Doctorate of Business Administration

As an MBA, you can already analyze practical business problems, take calculated risks and make timely decisions for your team. Businesses, especially the Fortune 500, have a huge war chest and spend a significant portion of it for staying ahead in the industry. They do this by solving their customers’ problems of tomorrow while their smaller peers play catch-up. They need professionals with strong research and analytical skills in addition to the business management experience that MBAs possess. If you desire to land a C-level position in an enterprise or are looking for a role in academia, our Doctorate of Business Administration program would be the best complement to your MBA.

This program fosters the development of students who:

• Desire to take on leadership and managerial positions within an organization that demand a higher order of critical thinking, decision-making, and communication skills.
• Apply advanced qualitative and quantitative data analysis to solve complex business problems.
• Analyze and critically assess the dilemmas and issues that impact an organization and its business processes.
• Incorporate problem-solving methods and advanced research techniques that organizations implement to gain a competitive advantage in the global marketplace.
• Master the skill-sets necessary to address a variety of specialized areas within the business world such as organizational management, information security, project management, human resources, accounting, and finance.

Program Objectives

Upon completion of this degree program, graduates will be able to:

• Foster a learning environment that focuses on all facets of an organization including, leadership, information security, project management, supply chain, accounting, and managing an organization.
• Evaluate how organizations inspire employees and nurtures a positive organizational culture.
• Utilize qualitative and/or quantitative methods to analyze critical business issues.
• Employ project management tools, methods, and techniques in effort to reduce waste while improving quality and safety throughout an organization.
• Collaborate effectively as a business practitioner and researcher using both verbal and written communication methods.

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Comprehensive & Qualifying Exam

Doctoral students enrolled in the DBA program must pass the Comprehensive & Qualifying Exam. This exam is used to evaluate mastery of the concepts and foundations of applied research and is administered concurrently in weeks 4-8 of the RM9100 course in a separate course shell called MB9130-CX (0 credits).

Doctorate of Business Administration Credit Requirements

The Doctorate of Business Administration consists of a minimum of 62 semester credits, including 48 credits of pre-dissertation courses (consisting of 30 credits of content taken from core and specialization courses, 6 credits of research methods courses, 6 credits of research methodologies courses, 6 credits of research-preparation courses) and 14 credits of dissertation development courses.

To ensure that doctoral students make steady progress towards the completion of their dissertations, the University has developed the Dissertation Project Plan. This plan consists of a series of deliverables students produce in research methods courses and dissertation courses.

Finally, prior to conferral of the degree, the doctoral candidate must successfully defend the doctoral dissertation in an oral presentation before the Dissertation Committee.

Transfer Credits

A maximum of nine semester credits equivalent to our courses in content, credit and level and taken for graduate credit, as part of a degree or graduate certificate program, from an accredited institution may be transferred.