Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

The Doctor in Business Administration (D.B.A.) degree prepares leaders to serve in today's dynamic organizations. Students will gain the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to lead their organizations through complex changes in our global society by continually transforming their organizations through developing people and processes, and implementing strategic initiatives in order to maintain a competitive advantage.

The Doctoral Degree program incorporates a protocol of dissertation work, a research proposal and a dissertation thesis. Progress through the program will be developed by connections between learning and planned career tasks, applying theories to leadership challenges at the students' organization. Dissertation work will identify a specific organizational challenge. Once data is gathered related to your identified problem, student will analyze the data, considering related literature on the topic. Student will identify solutions to address the core issue of research based on new insights and ideas. Through this process, student will demonstrate the ability to generate, and transform organizational leadership knowledge.

Program Learning Outcomes

• Discuss and contrast business issues and trends and analyze how to conduct business research in new global contexts.
• Analyze, compare, and evaluate advanced knowledge and competencies considering the latest academic business theories, new technological tools, financial analysis, and the use of operations research in the global field of business administration.
• Explain and apply effective research skills including formulation of research problems; integration of previous publications into an appropriate literature review; design of a research study; data analysis; and an ability to summarize and present the results.
• Generate and assess the ethical and social obligations and responsibilities of business for the purpose of responsible management.
• Discuss and combine the integration of business and non-business disciplines to generate novel ideas, strategies, and practical approaches to address the business problems faced by senior management in organizations.
• Evaluate complex industry challenges using the framework of industry rules and regulations in order to prescribe conclusions in real world environments.
• Analyze and develop techniques and ethical methods of business intelligence to overcome competitive barriers.
• Analyze and develop knowledge management principles and research methods in leading organizations in the world market.
• Complete final thesis such as a research study, presenting detailed results and analyses. Present a careful synthesis and evaluation of the work done and the findings obtained and project where future investigations lines may be.

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