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Curriculum

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

Term 2

YEAR II

Term 1

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.

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).