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Course Description

The DBA degree is significantly different from a PhD degree. Whereas the PhD is a research-oriented degree with a specific focus, designed to train people to assume roles as faculty or researchers in particular academic areas, the DBA degree has a much more interdisciplinary orientation and stresses the application of existing knowledge to real-world business situations. The DBA degree focuses less on the development of theory and instead places greater emphasis on the testing of existing theory and the application of it to particular cases. Unlike PhD research, which tends to start from an identified gap in the literature, the starting point of DBA research is typically a problem or issue that arises from the professional practice of management. Accordingly, the DBA final project is expected to demonstrate the usefulness of its results to one or more organisations, and it is likely to be more interdisciplinary.

DBA Course Description | Doctoral Programmes
The Purpose of the DBA

  1. To enhance the leadership and strategic skills of DBA candidates

  2. To analyse and refine management practices and create added value to the candidates' own organisation

  3. To acquire advanced management research skills and holistic knowledge of the technical, functional, and strategic issues in order to lead and manage organisations more effectively and in a socially responsible way.

  4. To carry out research within an organisational context based on the practical experiences of the DBA candidates, and utilising that research to enhance management theory and practice.

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