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Business Administration (DBA) – (D.B.A.)

Glasgow Caledonian University

Glasgow School for Business and Society
Location: Glasgow / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴
Start Date: September
Educational Form:
  • Professional Doctorate
Education Variants:
  • Parttime
  • Fulltime
Location flexibility:
  • Primarily at University
Project type:
  • Open PhD programme
Languages: English 

Location of Glasgow Caledonian University

Graduates can expect to incorporate into their professional practice the conceptual, interpretive and methodological frameworks of business and management research. This will enhance individual and collective professional practice and help to improve the management of organisations.

The DBA is a research-based degree, but unlike the PhD, the starting point is a practical business issue for the candidate. Ideally, the outcome of the research is a deeper knowledge of the issue's causes, consequences and possible remedies. The study may also contribute to the academic knowledge of management. The overall aim of the DBA is to develop highly competent business researchers capable of undertaking successful doctoral level study within organisations and outside academia. The DBA is noted as professional doctorate, and is therefore of equivalent standard, format and parity to a traditional PhD, designed as an innovate emerging qualifcation to meet the increasing demands of applied business environments (DBA) and in depth, independent study of specific management issues and problems (DMan).

The combination of research training and specialist knowledge allows for both career enhancement and career shifts to academia, research companies and consultancy organisations.


Contents

Full-time: Four years
Part-time: Six years

Research Methods, Professional Business/Management Development/Project Development, Design and Management, Research Proposal, Independent Learning and Research.

A potential exit is possible after stage one where a student with 120 Level M credits and 60 Level D could exit with a Professional Master's (BusinesS). The award of Doctorate of Business Administration follows successful completion of stage two (presentation and defence of the Doctoral Thesis).

Assessment: The programme consists of 4 taught modules assessed by coursework and a final Doctoral Thesis assessed by thesis submission and viva voce.

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Requirements

Applicants will normally be business and/or management professionals with a nationally-recognised first qualification in their discipline. Applicants will normally be expected to have a 1st or 2:1 Honours degree, or a Master's degree, in a business or management-related subject, and to have had a minimum of five years of related professional experience.

In cases where there is no history of recent educational experience, evidence of awareness of research methodology and attainment of IT skills, applicants will be advised to enrol on a related programme of study to gain appropriate experience, prior to submitting an application to the DBA.

Additional Requirements

Minimal degree required: Bachelor's degree
Minimal amount of work experience 5  years

Accreditation

Where possible, and relevant, our programmes are accredited by industry bodies. Visit our website and view individual course listings for details.


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