University Of Sharjah

Sharjah, AE

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Doctor of Business Administration

Doctor of Business Administration·Business Administration

PhD

Overview

1. Analyze key concepts, theories, issues, and debates in business research methods and domain specific fields. 2. Critically evaluate the research topics relevant to the discipline or to professional practice of interest. 3. Evaluate the practical implications of relevant research to address critical business challenges. 4. Build sound research models to develop useful recommendations for managerial practices. 5. Propose appropriate qualitative or quantitative methods to successfully address original or applied research questions. 6. Write high quality, peer-reviewed, original or applied research. 7. Defend novel ideas and research findings both orally and through formal research writings and presentations. 8. Appraise ethical issues in research and make sound judgements with integrity and professionalism.

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Program Details

Degree level: PhD
Duration: 3 years; 3-5 Years
Department: Doctor of Business Administration
College: Business Administration

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, graduates will be able to:

Analyze key concepts, theories, issues, and debates in business research methods and domain specific fields.

Critically evaluate the research topics relevant to the discipline or to professional practice of interest.

Evaluate the practical implications of relevant research to address critical business challenges.

Build sound research models to develop useful recommendations for managerial practices.

Propose appropriate qualitative or quantitative methods to successfully address original or applied research questions.

Write high quality, peer-reviewed, original or applied research.

Defend novel ideas and research findings both orally and through formal research writings and presentations.

Appraise ethical issues in research and make sound judgements with integrity and professionalism.

Program Requirements5

1A satisfactory completion of 48 credits is required to be awarded the DBA degree. These include 24 credit hours of coursework, 6 credit hours of doctoral research proposal, and 18 credit hours of dissertation work.
2Students need to take 4 research methodology courses to prepare them to be professional researchers, academics, or informed consumers of research done by others.
3Students need to take 2 courses focusing on the latest development in the field of decision making.
4To have a strong grounding in a specific field of knowledge, the DBA program offers students the opportunity to choose 2 doctoral seminars of an area of interest.
5Passing a comprehensive qualifying exam that tests both their research methodology knowledge and skills and their grounding in a chosen specialized area is needed for students to move into the stage of doing research. Upon successful preparation of a dissertation proposal students can start writing their dissertation work.