Learning Outcomes

Accounting
Engineering Management
Finance
General Program
Information Systems
Knowledge Management
Leadership and Organizational Change
Learning Management
Operations Research
Self Designed

In Walden’s Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Sciences specialization in Accounting, you will

1. Apply an extensive and broad base of knowledge of accounting to different business entities (proprietorships, partnerships, corporations, government, and nonprofit) as supported by the existing theories of financial accounting as they have evolved since the renaissance.
2. Analyze financial accounting theories in order to clearly identify and articulate the implicit and explicit set of theoretical propositions or hypothesis that comprise a particular accounting theory.
3. Examine the implication of theories and related research studies for the practice of financial accounting.
4. Assess multiple new financial accounting challenges derived from the Congressional passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
5. Acquire and integrate theoretical knowledge of the content of financial accounting theory.
6. Critique the manner in which financial accounting theory has been applied to an entity.
7. Apply a broad base of auditing and International accounting theories to the global community.
8. Analyze International accounting theories in order to clearly identify and articulate their applicability to the standardization/harmonization of international accounting principles and procedures.
9. Demonstrate an understanding of relevant auditing theories and their relationship to current research and the practice of auditing.
10. Utilize concepts learned to understand debacles in modern accounting/auditing application and why they occurred so corrective action can be taken for the betterment of society.
11. Comprehend and evaluate breakdowns in ethical behavior of company CEOs and accounting professionals in the global community.

In Walden’s Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Sciences specialization in Engineering Management, you will

1. Apply extensive knowledge and understanding of quality assurance philosophy, standards, and practices facilitating engineering management required in today's global economy.
2. Identify and utilize the best practice quality management principles, techniques, and tools required for a supplier of globally competitive goods and services.
3. Develop and apply a practical engineering management framework incorporating the philosophy of Total Quality Management.
4. Assess the engineering management literature.
5. Manage and secure effective competitive positioning of products and services.
6. Minimize life cycle costs and ensure high quality, and achieve these in a decreased time frame.
7. Utilize the fundamental processes, techniques, and tools used to manage the transformation of technical innovation to globally competitive and profitable goods and services.
8. Comprehend the nature of systems-orientated theory approaches to social issues.
9. Critically evaluate social systems theory perspectives and apply these theories to actual problems and policies in your specific professional settings.

In Walden’s Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Sciences specialization in Finance, you will

1. Compare and contrast key theories in corporate finance.
2. Develop key practices in organizational finance.
3. Compare and contrast advanced financial concepts, including investments and professional practices.
4. Develop new financial concepts resulting in positive impact and social change.

In Walden’s Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Sciences General Program, you will

1. Compare and contrast major theories on organizational dynamics.
2. Compare and contrast emerging organizational theories and professional practices.
3. Apply decision theory and analysis to practical organizational problems.
4. Develop new management concepts and ideas that have a positive social impact.

In Walden’s Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Sciences specialization in Information Systems, you will

1. Apply computer technology tools to organizational problem solving and decision making.
2. Identify the role of Information Systems in providing organizations with strategic competitive advantage opportunities.
3. Understand the importance of databases and data warehouses and their roles in providing information to all constituents.
4. Recognize information technology's capacity to provide intelligence for organizations.
5. Know the importance of the IS literature and the work of scholars in this field of study.
6. Develop their knowledge and skills with information systems for the networked enterprise.
7. Create a comprehensive project plan.
8. Know management concerns pertinent to a database management environment and the terminology, equipment, issues, and literature related.
9. Identify a variety of different strategies used by e-business.
10. Review the literature, role of consultants, professional associations, and their relevance to information management.
11. Develop a comprehensive plan to implement security management.
12. Compare and contrast emerging organizational theories and professional practices.
13. Apply decision theory and analysis to practical organizational problems.
14. Compare and contrast emerging organizational theories and professional practices.
15. Develop new management concepts and ideas that have a positive social impact.

In Walden’s Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Sciences specialization in Knowledge Management, you will

1. Define "epistemology" and be able to compare the evolution of major movements, including rationalism, empiricism, idealism, romanticism, phenomenology, existentialism, pragmatism, humanism, and behaviorism and the influences on modern knowledge and learning management.
2. Understand the core principles of knowledge management. Compare and contrast key issues on knowledge management theories and identify best practices.
3. Define the approaches for defining, storing, accessing, and analyzing knowledge throughout the organization, including what metrics are needed to track performance.
4. Compare and contrast the emerging role of chief knowledge officer.
5. Develop effective approaches for integrating knowledge management with other strategic concepts including organizational change, total quality, Six Sigma, and other leading initiatives.
6. Explore leading knowledge management concepts including artificial intelligence, expert systems, neural systems, and e-systems.
7. Integrate learning objectives from all online knowledge management courses.
8. Develop new ideas for the use of knowledge management with resulting positive impact and social change.

In Walden’s Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Sciences specialization in Leadership and Organizational Change, you will

1. Compare and contrast classical leadership paradigms.
2. Apply leading edge leadership concepts to organizational issues.
3. Compare and contrast emerging organizational change theories.
4. Develop new concepts and applications of leadership and organizational change resulting in positive results and social change.

In Walden’s Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Sciences specialization in Learning Management, you will

1. Define "epistemology" and be able to compare the evolution of major movements, including rationalism, empiricism, idealism, romanticism, phenomenology, existentialism, pragmatism, humanism, and behaviorism and the influences on modern knowledge and learning management.
2. Understand the core principles of knowledge management and be able to effectively evaluate the learning management/training condition of an organization.
3. Develop approaches for ensuring organizational learning.
4. Develop strategies for addressing adult learners, define life-long learning techniques, understanding the difference between work-long and life-long learning, establish concepts for developing adult education, and integrate learning management with other educational strategic initiatives.
5. Compare and contrast the emerging role of chief learning officer and the use of corporate and related universities.
6. Integrate learning objective from all online learning management courses.
7. Develop new ideas for the use of learning management with resulting positive impact and social change.

In Walden’s Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Sciences specialization in Operations Research, you will

1. Understand the theoretical basis of classical, deterministic optimization algorithms and heuristics.
2. Implement probability and statistics with a variety of modeling techniques for optimization, analysis, or general decision making situations.
3. Assemble relevant data, analyze it, and reintegrate the material to produce a compelling and relevant synthesis.
4. Recognize the Aristotle definition of the critical thinker as an educated person who understands the key methods and significant principles.
5. Use case studies to diagnose problems, illustrate principles, identify problems of practice, and define patterns of change.
6. Develop concepts, generalizations, or tentative theories or explanations that involve the familiar process of purposeful selection: collecting the raw data, aggregating, organization, and classifying the data, interpretation, and writing the narrative result in a compelling form to be able to use the associated techniques and methods to address problems within your profession, and demonstrate an understanding of major concepts.
7. Critically evaluate social systems theory perspectives and apply these theories to actual problems and policies in your specific professional setting.
   

In Walden’s Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Sciences Self-Designed specialization, you will

1. Establish specific learning objectives between student and faculty based on existing Knowledge Area Module guidelines.
2. Develop new management concepts and ideas that have a positive social impact.