Business Administration Doctor of

Staffordshire University

Postgraduate

In Stoke-On-Trent

£ 9,000 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Stoke-on-trent

  • Duration

    4 Years

The world of business and commerce demands highly competent professionals – individuals who are equipped with the ability to make key decisions and face strategic challenges head on. If you want to be able to support your judgements with evidence-based data and bring measurable change to your organisation, the Doctor of Business Administration course is ideal.
This course (equivalent to the PhD) is the highest qualification that you can achieve in higher education. It’s a natural choice if you’re a practising manager or senior professional practitioner who wants to pursue your academic, personal and career development beyond Masters Level through a rigorous and challenging programme of study and research.
The DBA is a broad and flexible research based programme incorporating six modules, a reflective practice portfolio and a substantial research thesis. The research training element of the DBA focuses on both philosophy and methods of advanced research. It places a particular emphasis on the participative and action-oriented processes relevant to applied doctoral study of this nature.
It’s a doctoral research degree that investigates real businesses and managerial issues via the critical review and systematic application of appropriate theories and research to professional practice. The DBA course differs from a more traditional PhD - it will give you an applied research perspective and you will be expected to contribute not only to the body of knowledge but also to management practice through your research.

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Location

Start date

Stoke-On-Trent (Staffordshire)
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College Road, ST4 2DE

Start date

On request

About this course

To be considered for study for the Doctorate in Business Administration you must meet the following entry requirements:
Educational qualifications
You must have a first degree in any subject and have (or expect to acquire prior to starting) a Masters degree in Management (MBA, MA or MSc) from a UK University or the equivalent qualification from a recognised overseas institution.
Practitioner experience
You must have senior management experience of at least 5 years pre- or post-Masters qualification. In exceptional circumstances, applicants without a Masters qualification will be...

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Subjects

  • Business Administration
  • Business and Management
  • Business and Administration
  • Doctor
  • Philosophy

Course programme



In years one and two you will study:
Contemporary issues and challenges in management practice and theory
Research methods and analysis
Research design in management
Organisational settings
You will develop a literature review that reflects your emerging line-of-inquiry, and complete a research proposal. You’ll also develop the first stage reflective practice-into-theory portfolio.
In years three and four you will go on to study the continued development of a reflective practice-into-theory portfolio, and carry out the research for and development of an extended academic project (thesis).

The programme is designed to give you the freedom to develop your own ideas and interests, whilst benefiting from the shared experiences of your peers through small study groups. The philosophy of the programme is based on the belief that this level of management education is based on three inter-related objectives:
The provision of an academically challenging and stimulating curriculum.
The application of the curriculum to an appropriate managerial and professional context.
The development of your personal and professional effectiveness, and your continuing ability to be a successful reflective management practitioner.
The programme aims to:
Enhance your ability to question, analyse, critique and theorise through the undertaking of a programme of research, and so develop your professional management practice.
Provide sound training in the design, execution and analysis of research to enable you to complete a thesis and potentially other academic publications that represent original contributions to the practice of management and thereby business and management knowledge.
Recognise the relationship between management research and the professional practice of management within business organisation.
Facilitate and foster your ability to question and challenge received wisdom in business and management arena, and consider how learning is translated into management practice, and practice into business and management theory.
Build a rich community of reflective business and management practitioners.
The professional development and management research training offered by the DBA are designed to provide you with a mutual enhancement of theory and practice within the organisational learning experience.

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