Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA)

  Institution: Binary University of Management & Entrepreneurship

The Binary University DBA is an applied management programme designed to advance the professional development of practicing managers and professionals from diverse field. This programme helps you develop leading edge thinking by providing you the opportunity to research into intellectually demanding management issues, particularly relevant to your organization or industry.

Aims & Objectives

Upon completion of the Binary DBA, you will be able:

• To develop a superior level of confidence in your management skills and foster competence in processes of researching.
• To cultivate the ability to challenge and critically review findings in current management and business research.
• To understand and apply new management knowledge to complex organisational issues.
• To deepen your knowledge and understanding of complexities linked to contemporary business issues, the connection between them and the application to organisational situations.
• To increase your awareness of professional practice in leading and managing organisations.

Course Structure

Doctoral students need to complete 5 core modules, 1 elective and the thesis in order to gradute with the DBA qualification.

• Quantitative Research Methods
  The process of literature search and review are addressed, the main techniques for their procurement and generation are explored. The use of quantitative tools and software packages like (SPSS) will be covered. Considerable attention will be given to the linkage of data and integration of objective and subjective inputs.
• Qualitative Research Methods
  The aim of this unit is to equip participants with a strong foundation to successfully undertake complex qualitative research at a doctorate level using a variety of approaches including case studies, participatory action research, grounded theory, and ethnography.
• Leadership Practices
  This module provides students with an in-depth analysis of leadership practices found within various types of organisations. Different theories will be discussed at length to be applied to different organisational scenarios.
• Strategic Management Practices
  A thorough analysis of strategic management processes, assessment of organisational competencies needed for effective attainment of strategic goals and objectives, at corporate and business levels are examined in this module.
• Global Issues in Entrepreneurship
  This module seeks to give participants a better understanding of entrepreneurial behaviour both locally and internationally. It examines the nature of entrepreneurship, the key steps involved in starting a new business venture, sources of assistance for entrepreneurs, and management of the entrepreneurial business venture within an international context.
• Thesis
  The DBA thesis is a program of supervised research study agreed and approved by the supervisor and the Doctoral committee. The DBA thesis must be between 50,000-55,000 words. The purpose of this module is to enable students to know how to carry out an applied research in a particular area of organisational discipline in a systematic manner. The thesis covers a review of literature, building of theoretical framework, methodology specification, data analysis, and discussion of conclusions and recommendations.
• Marketing (Elective)
  With a focus on customer relationship management and e-commerce, this module is designed to help students understand how to assess market potentials and plan marketing strategies from a managerial and a strategic standpoint.
• Finance (Elective)
  The main objective of this module is to equip students with an in-depth understanding of the current financial theories used in business applications. It enables one to prepare reports for management explaining and evaluating the financial consequences of strategic decisions as well as to assess the impact of the global business environment on national and multinational organisations.
• Human Resource Management (Elective)
  A comprehensive assessment of environmental influences on HRM and the linkage between strategic business objectives and HRM activities would be explored. Measuring HRM performance in terms of organisational success and employee well-being would be examined within the national and international context. Sources of legal obligations in recruitment, ethical issues in HR and other activities within HRM context would also be thoroughly reviewed and critically argued.
• Management Issues (Elective)
  Through systematic techniques of inquiry and analysis, students get to learn how different types of organisations in different industries compete to remain relevant in today’s complex business world.

Specializations

• Entrepreneurship
• Information Technology Management
• HRM
• Quality Management
• Marketing
• Finance & Banking

Entry Requirements

• A recognized masters degree ( MBA, MSc, MA, MPhil ) and a minimum of 5 years work experience.
• Prospective candidates must demonstrate English Proficiency with an IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent.
• Those with masters in a non business area eg. MSc Biology will be required to complete a 1 semester bridging course.

Source: Binary University of Management & Entrepreneurship