Doctor of Business Administration

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The degree of Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A) is a research doctorate. The D.B.A usually requires coursework beyond the masters degree and research that results in a dissertation or journal publication and contributes to business theory or practice.

Contribution

The choice of D.B.A or Ph.D is always relevant for those considering a doctorate and its contribution. A typical D.B.A program has a dual purpose: (1) to contribute to both theory and practice in relation to business and management; and (2) to develop professional practice and to contribute to professional knowledge. D.B.A graduates tend to achieve both goals.

Recognition

The D.B.A may be identical to a Ph.D in Business Administration. The US Department of Education and the National Science Foundation recognize the D.B.A as "equivalent" to the Ph.D. [1]. In the UK, the Economic and Social Research Council [2] recognises Ph.D and D.B.A programmes at approved institutions. The European Network of Doctoral Programmes in Business Administrations (EDAMBA) helps participating schools to improve the quality of their programmes and provides a Summer Research Academy to support students from participating schools. Furthermore in Argentina the achieved degree of Doctor in Administration accounts with recognition by the National Commission of University Acreditation^[1] which is accepted as much as Latin America, India as in the European Countries.

Structure

Typical entry requirements include M.B.A, MSc, or similar masters degrees, or equivalent qualifications in general management, or in a functional field by examination awarded by a professional body. Some universities also ask for significant experience in a managerial or professional supervisory position involving responsibility for strategic issues. The D.B.A normally requires a significant thesis, dissertation or final comprehensive project including a formal defense and approval by nominated examiners or an officially sanctioned and qualified doctoral review committee. The degree is conferred when all coursework, testing, and written research are completed and reviewed and approved by the awarding institution.

D.B.A candidates may specialize in areas such as management science, technology management, organizational behavior, economics, or finance or other practical fields. Curricula may be offered on a full-time or part-time basis. According to the European higher education standards set by the Bologna Process, it is stated that the normal duration of a doctorate should correspond to 3–4 years of full time study.

Notable Persons with D.B.A Degrees

• Richard L. Lesher - President and Chief Operating Officer, United States Chamber of Commerce, 1975-1997.
• Clayton M. Christensen - the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.
• Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries - the Raoul de Vitry d'Avaucourt Professor of Leadership Development at INSEAD and director of the INSEAD Global Leadership Centre.
• Ian C. MacMillan - The Dhirubhai Ambani Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
• CK Prahalad - the Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Corporate Strategy at University of Michigan, Ross School of Business.
• Michael E. Raynor - Canadian management expert and consultant with Deloitte Consulting LLP, the Distinguished Fellow with Deloitte Research.
• Robert F. Bruner – Dean Charles C. Abbott Professor of Business Administration and Distinguished Professor of Business Administration at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia.
• Late Sumantra Ghosal – Founding Dean of the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, and formerly Robert P. Bauman Chair in Strategic Leadership at the London Business School.
• Birger Wernerfelt – J. C. Penney Professor of Management and Chair of PhD Committee, MIT Sloan School of Management.
• Robert B. Wilson – Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Emeritus, Graduate School of Business, and Professor of Economics (by courtesy), School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University.
• Richard P. Rumelt – Harry and Elsa Kunin Chair in Business and Society, UCLA Anderson School of Management.
• Christopher Ittner – Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
• Daniel M. Shapiro - Dean and Lohn Foundation Professor of Strategy, Segal Graduate School of Business, Simon Fraser University.

D.B.A Program Quality

The responsibility for the overall quality of a D.B.A or other doctoral programs resides within the graduate research degrees committees or their equivalent within the university. As such, D.B.A programs must have a specific set of university regulations and must be subject to appropriate quality approval processes. Regulations should include reference to protocols for treating ethical issues in research, including those involving researchers working within the organisation that employs them and/or having access to privileged information. The implementations as above are widely used in Australian Universities, for instance a D.B.A student cannot embark into research phase before passing all his/her courseworks, research proposal and ethics, upon passing proposal stage, he/she still needs to clear ethics from Ethics Committee. Even after completing the dissertation writing, the D.B.A candidate still needs to go through numerous internal moderations of the dissertation before submitting to external examinations (at least two external examiners). For successful candidates in the external examinations stage, they usually need to revise their dissertations before final approval from the D.B.A committee of granting the degree. The research phase is always a tedious and demanding phase.

Schools Offering D.B.A Degrees

Australia

• Charles Darwin University
• Charles Sturt University- (CSU)
• Curtin University of Technology
• Deakin University
• Macquarie University- Both DBA and PhD Programs offered.
• Murdoch University
• University of Newcastle
• Queensland University of Technology.
• RMIT University
• University of South Australia
• Southern Cross University
• University of Southern Queensland
• University of the Sunshine Coast
• Swinburne University of Technology
• Victoria University, Australia
• University of Western Australia
• University of Wollongong - Both DBA and PhD Programs offered.

Switzerland

• Business School Lausanne
• SBS Swiss Business School, Switzerland.
• Swiss Management Center
• European University

United Kingdom

• Ashridge Business School Both DBA and PhD Degree offered.
• Aston University Both DBA and PhD Degree offered.
• University of Bath DBA in Higher Education Management.
• University of Bedfordshire
• Birmingham City University Both DBA and PhD Degree offered.
• University of Birmingham (Birmingham Business School) Both DBA and PhD offered.
• Bournemouth University
• University of Bradford School of Management
• Cranfield University Both DBA and PhD Degree offered.
• Durham University (Durham Business School), in UK.
• University of Glamorgan (Glamorgan Business School) - Both DBA and PhD offered.
• University of Gloucestershire - Both DBA and PhD Degree offered, UK and Germany.
• University of Greenwich
• Heriot Watt University (Edinburgh Business School)
• Kingston University (Kingston Business School)
• Leeds Metropolitan University Both DBA and PhD Degree offered.
• University of Leeds Both DBM and PhD Degree offered.
• Liverpool John Moores University
• University of Manchester (Manchester Business School) Both DBA and PhD offered.
• Manchester Metropolitan University
• Newcastle University Business School - Both DBA and PhD offered
• Northumbria University - Both DBA and PhD offered.
• Nottingham Trent University - Both PhD and DBA offered.
• University of Reading (Henley Business School) - Both DBA and PhD offered.
• The Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen Business School) - DBA
• University of Portsmouth - Both PhD and DBA offered.
• Sheffield Hallam University
• University of Strathclyde - Both PhD and DBA offered.
• University of Surrey PhD and DBA offered.
• Teesside University - Both PhD and DBA offered.

United States of America

• Alliant International University
• Anderson University (Indiana)
• Argosy University
• Baker College
• Boston University School of Management
• California InterContinental University
• Cleveland State University.
• Columbia Southern University
• George Fox University
• Georgia State University
• Golden Gate University
• Harvard Business School - DBA and PhD offered.
• Jones International University
• Kennesaw State University
• University of Kentucky
• Lawrence Technological University
• Lincoln University (California)
• Louisiana Tech University
• University of Phoenix
• University of Management and Technology (United States)
• Northcentral University - DBA and PhD offered.
• Nova Southeastern University
• Pacific States University
• Saint Ambrose University
• Southern New Hampshire University
• Walden University - DBA and PhD offered.
• Webster University - DMngt offered
• Wilmington University

Other World Locations

• NU of M - Doctorate in Administration offered.
• NU of R - Doctorate in Administration offered.
• Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina - Doctorate in Administration offered.
• United Business Institutes (UBI)
• Athabasca University (starting 2009).
• Simon Fraser University
• Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
• Université de Sherbrooke - Both DBA and PhD offered.
• Copenhagen Business School
• Dauphine (Paris Dauphine University) - EDBA and PhD offered with completion options at Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli, Italy and Georgia State University, USA.
• International School of Management - DBA and PhD offered with completion options in Paris, New York, Tokyo, and Shanghai.
• Grenoble Ecole de Management DBA and Joint DBA offered with the University of Mississippi, USA, the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and the Tongji University, China.
• University of Gloucestershire The German Office in Munich offers the DBA, Germany.
• Universidad Francisco Marroquin
• City University of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Open University of Hong Kong
• University College Cork - Dept. of Economics offers DBA in Business Economics and PhD.
• Hitotsubashi University
• Tilburg University TiasNimbas Business School, Netherlands.
• Maastricht School of Management
• Multimedia University
• International University of Monaco - Both DBA and PhD offered.
• Massey University - Both DBA and PhD offered.
• University of the East
• De La Salle University
• San Beda College
• Ateneo de Davao University
• Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
• IE Business School (formerly known as 'Instituto de Empresa')- Both DBA and PhD offered.
• Asian Institute of Technology - DBA and PhD offered. DBA offered in India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
• University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce - DBA Offered, Thailand.

See also

• Business education
• Doctor of Philosophy
• PhD in Management
• Doctor of Public Administration
• Doctor of Health Administration
• Master of Business Administration

References

1. ^ National Commission of University Acreditation

www.ed.gov/international/usnei/us/doctorate.doc