Leadership

Globalization, advances in technology, and rapid changes in the marketplace all contribute to the need for business professionals to continually develop their leadership skills. Explore new frameworks and perspectives that will help you to lead and manage change effectively. Investigate a variety of current leadership principles and practices to determine which work best in any given situation. Coursework focuses on the development of writing and critical-thinking skills at the doctoral level.

Completion Requirements

  • 60 semester credit hours
    • Foundation course (3 sem. cr.)
    • Core business courses (15 sem. cr.)
    • Business strategy course (3 sem. cr.)
    • Research methods courses (6 sem. cr.)
    • Specialization courses (9 sem. cr.)
    • Doctoral studies courses (24 sem. cr.)
  • 8 days of academic residency (two 4-day residencies)

Time to completion may vary by student, depending on individual progress and credits transferred. For a personalized estimate of your time to completion, call your enrollment advisor at 1–866–492–5336.

Foundation Course

Course Code Course Title Credits
DDBA 8005 Foundations for Doctoral Business Administration Studies 3

Core Business Courses

Course Code Course Title Credits
DDBA 8110 Business Operations: Systems Perspectives in Global Organizations 3
DDBA 8120 Information Systems: Global Management Strategies and Technologies 3
DDBA 8130 Marketing: Strategic Innovation in Globally Diverse Markets 3
DDBA 8140 Finance: Fiscal Leadership in a Global Environment – Creating Competitive Responses and Building Corporate Opportunities 3
DDBA 8150 Leadership: Building Sustainable Organizations 3

Business Strategy Course

Course Code Course Title Credits
DDBA 8160 Business Strategy and Innovation 3

Research Methods Courses

Course Code Course Title Credits
DDBA 8427 Applied Research Methods—Qualitative and Quantitative 3
DDBA 8437 Quantitative Decision-Making in Professional Practice 3

Specialization Courses

Course Code Course Title Credits
DDBA 8521 Seminar in Change Management 3
DDBA 8522 Seminar in Sustainability 3
DDBA 8524 Seminar in Multicultural Management 3

Doctoral Studies Courses

Course Code Course Title Credits
DDBA 8990 Writing the Doctoral Study Prospectus 4
DDBA 8100 Doctoral Study Mentoring 0
DDBA 9000 Doctoral Study Completion (4 credits taken each term for 5 terms) 20

Course Descriptions

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