Are you seeking to deepen and leverage your overall business knowledge and understanding of high-level research and new decision-making skills to successfully meet the complex challenges of the digital age? Perhaps you want to pursue this as a means of building your capabilities for digital entrepreneurship, transforming higher education energy or health industries, leadership in a public organisation, internal promotion as C-Suite Executive, or to enhance your expertise for a career in consulting. The professional executive doctorate in management is an emerging trend in business, and BSN is focused on giving you a leading edge on a global scale.

Business School Netherlands (BSN) has a globally successful tradition offering Action Learning MBA and DBA programmes in many countries, including China. The Online Executive DBA is a professional degree which exposes senior-level business professionals to innovative business technology and societal developments and concepts, such as Big Data, and their applications. The programme will develop your critical thinking, creativity, and applied research skills and enable you to integrate cutting-edge business theory and management practice. The focus of the Online Executive DBA degree is on providing a sound theoretical grounding and understanding of relevant research methodology to develop new solutions and create new value in the practice of business in the digital age. The programme is innovation orientated and emphasises the understanding, use and creative adaption of the most recent management thinking.... [-]

The Executive Doctorate in Business Administration (EDBA) is a professional doctoral program for executives who have a master’s degree in business or related advanced degree. Each student works closely with a faculty advisor for the duration of the 3-year program, and the experience culminates with a year-long dissertation that addresses issues and challenges that apply directly to the executive’s business interest. EDBA students meet once a month on campus, and no GMAT is required.

An Executive Doctorate in Business Administration (EDBA) is a doctoral degree for executives who want a pragmatic and relevant program of study and may work full time while completing their degree. Many EDBA candidates pursue the degree to advance their careers, enhance their skills and knowledge, and to fulfill personal learning goals.... [-]

IPE Management School of Paris provides the latest research-based knowledge, educating managers with superior skills and capabilities to enable them to make ongoing and lasting contributions to the global economy and their society as a whole.

Name of Programme

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

Awarding Body

L’Institut pour I’Expertise (IPE) Management School Paris , France (www.ipe-paris.com)

Study Duration

Min 3 years – Max 5 Years

Number of Subjects

11 modules (8 core modules + 2 Research focus + 1 Thesis of 50,000 words)... [-]

Self-Paced DBA

The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) is designed to cultivate the leadership necessary to tackle the challenges of senior management on an international level. A doctoral degree with managerial relevance allows top managers to deepen their expertise, contribute to the knowledge of their profession, and prepare themselves for the complex analyses and decision-making required of senior management. The program emphasizes an understanding of management as a system; understood as it operates across organizations, sectors, and cultures.

The primary objective of the program is to empower senior managers, business owners, entrepreneurs, researchers, and faculty to continue to develop their respective professions through promoting advanced theories and practices. This program prepares candidates for careers in higher levels of managerial positions by encouraging intellectual contribution and the practical application of advanced business theory.... [-]

A doctoral degree is not only a very high scientific achievement, and an often even higher personal milestone, but also a smart and sustainable investment in one‘s professional future. With the DBA offered by Munich Business School (MBS) in collaboration with Sheffield Hallam University (SHU), students can boost their academic or business careers in an international and flexible setting that doesn‘t require them to put their professional careers on hold.

PROGRAM START

October

LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

English

DURATION

48 months

FORMAT

Part-time... [-]

Studying for a DBA at UNICAF University is a vibrant and lively experience, with our wide-ranging international links and commitment to professional practice. The high quality of research and teaching at UNICAF University and its associated institutions has been widely acknowledged externally.

The DBA is an online programme aimed at outstanding managers, who hold a master’s degree or equivalent, or have many years of managerial experience and want to enhance their professional practice combining academic rigor and managerial relevance. The goal is to contribute to the state of the art knowledge in their chosen area of study through management research within current and future work settings. The Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) is a part-time professional doctoral degree with an international scope and reputation, designed to enhance executive and professional practice through the application of sound theory and rigorous research into real and complex issues in business and management. It enhances the capability to develop knowledge and theory, and their application. Key to this is a programme to develop personal, consultancy and research skills in the context of rigorous and relevant research.... [-]

The mission of the institution is to educate individuals who will contribute to the management and leadership of global organizations.

Many now hold to the proposition that the DBA is to the 21st century what the MBA was to the latter half of the 20th century. Without engaging in that debate it is certainly the case that work environments face challenges without historical precedent. Business and government leaders everywhere are confronted by novel situations for which past theories, practices, and strategies do not seem to provide the answers. Change continues to accelerate and the impacts of globalization, at once profound and subtle, affect all institutions and organizations. No longer can leaders be contented simply to apply knowledge, they must lead the generation of knowledge in their own organizations that inform practice and policy peculiar to their circumstances. In other words, business leaders today must be able to lead the conduct of work-related research. This DBA is designed to equip candidates with this capability.... [-]

Edinburgh Business School is the Graduate School of Business of Heriot-Watt University.

Edinburgh Business School has been helping working professionals become business leaders for over 25 years, offering high quality and accessible postgraduate programmes in business. Our popular online MBA, Masters, DBA and PhD programmes have accelerated the careers of over 20,000 graduates. Our students have seen increased salaries, gained promotions within their companies and many have started their own business.

Be among the very best practitioners of research-based business solutions in the world.

“The Edinburgh Business School doctoral programme unites first-class academics, rigorous training in research methods with a global practitioner community. It offers a unique opportunity for flexible distance learning DBA and PhD study with the option of on-campus support in Edinburgh, Dubai, Germany and other international bases.”... [-]

The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) is designed for candidates who, having already completed a Masters program, are looking to further develop their practical and theoretical knowledge of the principles that govern global business. The WNU DBA program emphasizes advanced decision making and leadership skills as well as in-depth knowledge of theory and applied research. Students have the opportunity to explore the challenges facing business today, including corporate social responsibility, globalization, and managing change. In keeping with our commitment to working adult professionals, we have one of the few doctoral programs in Southern California that allow students to complete their doctoral studies in an online format.... [-]

Westcliff University’s Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program is tailored specifically for working adults. You can choose from our campus or online. Each class is 8-weeks long, which provides you the opportunity to focus on one class at a time.

The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) is designed for candidates who, having already completed a Masters program, are looking to further develop their practical and theoretical knowledge of the principles that govern global business. The WU DBA program emphasizes advanced decision making and leadership skills as well as in-depth knowledge of theory and applied research. Students have the opportunity to explore challenges facing business today, including corporate social responsibility, globalization, and managing change. In keeping with our commitment to working adult professionals, we have one of the few doctoral programs in Southern California that allow students to complete their doctoral studies in a hybrid or online format. The performance outcomes which are required for the completion of the program include class participation, response to discussion questions, writing research papers, group assignments, case study analyses, quizzes, mid-term and final examinations (Comprehensive Learning Assessments), and a Doctoral Final Project/ Dissertation.... [-]

The Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) program prepares graduates for advancement in their current employment or new business career opportunities. While learning the most advanced decision-making skills and techniques, doctorate candidates also develop and hone research and writing skills required for high- level responsibility in academic and business environments. The program encourages executives, college or university professors, and consultants to use their professional backgrounds to explore, design, and manage large systems in the complex organizations of increasingly multifaceted and multi-sectored economy.

Upon Successful completion of this program, students will be able to:... [-]

The NBS Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) is one of the oldest in the UK and celebrates its 20th anniversary this year and in this time, we have had over 100 completions. The programme continues to attract chief executive officers and senior managers from around the globe, with participants from many prestigious private and publication organizations, including Capgemini Iberia, the United Nations, Nova Business School, the Oman Embassy in the US and KPMG, amongst others.

The NBS DBA is designed to improve your business and managerial practice through the development of your personal, intellectual and academic abilities, via a research-based project. It has a strong and committed focus on managerial and professional practice and seeks to link the rigorous study of work-based problems and issues to personal and professional development, thereby ensuring transfer of learning into organizational and managerial practice.... [-]

The main focus of research is on the innovative integration of business knowledge with sustainable development issues. Specifically, economic growth, environmental management, and social fairness are constituent parts of all DBA projects.

Introduction This phase is an introduction to the methodology of research and to sustainability management. It involves attendance of SUMAS workshops, preparation of the literature review and student presentations.

Selection The second phase is the selection of the research areas and methodological instruments. It involves attendance of SUMAS workshops, choice of research methods and student presentations.

Individual Work The third and final phase is individual work under the careful guidance of the supervisor. It also involves collective seminars to share knowledge on the advancement of research.... [-]

The John L. Grove College of Business at Shippensburg University is proud to announce the approval of a new degree program, the Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA). This innovative doctoral program is the only AACSB-accredited DBA at a public university in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, or the District of Columbia. Classes will begin in August 2019.

Whether a student is seeking advancement in their current position, preparing to launch a consulting career, or transitioning to a career in higher education, the Shippensburg DBA provides students the opportunity to transform their professional qualifications. Committed to attracting candidates from diverse business backgrounds, the Shippensburg program DBA welcomes executives, career military, mid-level managers, masters-prepared instructors, international students, and recent MBA graduates. The Shippensburg DBA offers the combination of rigor and value ideal for students taking the next step in their professional lives. DBA students develop the in-depth research capabilities vital to the consulting industry or higher education instruction. The Shippensburg DBA is specifically focused to meet the regional, national, and international demand for executive practitioners, management and business consultants, and business faculty.... [-]

Following the DBA you will find yourself utilizing scientific research and Action Learning with a specific emphasis on the practical application of the conclusions and outcomes.

Following the DBA programme, managers are encouraged to become independent researchers. Business School Netherlands coaches you in your personal and professional development. Furthermore, we offer the best possible facilities for exchanging knowledge and for benefiting from Action Learning experiences.

The DBA programme offers students the combination of practical applications with a scientific approach to problems. You will be recommending far-reaching improvements in the business and management environment, whilst at the same time, you will become more skillful in thorough research. Participating in the DBA programme, you will start to view your actions more assertively and you will find yourself raising your personal and professional game to a higher level.... [-]