human Relations and Leadership. Practical application of her research is important to Dr. Rook, who regularly holds webinars and publishes blogs on her research. Her co-authored blog on decoding signs of stress and supporting teams’ stress management during the Covid-19 pandemic was the most read blog at INSEAD Knowledge in 2020/2021. Her research on best practice in executive coaching is published in leading publications such as International Coaching Psychology Review and Harvard Business Review Blog Series.
Dr. Rook is passionate about bringing academic research and management practice together to create evidence based practices that create and support sustainable healthy performance at work. Recently, she organised the 13th Developing Leadership Capacity Conference at Henley Business School on creating leadership capacity for healthy organisations. She also presents her research regularly at international academic conferences and national and international business events. She is an experienced Executive Coach in individual and group coaching.
She supports students from all over the world through her pragmatic mindset with solid intellectual curiosity to complete their research and writing projects successfully. In her work at Henley, INSEAD, and Lord Ashcroft International Business School, she has supervised hundreds of BA, MA, PhD and DBA-level dissertations.
