The program requires a three-day residency for program orientation and four two-day residencies (Friday and Saturday – scheduled one each month during the semester).
Upon completing the program, students should be able to:
- Acquire the necessary functional business knowledge in a global context
- Identify and develop organizational best practices
- Demonstrate the ability to write and conduct research for peer-reviewed publications including conferences and journals
YEAR I
Term 1
- QMB 7910 - Quantitative Research Methods in Business
This course covers advanced tools to analyze quantitative empirical data, with a particular emphasis on second-generation statistical approaches and advanced techniques necessary for applied research.
- GEB 7910 - Advanced Quantitative Research Methods in Business
This course explores advanced methods in quantitative research such as surveys and sample techniques, parametric and nonparametric tests, structured equation modeling, and time series analysis.
- GEB 7918 - Philosophy and Process of Applied Business Research
This course introduces the fundamental philosophy and development process of managerial business research.
- GEB 7912 - Experiments and Survey Design
This course introduces students to methods and practices for developing and using data based on experiments and surveys for research.
Term 2
- MAN 7207 - Theories of Organization
Organization functioning from a macro perspective; emphasis on evolution, structure, design and processes of complex systems. Study of communication/information networks, inter-group processes and control strategies.
- GEB 7892 Theory Development and Advanced Modeling
This course covers the methods and approaches to creating theory, validation and testing, and dissemination of knowledge.
- GEB 7897 Advanced Statistical Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling
This course covers advanced tools to analyze quantitative empirical data, with a particular emphasis on second-generation statistical approaches and advanced techniques necessary for applied research.
- MAN 7916 - Doctoral Research Project in Business
Intensive research project conducted during the summer following the student’s first and second years of coursework. Each student develops his/her own research project under the supervision of a faculty member.
Term 3
- GEB 7913 DBA Summer Research Project and Qualifying Examination
Covers applications of analytical methods in contemporary management research. Emphasis is given to complex research design strategies including multivariate techniques and multidimensional scaling.
YEAR II
Term 1
- MAN 7275 - Organizational Behavior Management
An introduction to the study of human behavior in organizations. Emphasis is given to management of individual and group processes including conflict attitudes, decision making, motivation and stress.
- GEB 7911 - Qualitative Research Methods in Business
This course introduces a structured approach to qualitative research in business. It includes study of methods such as case studies, ethnography, archival studies, and action research.
- GEB 7915 - Advanced Qualitative Research Methods in Business
This course compares a variety of qualitative research techniques. Students will review contemporary and classic studies that employ qualitative methods in both theoretical and applied contexts.
- GEB 7365 - International Business Theory and Practice
This course provides the theoretical foundation needed to understand internationalization of firms from developed and developing countries.
Term 2
- MAN 7718 - Analysis of Corporate Policy Methods
Links functional areas of management to provide integrated view of organization and public policy. Emphasis on measurement, analysis and conceptualization of organization as a totality of operations.
- GEB - DBA Dissertation Prep
Preparatory background research and study to begin development of dissertation proposal. Students should be able to complete proposal by the end of the course.
- MAN 7206 - Organizational Analysis
Develops skills in organizational problem-solving through applications of theory and research to actual problems. Emphasis on needs analysis, process consultation, teambuilding and action research.
- GEB 7876 - Marketing and Behavioral Theory
This course investigates the development and evolution of marketing-theory development.
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- GEB 7366 - Financial Issues in the Global Environment
This course provides students a rigorous background in finance and helps them understand international macroeconomic factors and their effects on businesses.
Term 3
- GEB 7982 DBA Dissertation
Original research that is supervised by a faculty committee and defended openly before the university committee.
Year III
- GEB 7982 DBA Dissertation
Original research that is supervised by a faculty committee and defended openly before the university committee.
Electives offered
- ISM 6136 – Business Analytics Applications
This course covers business analytics skills required to conduct both pattern discovery (e.g., segmentation and association) and predictive modeling (e.g., decision trees and neural network mining).
Hospitality Concentration
- HMG 7230 - Philosophy, Fundamentals and Theories in Hospitality and Tourism
This course focuses on theoretical concepts and research methodologies of societal, managerial and strategic aspects of tourism and hospitality. Tourism is analyzed from a sociocultural perspective using related fields such as sociology.
- HMG 7201 - Social Responsibility and Sustainability in Hospitality and Tourism
This course will give students the opportunity to explore avenues for positive social change as they investigate how the hospitality and tourism industries can contribute both locally and globally to key social issues including homelessness, food insecurity, human trafficking, and hygiene-related diseases.
- HMG 7297 - Hospitality Higher Education Teaching and Training Practices
This course will discuss the major theoretical and empirical approaches to teaching and training in higher education, with specific emphasis on hospitality, highlighting best practices for integrating theoretical and applied knowledge across the various modalities of instruction for hospitality and tourism students in higher education.
- HMG 7011 - Contemporary Issues in Hospitality and Tourism Management
This course offers students an opportunity to use content analysis techniques to explore the major emerging issues or problems that impact the domestic and global hospitality and tourism industry.