IBAS DBA
Elevate Your Career to the Peak: Earn Your Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) with a Swiss Distinction.
The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) is awarded by the International Business Academy of Switzerland (IBAS), a member of ACBSP and an IACBE Educational Member. It takes 36 months (180 ECTS) in a blended format and is taught in English or Arabic.
The International Business Academy of Switzerland (IBAS) is committed to delivering accessible, high-quality business education through a flexible blended learning model. Combining academic excellence with practical business application, IBAS equips students with the knowledge, skills, and leadership capabilities needed to succeed in today’s global marketplace. From Bachelor’s degrees to MBA and DBA programs, IBAS empowers ambitious learners worldwide to achieve their academic and professional goals.
This Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program is designed for experienced professionals seeking to advance their expertise in business leadership, strategic management, and applied research. The qualification provides an opportunity to engage with complex business challenges and contribute meaningful insights to both academic and professional practice.
The program equips learners with advanced analytical, research, and decision-making skills required to lead organizations in an increasingly dynamic global environment.
Through a combination of research-based learning, case studies, and real-world business applications, students develop the ability to address strategic issues and drive organizational performance. The program culminates in a doctoral dissertation that demonstrates original research and its practical impact on business and management.
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Program Highlight
Why Choose the DBA Program with ECC Global?
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- Trusted International Partnership: The program provides you with an academic qualification in collaboration with the International Business Academy of Switzerland (IBAS), ensuring global educational standards.
- Flexible Academic Design: The program uses a blended learning approach, allowing you to balance your studies with your professional commitments without having to travel or leave your job.
- Practical and Applied Curriculum: The program goes beyond theory, focusing on solving real-world challenges faced by business organizations, ensuring your studies have an immediate impact on your professional performance.
- Future-Ready Specializations: You can choose your path from a wide range of specializations, including Digital Transformation, Business Consulting, Risk Management, and Entrepreneurship.
- Expert Academic Network: You will receive supervision and guidance from a selection of academics with deep experience in the Arab world markets.
Bachelor of Business Administration (3 Years)
Typical Program Structure
- Duration: 3 Years (Full-Time)
- Total Credits: 180 ECTS
- Structure: Focused on core business disciplines including management, marketing, finance, operations, and business ethics, with practical coursework and a final research project that develops real-world business and leadership skills.
Your academic journey is defined by precision and coherence
The program is meticulously designed to guide you from theoretical frameworks to practical professional application through the following stages:
Foundation Phase: Knowledge Building (30 ECTS Credits)
- In this stage, we lay the groundwork for your research, focusing on:
- Philosophy of scientific research and advanced methodologies.
- Statistical analysis tools for decision-makers.
- Deepening expertise in your chosen field from a wide range of strategic specializations.
Research Phase: The Thesis (150 ECTS Credits)
- This is the core of your DBA journey, where you transition from a student to a strategic researcher:
- Identifying a real-world problem within your professional environment or industry.
- Applying scientific methodologies to deliver innovative and actionable solutions.
- Working under the supervision of elite academics and experts to ensure a valuable scientific contribution to the business community.
DBA in Strategic Management
DBA in Accounting and Finance
DBA in Human Resource Management
DBA in Strategic Marketing
DBA in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
DBA in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
DBA in Project Management
DBA in Quality Management
DBA in Digital Transformation
DBA in Business Consultation
DBA in Strategic Management
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Total ECTS: 180 (7 Core Modules: 42 ECTS | 3 Specialization Modules: 18 ECTS | Thesis: 120 ECTS)
Core Modules (7 Modules · 42 ECTS)
Research Methodology
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in carrying out a scholarly business research.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Discuss the process and elaborate on the choice of tools and procedures adopted in carrying out a scholarly business and/or management related research
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each technique discussed in the design of research
- Critically Adopt and use relevant techniques, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Research Philosophy
Unit Aims: To provide students with a comprehensive theoretical foundation and advanced practical insights into the key philosophical paradigms, epistemological frameworks, and methodological approaches that underpin scholarly business research. This course aims to develop students' critical thinking and analytical skills, enabling them to evaluate and apply various research philosophies to their own work.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the major philosophical underpinnings of social science research
- Demonstrate advanced understanding of the theoretical frameworks and epistemological debates that shape research methodologies in business and management studies
- Apply complex theoretical knowledge to the design of rigorous research proposals
- Develop a comprehensive literature review, demonstrating the ability to critically engage with existing scholarship
Advanced Statistics
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in using and utilizing advanced statistical tools in analyzing research data
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Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the rationale, discuss the usage and carry out basic computational exercise for each of the statistical tools/ topics covered to analyze the data for research purposes
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each model/ tool discussed for different types of data collected
- Adopt and use relevant statistical tools, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Organizational Leadership
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in carrying out organizational and leadership research.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundations of organizational leadership and its impact on performance
- Apply leadership theories to contemporary organizational challenges
- Assess the influence of external and internal factors on leadership effectiveness
- Evaluate leadership approaches to organizational change and performance improvement
- Critically examine contemporary perspectives and emerging trends in organizational leadership
Multivariate Analysis
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in using and utilizing methods and techniques of multivariate data analysis
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Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the rationale, discuss the usage and carryout basic computational exercise for each of the techniques/ topics covered to analyze the data for research purposes
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each technique/ tools discussed for different types of data collected
- Adopt and use relevant techniques, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Advanced Accounting and Finance
Unit Aims: The objective of this course is to develop an advanced understanding of accounting and finance principles, theories, and practices, enabling learners to critically analyze financial data, apply theoretical models, and make strategic financial decisions in complex business environments. Learners will engage with contemporary research in accounting and finance, developing the ability to contribute to academic knowledge and professional practice
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundational principles of accounting and finance
- Apply advanced financial analysis techniques for business decision-making
- Critically examine key theoretical frameworks in accounting and finance
- Evaluate emerging theories and models in accounting and finance research
Strategic Management
Unit Aims: To provide students with advanced theoretical and practical understanding of strategic management processes, tools, and frameworks used to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. This course aims to develop students' ability to analyze strategic environments, formulate strategic choices, implement strategy, and evaluate organizational performance
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundations and processes of strategic management
- Conduct internal and external strategic analysis for decision-making
- Formulate strategic options for competitive and corporate advantage
- Evaluate strategy implementation, control, and performance measurement
Specialization Modules (3 Modules · 18 ECTS)
Managerial Economics
Unit Aims: To provide students with advanced economic concepts and analytical tools required to support strategic decision-making in complex business environments. This course aims to develop students' ability to evaluate market structures, demand conditions, cost behavior, competition, and macroeconomic forces to inform executive decisions
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate economic foundations relevant to strategic managerial decisions
- Analyze market structures and competitive behavior affecting organizational strategy
- Apply economic analysis to investment, production, and performance decisions
- Develop evidence-based recommendations for strategic economic decision-making
Strategic Marketing
Unit Aims: Analyse how marketing strategy drives competitive advantage in the age of AI-powered personalisation, platform commerce, and shifting consumer trust. Apply strategic frameworks to real-world challenges including digital ecosystem positioning, brand equity in saturated markets, and data-driven customer acquisition models.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate strategic marketing theories and their limitations
- synthesise data to explain contemporary marketing phenomena
International Business
Unit Aims: Examine the forces reshaping international business: the rise of ASEAN as a manufacturing and investment hub, de-risking strategies in global supply chains, trade corridor realignment, cross-border digital commerce regulation, and the strategic implications of regional trade agreements such as RCEP and CPTPP
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically assess theories of international business and their research applications
- conduct international business research using appropriate methodologies
- synthesise findings to explain contemporary global phenomena
Thesis (120 ECTS)
Thesis 50,000 Words (+/-10%)
Unit Aims: The thesis represents the culmination of the doctoral program, requiring candidates to conduct original, independent research that makes a significant contribution to knowledge in their chosen field of study.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Design and execute a rigorous, original research project in the field of business and management
- Demonstrate advanced critical thinking and analytical skills in the interpretation of research findings
- Contribute new knowledge and insights to academic and professional practice
- Produce a substantial written thesis that meets doctoral-level standards of scholarship and presentation
Delivery Mode: The program is delivered via Blended Learning, offering full flexibility so students can study online anytime, anywhere, and fit seamlessly with their professional commitments.
DBA in Accounting and Finance
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Total ECTS: 180 (7 Core Modules: 42 ECTS | 3 Specialization Modules: 18 ECTS | Thesis: 120 ECTS)
Core Modules (7 Modules · 42 ECTS)
Research Methodology
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in carrying out a scholarly business research.
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Discuss the process and elaborate on the choice of tools and procedures adopted in carrying out a scholarly business and/or management related research
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each technique discussed in the design of research
- Critically Adopt and use relevant techniques, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Research Philosophy
Unit Aims: To provide students with a comprehensive theoretical foundation and advanced practical insights into the key philosophical paradigms, epistemological frameworks, and methodological approaches that underpin scholarly business research. This course aims to develop students' critical thinking and analytical skills, enabling them to evaluate and apply various research philosophies to their own work.
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the major philosophical underpinnings of social science research
- Demonstrate advanced understanding of the theoretical frameworks and epistemological debates that shape research methodologies in business and management studies
- Apply complex theoretical knowledge to the design of rigorous research proposals
- Develop a comprehensive literature review, demonstrating the ability to critically engage with existing scholarship
Advanced Statistics
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in using and utilizing advanced statistical tools in analyzing research data
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the rationale, discuss the usage and carry out basic computational exercise for each of the statistical tools/ topics covered to analyze the data for research purposes
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each model/ tool discussed for different types of data collected
- Adopt and use relevant statistical tools, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Organizational Leadership
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in carrying out organizational and leadership research.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundations of organizational leadership and its impact on performance
- Apply leadership theories to contemporary organizational challenges
- Assess the influence of external and internal factors on leadership effectiveness
- Evaluate leadership approaches to organizational change and performance improvement
- Critically examine contemporary perspectives and emerging trends in organizational leadership
Multivariate Analysis
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in using and utilizing methods and techniques of multivariate data analysis
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the rationale, discuss the usage and carryout basic computational exercise for each of the techniques/ topics covered to analyze the data for research purposes
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each technique/ tools discussed for different types of data collected
- Adopt and use relevant techniques, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Advanced Accounting and Finance
Unit Aims: The objective of this course is to develop an advanced understanding of accounting and finance principles, theories, and practices, enabling learners to critically analyze financial data, apply theoretical models, and make strategic financial decisions in complex business environments. Learners will engage with contemporary research in accounting and finance, developing the ability to contribute to academic knowledge and professional practice
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundational principles of accounting and finance
- Apply advanced financial analysis techniques for business decision-making
- Critically examine key theoretical frameworks in accounting and finance
- Evaluate emerging theories and models in accounting and finance research
Strategic Management
Unit Aims: To provide students with advanced theoretical and practical understanding of strategic management processes, tools, and frameworks used to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. This course aims to develop students' ability to analyze strategic environments, formulate strategic choices, implement strategy, and evaluate organizational performance
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundations and processes of strategic management
- Conduct internal and external strategic analysis for decision-making
- Formulate strategic options for competitive and corporate advantage
- Evaluate strategy implementation, control, and performance measurement
Specialization Modules (3 Modules · 18 ECTS)
Global Finance and Strategy
Unit Aims: Global Finance and Strategy develops the doctoral-level capability to formulate, evaluate, and defend financial strategy for enterprises operating across borders, currencies, and capital markets. The unit sits at the intersection of international financial management and strategic decision-making: it equips scholar-practitioners to reason about how multinational firms should raise capital, allocate it across countries, manage currency and macro-financial exposure, and reposition financial strategy when the global environment is disrupted by crises, sanctions, or shifts in the international monetary order.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the global financial architecture and international monetary system, and its strategic implications for multinational enterprises
- Formulate international capital budgeting and cross-border investment strategy under conditions of currency, political, and macroeconomic uncertainty
- Design currency risk management and global treasury strategy to protect and enhance multinational firm value
- Formulate global financial strategy responses to geopolitical, macroeconomic, and structural disruption
Strategic Financial Management
Unit Aims: Learners will critically evaluate advanced accounting treatments for multinational organizations, connect accounting analysis to strategic financial decision-making, apply accounting and assurance techniques to identify and report organizational risk, and integrate accounting data with analytics to design and communicate integrated performance reporting. The unit requires learners to draw explicitly on prior specialization learning and synthesize it into an original, doctoral-level accounting-based contribution to organizational practice.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically integrate advanced financial accounting and reporting techniques with global financial strategy to evaluate and report on multinational organizational performance
- Critically integrate advanced accounting analysis with strategic financial management to inform enterprise-level capital, investment, and performance decisions
- Critically apply advanced accounting and assurance techniques to identify, assess, and report organizational risk
- Critically integrate accounting data with financial analytics to design and communicate integrated organizational performance reporting
Thesis (120 ECTS)
Thesis 50,000 Words (+/-10%)
Unit Aims: The thesis represents the culmination of the doctoral program, requiring candidates to conduct original, independent research that makes a significant contribution to knowledge in their chosen field of study.
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Design and execute a rigorous, original research project in the field of business and management
- Demonstrate advanced critical thinking and analytical skills in the interpretation of research findings
- Contribute new knowledge and insights to academic and professional practice
- Produce a substantial written thesis that meets doctoral-level standards of scholarship and presentation
Delivery Mode: The program is delivered via Blended Learning, offering full flexibility so students can study online anytime, anywhere, and fit seamlessly with their professional commitments.
DBA in Human Resource Management
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Total ECTS: 180 (7 Core Modules: 42 ECTS | 3 Specialization Modules: 18 ECTS | Thesis: 120 ECTS)
Core Modules (7 Modules · 42 ECTS)
Research Methodology
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in carrying out a scholarly business research.
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Discuss the process and elaborate on the choice of tools and procedures adopted in carrying out a scholarly business and/or management related research
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each technique discussed in the design of research
- Critically Adopt and use relevant techniques, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Research Philosophy
Unit Aims: To provide students with a comprehensive theoretical foundation and advanced practical insights into the key philosophical paradigms, epistemological frameworks, and methodological approaches that underpin scholarly business research. This course aims to develop students' critical thinking and analytical skills, enabling them to evaluate and apply various research philosophies to their own work.
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the major philosophical underpinnings of social science research
- Demonstrate advanced understanding of the theoretical frameworks and epistemological debates that shape research methodologies in business and management studies
- Apply complex theoretical knowledge to the design of rigorous research proposals
- Develop a comprehensive literature review, demonstrating the ability to critically engage with existing scholarship
Advanced Statistics
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in using and utilizing advanced statistical tools in analyzing research data
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the rationale, discuss the usage and carry out basic computational exercise for each of the statistical tools/ topics covered to analyze the data for research purposes
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each model/ tool discussed for different types of data collected
- Adopt and use relevant statistical tools, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Organizational Leadership
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in carrying out organizational and leadership research.
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundations of organizational leadership and its impact on performance
- Apply leadership theories to contemporary organizational challenges
- Assess the influence of external and internal factors on leadership effectiveness
- Evaluate leadership approaches to organizational change and performance improvement
- Critically examine contemporary perspectives and emerging trends in organizational leadership
Multivariate Analysis
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in using and utilizing methods and techniques of multivariate data analysis
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the rationale, discuss the usage and carryout basic computational exercise for each of the techniques/ topics covered to analyze the data for research purposes
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each technique/ tools discussed for different types of data collected
- Adopt and use relevant techniques, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Advanced Accounting and Finance
Unit Aims: The objective of this course is to develop an advanced understanding of accounting and finance principles, theories, and practices, enabling learners to critically analyze financial data, apply theoretical models, and make strategic financial decisions in complex business environments. Learners will engage with contemporary research in accounting and finance, developing the ability to contribute to academic knowledge and professional practice
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundational principles of accounting and finance
- Apply advanced financial analysis techniques for business decision-making
- Critically examine key theoretical frameworks in accounting and finance
- Evaluate emerging theories and models in accounting and finance research
Strategic Management
Unit Aims: To provide students with advanced theoretical and practical understanding of strategic management processes, tools, and frameworks used to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. This course aims to develop students' ability to analyze strategic environments, formulate strategic choices, implement strategy, and evaluate organizational performance
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundations and processes of strategic management
- Conduct internal and external strategic analysis for decision-making
- Formulate strategic options for competitive and corporate advantage
- Evaluate strategy implementation, control, and performance measurement
Specialization Modules (3 Modules · 18 ECTS)
Talent Management and Development
Unit Aims: This unit aims to fulfil the learner's ability to analyze and evaluate the talent management model. The talent management process initiates with the meticulous delineation of appropriate talent profiles tailored to meet the specific needs of the organization, It encompasses the foundational elements employed by organizations to oversee the performance of individuals, teams, and the organization as a whole. Central to this exploration is an examination of the respective roles played by HR and line management within the realm of talent management. Furthermore, the unit delves into the complexities surrounding talent retention, investigating prevalent issues and proposing viable solutions. Through a comprehensive approach, learners will gain insight into the various dimensions of talent management, ranging from the cultivation of core competencies to the formulation and execution of performance management systems, as well as the identification, assessment, and development of talent.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the theoretical and conceptual basis of the major component of talent management as a process
- Create a manpower plan and employee resourcing as talent management
- Critically evaluate how the talent management process can be affected by employment markets, recruitment and selection process for the organization
- Attain comprehension of the Human Resource Development and Planning Process
- Critically Analyze the context & aspects of employee resourcing
Organizational Psychology
Unit Aims: The aim of this unit is to critically evaluate and contribute to advanced theoretical and practical discourses on organizational change. Learners will engage in rigorous analysis of the nature of change, the organizational change cycle, and contemporary models of change, assessing their relevance and applicability in complex and dynamic environments. Through critical inquiry, learners will develop innovative and strategic approaches to planning and implementing change, while addressing multifaceted challenges such as resistance to change and strategies for its mitigation. Furthermore, learners will explore cutting-edge perspectives on organizational development, critically appraising various interventions and their impact on sustainable transformation in organizations.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the significance of the organizational change cycle
- Develop and critically assess advanced strategies for counteracting resistance to change
- Critically analyze and contribute to the development of structural and behavioral interventions within organizational development
- Critically evaluate team typologies, development models, and the impact of diversity on team dynamics and performance, advancing theoretical and practical insights into effective and inclusive team development
Organizational Development
Unit Aims: The aim of this unit is to help learners with theoretical and practical knowledge in diagnosing organizational issues, designing and implementing interventions, and evaluating their effectiveness to foster organizational change and development.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundations of organizational development and its impact on organizational effectiveness
- Critically apply organizational development theories and interventions to contemporary organizational challenges
- Assess the influence of external and internal factors on organizational development effectiveness
- Evaluate organizational development approaches to organizational change and performance improvement
Thesis (120 ECTS)
Thesis 50,000 Words (+/-10%)
Unit Aims: The thesis represents the culmination of the doctoral program, requiring candidates to conduct original, independent research that makes a significant contribution to knowledge in their chosen field of study.
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Design and execute a rigorous, original research project in the field of business and management
- Demonstrate advanced critical thinking and analytical skills in the interpretation of research findings
- Contribute new knowledge and insights to academic and professional practice
- Produce a substantial written thesis that meets doctoral-level standards of scholarship and presentation
Delivery Mode: The program is delivered via Blended Learning, offering full flexibility so students can study online anytime, anywhere, and fit seamlessly with their professional commitments.
DBA in Strategic Marketing
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Total ECTS: 180 (7 Core Modules: 42 ECTS | 3 Specialization Modules: 18 ECTS | Thesis: 120 ECTS)
Core Modules (7 Modules · 42 ECTS)
Research Methodology
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in carrying out a scholarly business research.
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Discuss the process and elaborate on the choice of tools and procedures adopted in carrying out a scholarly business and/or management related research
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each technique discussed in the design of research
- Critically Adopt and use relevant techniques, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Research Philosophy
Unit Aims: To provide students with a comprehensive theoretical foundation and advanced practical insights into the key philosophical paradigms, epistemological frameworks, and methodological approaches that underpin scholarly business research. This course aims to develop students' critical thinking and analytical skills, enabling them to evaluate and apply various research philosophies to their own work.
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the major philosophical underpinnings of social science research
- Demonstrate advanced understanding of the theoretical frameworks and epistemological debates that shape research methodologies in business and management studies
- Apply complex theoretical knowledge to the design of rigorous research proposals
- Develop a comprehensive literature review, demonstrating the ability to critically engage with existing scholarship
Advanced Statistics
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in using and utilizing advanced statistical tools in analyzing research data
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the rationale, discuss the usage and carry out basic computational exercise for each of the statistical tools/ topics covered to analyze the data for research purposes
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each model/ tool discussed for different types of data collected
- Adopt and use relevant statistical tools, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Organizational Leadership
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in carrying out organizational and leadership research.
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundations of organizational leadership and its impact on performance
- Apply leadership theories to contemporary organizational challenges
- Assess the influence of external and internal factors on leadership effectiveness
- Evaluate leadership approaches to organizational change and performance improvement
- Critically examine contemporary perspectives and emerging trends in organizational leadership
Multivariate Analysis
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in using and utilizing methods and techniques of multivariate data analysis
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the rationale, discuss the usage and carryout basic computational exercise for each of the techniques/ topics covered to analyze the data for research purposes
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each technique/ tools discussed for different types of data collected
- Adopt and use relevant techniques, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Advanced Accounting and Finance
Unit Aims: The objective of this course is to develop an advanced understanding of accounting and finance principles, theories, and practices, enabling learners to critically analyze financial data, apply theoretical models, and make strategic financial decisions in complex business environments. Learners will engage with contemporary research in accounting and finance, developing the ability to contribute to academic knowledge and professional practice
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundational principles of accounting and finance
- Apply advanced financial analysis techniques for business decision-making
- Critically examine key theoretical frameworks in accounting and finance
- Evaluate emerging theories and models in accounting and finance research
Strategic Management
Unit Aims: To provide students with advanced theoretical and practical understanding of strategic management processes, tools, and frameworks used to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. This course aims to develop students' ability to analyze strategic environments, formulate strategic choices, implement strategy, and evaluate organizational performance
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundations and processes of strategic management
- Conduct internal and external strategic analysis for decision-making
- Formulate strategic options for competitive and corporate advantage
- Evaluate strategy implementation, control, and performance measurement
Specialization Modules (3 Modules · 18 ECTS)
Contemporary Issues in Marketing
Unit Aims: the aim of this unit is to enable learners to critically analyze and synthesize contemporary issues in marketing, employing advanced theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence. This involves evaluating the complexities of modern marketing challenges, proposing innovative solutions, and contributing novel insights to the field through rigorous research and scholarly discourse
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically develop a profound comprehension of the strategic implications of marketing within the broader contexts of corporate and business strategies
- Critically evaluating the latest trends, theories, and empirical research in Neuromarketing
- Develop a sophisticated understanding of B2B Marketing Strategy and Planning, emphasizing the cultivation of enduring, value-driven relationships with business customers
- critically analyze advanced methodologies, theoretical frameworks, and statistical techniques employed in marketing research design and execution
- Critically Develop the diverse array of tools utilized in service marketing and the intricacies of designing effective service marketing activities
Strategic Brand Management
Unit Aims: The aim of this unit is to foster a nuanced comprehension of how brands facilitate companies in achieving differentiation. Companies must establish a distinctive presence in the marketplace by implementing effective and innovative Brand Management strategies. Brand Management transcends departmental boundaries, serving as an organizational-wide initiative. This course aims to bridge theoretical knowledge with practical application, enabling Learners to translate theoretical concepts into actionable strategies and tactics that drive brand success in dynamic market environments.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically Evaluate and refine brand management strategies, through applying sophisticated analytical skills
- Develop Brand Positioning and frame of reference building
- Critically evaluate the Brand positioning and customer excellence through CBBE approach
- Critically Develop the brand positioning strategy
- Critically Develop Brand Equity and Build up strong brands practices and brand elements
Integrated Marketing Communication
Unit Aims: This unit develops doctoral-level mastery of Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) as a strategic discipline for orchestrating coherent, evidence-based brand conversations across an increasingly fragmented media and channel landscape. Moving beyond the operational planning of individual promotional tools, the unit equips candidates to critically evaluate the theoretical evolution of IMC, to design and defend integrated multichannel communication strategies that align paid, owned, earned, and shared media, and to interrogate the technological, ethical, and measurement challenges that shape contemporary practice.
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Learning Outcomes:
- critically evaluate the theoretical evolution of integrated marketing communication from a fragmented promotional-mix discipline to a unifying, brand-equity-driven strategic philosophy
- design and justify an integrated communication strategy that orchestrates message and media selection across paid, owned, earned, and shared channels to achieve consistency, synergy, and audience-appropriate reach
- critically apply data-driven and technology-enabled approaches to planning, personalizing, and optimizing integrated communication, while evaluating the ethical, privacy, and regulatory constraints on their use
- synthesize theoretical, strategic, and technological insight into an original, evidence-based integrated marketing communication strategy for a real organizational context
Thesis (120 ECTS)
Thesis 50,000 Words (+/-10%)
Unit Aims: The thesis represents the culmination of the doctoral program, requiring candidates to conduct original, independent research that makes a significant contribution to knowledge in their chosen field of study.
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Design and execute a rigorous, original research project in the field of business and management
- Demonstrate advanced critical thinking and analytical skills in the interpretation of research findings
- Contribute new knowledge and insights to academic and professional practice
- Produce a substantial written thesis that meets doctoral-level standards of scholarship and presentation
Delivery Mode: The program is delivered via Blended Learning, offering full flexibility so students can study online anytime, anywhere, and fit seamlessly with their professional commitments.
DBA in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
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Total ECTS: 180 (7 Core Modules: 42 ECTS | 3 Specialization Modules: 18 ECTS | Thesis: 120 ECTS)
Core Modules (7 Modules · 42 ECTS)
Research Methodology
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in carrying out a scholarly business research.
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Discuss the process and elaborate on the choice of tools and procedures adopted in carrying out a scholarly business and/or management related research
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each technique discussed in the design of research
- Critically Adopt and use relevant techniques, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Research Philosophy
Unit Aims: To provide students with a comprehensive theoretical foundation and advanced practical insights into the key philosophical paradigms, epistemological frameworks, and methodological approaches that underpin scholarly business research. This course aims to develop students' critical thinking and analytical skills, enabling them to evaluate and apply various research philosophies to their own work.
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the major philosophical underpinnings of social science research
- Demonstrate advanced understanding of the theoretical frameworks and epistemological debates that shape research methodologies in business and management studies
- Apply complex theoretical knowledge to the design of rigorous research proposals
- Develop a comprehensive literature review, demonstrating the ability to critically engage with existing scholarship
Advanced Statistics
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in using and utilizing advanced statistical tools in analyzing research data
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the rationale, discuss the usage and carry out basic computational exercise for each of the statistical tools/ topics covered to analyze the data for research purposes
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each model/ tool discussed for different types of data collected
- Adopt and use relevant statistical tools, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Organizational Leadership
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in carrying out organizational and leadership research.
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundations of organizational leadership and its impact on performance
- Apply leadership theories to contemporary organizational challenges
- Assess the influence of external and internal factors on leadership effectiveness
- Evaluate leadership approaches to organizational change and performance improvement
- Critically examine contemporary perspectives and emerging trends in organizational leadership
Multivariate Analysis
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in using and utilizing methods and techniques of multivariate data analysis
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the rationale, discuss the usage and carryout basic computational exercise for each of the techniques/ topics covered to analyze the data for research purposes
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each technique/ tools discussed for different types of data collected
- Adopt and use relevant techniques, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Advanced Accounting and Finance
Unit Aims: The objective of this course is to develop an advanced understanding of accounting and finance principles, theories, and practices, enabling learners to critically analyze financial data, apply theoretical models, and make strategic financial decisions in complex business environments. Learners will engage with contemporary research in accounting and finance, developing the ability to contribute to academic knowledge and professional practice
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundational principles of accounting and finance
- Apply advanced financial analysis techniques for business decision-making
- Critically examine key theoretical frameworks in accounting and finance
- Evaluate emerging theories and models in accounting and finance research
Strategic Management
Unit Aims: To provide students with advanced theoretical and practical understanding of strategic management processes, tools, and frameworks used to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. This course aims to develop students' ability to analyze strategic environments, formulate strategic choices, implement strategy, and evaluate organizational performance
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundations and processes of strategic management
- Conduct internal and external strategic analysis for decision-making
- Formulate strategic options for competitive and corporate advantage
- Evaluate strategy implementation, control, and performance measurement
Specialization Modules (3 Modules · 18 ECTS)
New Business Ventures
Unit Aims: This unit aims to cultivate an advanced understanding among students regarding the intricate nuances of New Business venture concepts and their application within complex corporate environments. It seeks to facilitate learners' capacity to analyze, evaluate, and synthesize Entrepreneurship and Innovation concepts, fostering a high level of cognitive engagement and mastery.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Develop a potential business venture through various business models
- Develop new business venture successfully through effective business planning, business performance evaluation and monitoring process
- Critically Evaluate the personal, sociological, organizational, environment, innovation, implementation and growth
- Critically evaluate the entire entrepreneurial process, encompassing its intricacies, challenges, and strategic implications
- Evaluate the importance of opportunity in entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial Consulting Project
Unit Aims: The aim of studying Entrepreneurial Consulting Projects is to cultivate advanced analytical and logical capabilities, enabling individuals to adeptly address emergent economic and employment challenges. This unit aims to foster a culture of creativity and problem-solving, culminating in the generation of innovative products and services through the application of diverse strategic approaches. It delves into the theoretical foundations and practical applications of entrepreneurship, emphasizing the creation and expansion of global ventures.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Conceptualize the role of the entrepreneur
- Critically Evaluate an entrepreneurial business plans
- Critically Evaluate the small business's competitive edge in the marketplace using bootstrap marketing strategies
Feasibility Studies and Business Planning
Unit Aims: This unit develops doctoral-level capability in the rigorous assessment of venture viability and the construction of an investment-grade business plan. It addresses the analytical discipline that precedes and underpins venture launch: systematically testing whether a proposed venture is technically achievable, commercially viable, financially sound, and legally and operationally feasible, before resources are committed.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically apply feasibility study methodology to evaluate the market, technical, and operational viability of a proposed venture
- Construct and critically interpret integrated financial feasibility models, including revenue forecasting, cost structures, break-even analysis, and sensitivity/scenario testing
- Evaluate the legal, regulatory, and organizational feasibility of a venture, including risk exposure and mitigation strategy
- Synthesize feasibility findings into a coherent, evidence-based business plan structured to meet the due-diligence expectations of investors, lenders, or institutional decision-makers
Thesis (120 ECTS)
Thesis 50,000 Words (+/-10%)
Unit Aims: The thesis represents the culmination of the doctoral program, requiring candidates to conduct original, independent research that makes a significant contribution to knowledge in their chosen field of study.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Design and execute a rigorous, original research project in the field of business and management
- Demonstrate advanced critical thinking and analytical skills in the interpretation of research findings
- Contribute new knowledge and insights to academic and professional practice
- Produce a substantial written thesis that meets doctoral-level standards of scholarship and presentation
Delivery Mode: The program is delivered via Blended Learning, offering full flexibility so students can study online anytime, anywhere, and fit seamlessly with their professional commitments.
DBA in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
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Total ECTS: 180 (7 Core Modules: 42 ECTS | 3 Specialization Modules: 18 ECTS | Thesis: 120 ECTS)
Core Modules (7 Modules · 42 ECTS)
Research Methodology
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in carrying out a scholarly business research.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Discuss the process and elaborate on the choice of tools and procedures adopted in carrying out a scholarly business and/or management related research
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each technique discussed in the design of research
- Critically Adopt and use relevant techniques, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Research Philosophy
Unit Aims: To provide students with a comprehensive theoretical foundation and advanced practical insights into the key philosophical paradigms, epistemological frameworks, and methodological approaches that underpin scholarly business research. This course aims to develop students' critical thinking and analytical skills, enabling them to evaluate and apply various research philosophies to their own work.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the major philosophical underpinnings of social science research
- Demonstrate advanced understanding of the theoretical frameworks and epistemological debates that shape research methodologies in business and management studies
- Apply complex theoretical knowledge to the design of rigorous research proposals
- Develop a comprehensive literature review, demonstrating the ability to critically engage with existing scholarship
Advanced Statistics
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in using and utilizing advanced statistical tools in analyzing research data
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Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the rationale, discuss the usage and carry out basic computational exercise for each of the statistical tools/ topics covered to analyze the data for research purposes
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each model/ tool discussed for different types of data collected
- Adopt and use relevant statistical tools, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Organizational Leadership
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in carrying out organizational and leadership research.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundations of organizational leadership and its impact on performance
- Apply leadership theories to contemporary organizational challenges
- Assess the influence of external and internal factors on leadership effectiveness
- Evaluate leadership approaches to organizational change and performance improvement
- Critically examine contemporary perspectives and emerging trends in organizational leadership
Multivariate Analysis
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in using and utilizing methods and techniques of multivariate data analysis
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Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the rationale, discuss the usage and carryout basic computational exercise for each of the techniques/ topics covered to analyze the data for research purposes
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each technique/ tools discussed for different types of data collected
- Adopt and use relevant techniques, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Advanced Accounting and Finance
Unit Aims: The objective of this course is to develop an advanced understanding of accounting and finance principles, theories, and practices, enabling learners to critically analyze financial data, apply theoretical models, and make strategic financial decisions in complex business environments. Learners will engage with contemporary research in accounting and finance, developing the ability to contribute to academic knowledge and professional practice
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundational principles of accounting and finance
- Apply advanced financial analysis techniques for business decision-making
- Critically examine key theoretical frameworks in accounting and finance
- Evaluate emerging theories and models in accounting and finance research
Strategic Management
Unit Aims: To provide students with advanced theoretical and practical understanding of strategic management processes, tools, and frameworks used to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. This course aims to develop students' ability to analyze strategic environments, formulate strategic choices, implement strategy, and evaluate organizational performance
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundations and processes of strategic management
- Conduct internal and external strategic analysis for decision-making
- Formulate strategic options for competitive and corporate advantage
- Evaluate strategy implementation, control, and performance measurement
Specialization Modules (3 Modules · 18 ECTS)
Sustainable Operations Management
Unit Aims: The aim of this unit is to develop learners' understanding, knowledge and skills of sustainable operations management, including key elements of sustainability and their importance to businesses, the business drivers and barriers affecting the move towards sustainability, the different practices across the supply chain that can be worked upon to improve sustainability as well as the performance measures and the business impact of sustainability. A variety of different sectors are explored.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically analyze sustainable operations management strategies
- Integrate advanced sustainability principles and practices into operations management frameworks
- Leverage innovative technologies and data-driven approaches to optimize sustainable operations
- Develop comprehensive sustainability policies and initiatives, assessing their long-term impact on organizational sustainability and competitive advantage
- Critically Implement complex optimization models to improve supply chain efficiency, responsiveness, and adaptability to changing market conditions
- Apply advanced forecasting and predictive analytics methods to accurately anticipate demand fluctuations and optimize inventory management
Supply Chain Planning and Modelling
Unit Aims: The unit aims to provide learners with in-depth knowledge about planning processes across all key aspects of supply chain management. The relevance of each of the planning processes, the associated information requirements and modeling and analytic techniques are covered.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate contemporary supply chain planning models and approaches, identifying their strengths and limitations in diverse business contexts
- Integrate advanced planning, scheduling, and control methodologies within complex business operations to enhance operational efficiency
- Critically evaluate advanced data analytics frameworks to inform strategic decision-making
- Develop comprehensive supply chain strategies, assessing their long-term impact on organizational sustainability and competitive advantage
- Critically design advanced optimization models that enhance supply chain efficiency, responsiveness, and adaptability
- Critically evaluate advanced forecasting and predictive analytics models to proactively anticipate demand fluctuations
International Business Ethics and Sustainability
Unit Aims: The aim of the "International Business Ethics and Sustainability" unit is to develop a deep understanding of ethical principles and sustainability practices in the context of international business. This unit will equip students with the ability to critically evaluate ethical dilemmas and sustainability challenges those global businesses face, and to develop strategies that integrate ethical and sustainable practices into business operations and decision-making processes.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate major ethical theories and frameworks and their application to international business contexts
- Critically analyze complex ethical dilemmas faced by international businesses and propose well-reasoned solutions
- Critically develop comprehensive strategies that promote sustainability within international business operations, considering economic, social, and environmental dimensions
- Critically assess the impact of corporate social responsibility initiatives on global business practices and stakeholder relationships
- Critically evaluate, develop and defend ethical business policies that address issues such as labor rights, environmental sustainability, and fair trade in a global context
- Critically Evaluate the effectiveness of global sustainability standards and certifications in promoting ethical business practices
Thesis (120 ECTS)
Thesis 50,000 Words (+/-10%)
Unit Aims: The thesis represents the culmination of the doctoral program, requiring candidates to conduct original, independent research that makes a significant contribution to knowledge in their chosen field of study.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Design and execute a rigorous, original research project in the field of business and management
- Demonstrate advanced critical thinking and analytical skills in the interpretation of research findings
- Contribute new knowledge and insights to academic and professional practice
- Produce a substantial written thesis that meets doctoral-level standards of scholarship and presentation
Delivery Mode: The program is delivered via Blended Learning, offering full flexibility so students can study online anytime, anywhere, and fit seamlessly with their professional commitments.
DBA in Project Management
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Total ECTS: 180 (7 Core Modules: 42 ECTS | 3 Specialization Modules: 18 ECTS | Thesis: 120 ECTS)
Core Modules (7 Modules · 42 ECTS)
Research Methodology
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in carrying out a scholarly business research.
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Discuss the process and elaborate on the choice of tools and procedures adopted in carrying out a scholarly business and/or management related research
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each technique discussed in the design of research
- Critically Adopt and use relevant techniques, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Research Philosophy
Unit Aims: To provide students with a comprehensive theoretical foundation and advanced practical insights into the key philosophical paradigms, epistemological frameworks, and methodological approaches that underpin scholarly business research. This course aims to develop students' critical thinking and analytical skills, enabling them to evaluate and apply various research philosophies to their own work.
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the major philosophical underpinnings of social science research
- Demonstrate advanced understanding of the theoretical frameworks and epistemological debates that shape research methodologies in business and management studies
- Apply complex theoretical knowledge to the design of rigorous research proposals
- Develop a comprehensive literature review, demonstrating the ability to critically engage with existing scholarship
Advanced Statistics
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in using and utilizing advanced statistical tools in analyzing research data
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Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the rationale, discuss the usage and carry out basic computational exercise for each of the statistical tools/ topics covered to analyze the data for research purposes
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each model/ tool discussed for different types of data collected
- Adopt and use relevant statistical tools, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Organizational Leadership
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in carrying out organizational and leadership research.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundations of organizational leadership and its impact on performance
- Apply leadership theories to contemporary organizational challenges
- Assess the influence of external and internal factors on leadership effectiveness
- Evaluate leadership approaches to organizational change and performance improvement
- Critically examine contemporary perspectives and emerging trends in organizational leadership
Multivariate Analysis
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in using and utilizing methods and techniques of multivariate data analysis
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the rationale, discuss the usage and carryout basic computational exercise for each of the techniques/ topics covered to analyze the data for research purposes
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each technique/ tools discussed for different types of data collected
- Adopt and use relevant techniques, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Advanced Accounting and Finance
Unit Aims: The objective of this course is to develop an advanced understanding of accounting and finance principles, theories, and practices, enabling learners to critically analyze financial data, apply theoretical models, and make strategic financial decisions in complex business environments. Learners will engage with contemporary research in accounting and finance, developing the ability to contribute to academic knowledge and professional practice
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundational principles of accounting and finance
- Apply advanced financial analysis techniques for business decision-making
- Critically examine key theoretical frameworks in accounting and finance
- Evaluate emerging theories and models in accounting and finance research
Strategic Management
Unit Aims: To provide students with advanced theoretical and practical understanding of strategic management processes, tools, and frameworks used to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. This course aims to develop students' ability to analyze strategic environments, formulate strategic choices, implement strategy, and evaluate organizational performance
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundations and processes of strategic management
- Conduct internal and external strategic analysis for decision-making
- Formulate strategic options for competitive and corporate advantage
- Evaluate strategy implementation, control, and performance measurement
Specialization Modules (3 Modules · 18 ECTS)
Procurement Risk and Contract Management
Unit Aims: The aim of the unit is to enable the student to understand the core concepts of procurement along with the importance of identifying and managing risks related to procurement and contract management. The learners will also create a Holistic Project Management Resource Plan (HPMRSP) that integrates project procurement and purchasing processes and design a Product-Fit Solution (PFS) that addresses business case problems and challenges, adds business value, and ensures project success.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically analyze the core concepts of procurement and contract management
- Critically evaluate procurement operating environment and legislation
- Critically evaluate and develop the management plans of procurement operations
- Critically evaluate the risk management process in procurement and contract management
Operations and Information Management for Project Managers
Unit Aims: The aim of this unit is to develop critical understanding of managing operations and information systems within projects. The interrelationships within functional areas will be examined and the influence of contemporary factors. Learners will explore organizational strategy in relation to capacity to plan for products and consider the value of inventory management using information systems and inventory scheduling.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically develop Conceptual framework on the role of operations management within a business
- Critically evaluate the principles and methodologies of strategic capacity planning for products and services
- Critically assess the requirements and effectiveness of inventory management practices utilizing information systems
- Critically Analyze the methodologies and challenges of scheduling operations for project managers
- Critically evaluate the frameworks and effectiveness of systems for project quality management
Strategic Risk Management
Unit Aims: The unit moves beyond technical project management by integrating complexity theory, agile and hybrid delivery, portfolio governance, benefits realization, risk analytics, strategic alignment, stakeholder value, and applied DBA research to support executive decision-making and organizational transformation.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Analyze the strategic implications of corporate risk management
- Analyze Integrative risk management perspectives
- Develop full Strategic risk analyses
- Analyze, and evaluate market-related business in corporate risk management
- Apply Risk Governance to the entire organization's sectors
Thesis (120 ECTS)
Thesis 50,000 Words (+/-10%)
Unit Aims: The thesis represents the culmination of the doctoral program, requiring candidates to conduct original, independent research that makes a significant contribution to knowledge in their chosen field of study.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Design and execute a rigorous, original research project in the field of business and management
- Demonstrate advanced critical thinking and analytical skills in the interpretation of research findings
- Contribute new knowledge and insights to academic and professional practice
- Produce a substantial written thesis that meets doctoral-level standards of scholarship and presentation
Delivery Mode: The program is delivered via Blended Learning, offering full flexibility so students can study online anytime, anywhere, and fit seamlessly with their professional commitments.
DBA in Quality Management
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Total ECTS: 180 (7 Core Modules: 42 ECTS | 3 Specialization Modules: 18 ECTS | Thesis: 120 ECTS)
Core Modules (7 Modules · 42 ECTS)
Research Methodology
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in carrying out a scholarly business research.
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Discuss the process and elaborate on the choice of tools and procedures adopted in carrying out a scholarly business and/or management related research
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each technique discussed in the design of research
- Critically Adopt and use relevant techniques, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Research Philosophy
Unit Aims: To provide students with a comprehensive theoretical foundation and advanced practical insights into the key philosophical paradigms, epistemological frameworks, and methodological approaches that underpin scholarly business research. This course aims to develop students' critical thinking and analytical skills, enabling them to evaluate and apply various research philosophies to their own work.
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the major philosophical underpinnings of social science research
- Demonstrate advanced understanding of the theoretical frameworks and epistemological debates that shape research methodologies in business and management studies
- Apply complex theoretical knowledge to the design of rigorous research proposals
- Develop a comprehensive literature review, demonstrating the ability to critically engage with existing scholarship
Advanced Statistics
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in using and utilizing advanced statistical tools in analyzing research data
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the rationale, discuss the usage and carry out basic computational exercise for each of the statistical tools/ topics covered to analyze the data for research purposes
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each model/ tool discussed for different types of data collected
- Adopt and use relevant statistical tools, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Organizational Leadership
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in carrying out organizational and leadership research.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundations of organizational leadership and its impact on performance
- Apply leadership theories to contemporary organizational challenges
- Assess the influence of external and internal factors on leadership effectiveness
- Evaluate leadership approaches to organizational change and performance improvement
- Critically examine contemporary perspectives and emerging trends in organizational leadership
Multivariate Analysis
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in using and utilizing methods and techniques of multivariate data analysis
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the rationale, discuss the usage and carryout basic computational exercise for each of the techniques/ topics covered to analyze the data for research purposes
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each technique/ tools discussed for different types of data collected
- Adopt and use relevant techniques, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Advanced Accounting and Finance
Unit Aims: The objective of this course is to develop an advanced understanding of accounting and finance principles, theories, and practices, enabling learners to critically analyze financial data, apply theoretical models, and make strategic financial decisions in complex business environments. Learners will engage with contemporary research in accounting and finance, developing the ability to contribute to academic knowledge and professional practice
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundational principles of accounting and finance
- Apply advanced financial analysis techniques for business decision-making
- Critically examine key theoretical frameworks in accounting and finance
- Evaluate emerging theories and models in accounting and finance research
Strategic Management
Unit Aims: To provide students with advanced theoretical and practical understanding of strategic management processes, tools, and frameworks used to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. This course aims to develop students' ability to analyze strategic environments, formulate strategic choices, implement strategy, and evaluate organizational performance
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundations and processes of strategic management
- Conduct internal and external strategic analysis for decision-making
- Formulate strategic options for competitive and corporate advantage
- Evaluate strategy implementation, control, and performance measurement
Specialization Modules (3 Modules · 18 ECTS)
Manage Quality Systems
Unit Aims: Learners will be well-equipped to become leaders and innovators in quality management. They will possess the knowledge, research skills, and critical thinking abilities to address real-world challenges in organizational quality and contribute significantly to the advancement of quality management theory and practice.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically analyze the theoretical foundations of principles and concepts of quality management systems and their role in organizational success
- Develop quality management systems: quality management tools and techniques
- Designing quality management systems: Quality Leadership and Change Management
- Transforming the organizational culture to be a Customer-Centric organization while Designing quality management systems
- Critically Develop well-crafted communication plan ultimately leads to a smooth transition and seamless adoption of the new quality system
- Implement quality management systems to ensure consistent quality throughout the product or service lifecycle
Strategic Quality and Systems Management
Unit Aims: The critical examination of developing the right skills and knowledge necessary to establish the effectiveness of an integrated quality management system (IQMS) within an organization through a comprehensive understanding of strategic quality and systems management. The IQMS can lead to increased efficiency, customer satisfaction, and overall success for the organization.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically analyze the theoretical foundations of strategic quality management and their historical context
- Design Strategic Quality and Systems Management
- Implement Strategic Quality and Systems Management aligned with an organization's overall business strategy
- Develop changing initiatives for successful integration of strategic quality and systems management within organizations
- Evaluate the impact of strategic quality management on organizational performance, competitiveness, and customer satisfaction
Risk Analysis and Modelling
Unit Aims: This advanced DBA unit develops senior executive capability to identify, quantify, model, govern and communicate strategic, financial, operational, market, project and enterprise risks in complex and uncertain business environments. The unit integrates enterprise risk management, quantitative risk modelling, scenario analysis, stress testing, simulation, decision analytics, risk governance and applied DBA research to support evidence-based strategic decision-making and organizational resilience.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate advanced risk analysis concepts, enterprise risk management frameworks and modelling approaches within strategic business contexts
- Apply advanced qualitative and quantitative tools to identify, assess, prioritize and model organizational risks
- Develop and critically interpret advanced risk models to support strategic, financial and operational decision-making under uncertainty
- Design risk response, monitoring and governance mechanisms that strengthen strategic resilience and applied DBA-level contribution
Thesis (120 ECTS)
Thesis 50,000 Words (+/-10%)
Unit Aims: The thesis represents the culmination of the doctoral program, requiring candidates to conduct original, independent research that makes a significant contribution to knowledge in their chosen field of study.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Design and execute a rigorous, original research project in the field of business and management
- Demonstrate advanced critical thinking and analytical skills in the interpretation of research findings
- Contribute new knowledge and insights to academic and professional practice
- Produce a substantial written thesis that meets doctoral-level standards of scholarship and presentation
Delivery Mode: The program is delivered via Blended Learning, offering full flexibility so students can study online anytime, anywhere, and fit seamlessly with their professional commitments.
DBA in Digital Transformation
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Total ECTS: 180 (7 Core Modules: 42 ECTS | 3 Specialization Modules: 18 ECTS | Thesis: 120 ECTS)
Core Modules (7 Modules · 42 ECTS)
Research Methodology
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in carrying out a scholarly business research.
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Discuss the process and elaborate on the choice of tools and procedures adopted in carrying out a scholarly business and/or management related research
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each technique discussed in the design of research
- Critically Adopt and use relevant techniques, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Research Philosophy
Unit Aims: To provide students with a comprehensive theoretical foundation and advanced practical insights into the key philosophical paradigms, epistemological frameworks, and methodological approaches that underpin scholarly business research. This course aims to develop students' critical thinking and analytical skills, enabling them to evaluate and apply various research philosophies to their own work.
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the major philosophical underpinnings of social science research
- Demonstrate advanced understanding of the theoretical frameworks and epistemological debates that shape research methodologies in business and management studies
- Apply complex theoretical knowledge to the design of rigorous research proposals
- Develop a comprehensive literature review, demonstrating the ability to critically engage with existing scholarship
Advanced Statistics
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in using and utilizing advanced statistical tools in analyzing research data
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the rationale, discuss the usage and carry out basic computational exercise for each of the statistical tools/ topics covered to analyze the data for research purposes
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each model/ tool discussed for different types of data collected
- Adopt and use relevant statistical tools, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Organizational Leadership
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in carrying out organizational and leadership research.
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundations of organizational leadership and its impact on performance
- Apply leadership theories to contemporary organizational challenges
- Assess the influence of external and internal factors on leadership effectiveness
- Evaluate leadership approaches to organizational change and performance improvement
- Critically examine contemporary perspectives and emerging trends in organizational leadership
Multivariate Analysis
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in using and utilizing methods and techniques of multivariate data analysis
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the rationale, discuss the usage and carryout basic computational exercise for each of the techniques/ topics covered to analyze the data for research purposes
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each technique/ tools discussed for different types of data collected
- Adopt and use relevant techniques, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Advanced Accounting and Finance
Unit Aims: The objective of this course is to develop an advanced understanding of accounting and finance principles, theories, and practices, enabling learners to critically analyze financial data, apply theoretical models, and make strategic financial decisions in complex business environments. Learners will engage with contemporary research in accounting and finance, developing the ability to contribute to academic knowledge and professional practice
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundational principles of accounting and finance
- Apply advanced financial analysis techniques for business decision-making
- Critically examine key theoretical frameworks in accounting and finance
- Evaluate emerging theories and models in accounting and finance research
Strategic Management
Unit Aims: To provide students with advanced theoretical and practical understanding of strategic management processes, tools, and frameworks used to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. This course aims to develop students' ability to analyze strategic environments, formulate strategic choices, implement strategy, and evaluate organizational performance
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundations and processes of strategic management
- Conduct internal and external strategic analysis for decision-making
- Formulate strategic options for competitive and corporate advantage
- Evaluate strategy implementation, control, and performance measurement
Specialization Modules (3 Modules · 18 ECTS)
Digital Transformation for Leaders
Unit Aims: The primary aim of this unit is to equip leaders with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to successfully navigate and drive digital transformation within their organizations, ensuring they can adapt to the evolving digital landscape, make informed strategic decisions, and foster innovation and resilience in a rapidly changing environment.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the significance of digital transformation and leadership
- Critically assess and develop Leadership Skills for the Digital Era
- Critically evaluate and develop Strategic Planning and Governance in Digital Transformation Initiatives
- Critically evaluate, develop and apply Ethical, Cybersecurity, and Performance Management Practices in Digital Transformation
Foundation of SPI for Leaders
Unit Aims: To equip doctoral researchers with advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of software process improvement (SPI), enabling them to conduct cutting-edge research and apply strategies to optimize organizational performance in technology-driven environments.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically analyze the principles, frameworks, and methodologies of SPI and their relevance to organizational success
- Critically evaluate the role of leadership and organizational culture in SPI initiatives
- Critically analyse and design research-based SPI frameworks tailored to address specific organizational challenges
- Critically analyse and develop advanced skills in measuring, monitoring, and improving software processes using contemporary tools and techniques
- Synthesize academic and industry perspectives to propose innovative SPI solutions aligned with business objectives
AI Strategy and Business Models
Unit Aims: This advanced DBA unit develops senior executive capability to formulate, govern, and evaluate artificial intelligence strategies that create sustainable competitive advantage, strategic agility, operational intelligence, and new sources of business value. The unit integrates strategic management theory, AI-enabled business model innovation, platform and ecosystem strategy, data-driven value creation, responsible AI governance, strategic risk control, and applied DBA research to support evidence-based transformation decisions in complex organizational contexts.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate artificial intelligence as a strategic capability for business transformation and competitive advantage
- Design AI-enabled business models and value propositions for complex and competitive markets
- Govern AI strategy through responsible, ethical, risk-based, and performance-oriented management systems
- Lead AI strategy implementation and produce applied DBA-level research for measurable organizational impact
Thesis (120 ECTS)
Thesis 50,000 Words (+/-10%)
Unit Aims: The thesis represents the culmination of the doctoral program, requiring candidates to conduct original, independent research that makes a significant contribution to knowledge in their chosen field of study.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Design and execute a rigorous, original research project in the field of business and management
- Demonstrate advanced critical thinking and analytical skills in the interpretation of research findings
- Contribute new knowledge and insights to academic and professional practice
- Produce a substantial written thesis that meets doctoral-level standards of scholarship and presentation
Delivery Mode: The program is delivered via Blended Learning, offering full flexibility so students can study online anytime, anywhere, and fit seamlessly with their professional commitments.
DBA in Business Consultation
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Total ECTS: 180 (7 Core Modules: 42 ECTS | 3 Specialization Modules: 18 ECTS | Thesis: 120 ECTS)
Core Modules (7 Modules · 42 ECTS)
Research Methodology
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in carrying out a scholarly business research.
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Discuss the process and elaborate on the choice of tools and procedures adopted in carrying out a scholarly business and/or management related research
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each technique discussed in the design of research
- Critically Adopt and use relevant techniques, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Research Philosophy
Unit Aims: To provide students with a comprehensive theoretical foundation and advanced practical insights into the key philosophical paradigms, epistemological frameworks, and methodological approaches that underpin scholarly business research. This course aims to develop students' critical thinking and analytical skills, enabling them to evaluate and apply various research philosophies to their own work.
-
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the major philosophical underpinnings of social science research
- Demonstrate advanced understanding of the theoretical frameworks and epistemological debates that shape research methodologies in business and management studies
- Apply complex theoretical knowledge to the design of rigorous research proposals
- Develop a comprehensive literature review, demonstrating the ability to critically engage with existing scholarship
Advanced Statistics
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in using and utilizing advanced statistical tools in analyzing research data
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Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the rationale, discuss the usage and carry out basic computational exercise for each of the statistical tools/ topics covered to analyze the data for research purposes
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each model/ tool discussed for different types of data collected
- Adopt and use relevant statistical tools, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Organizational Leadership
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in carrying out organizational and leadership research.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundations of organizational leadership and its impact on performance
- Apply leadership theories to contemporary organizational challenges
- Assess the influence of external and internal factors on leadership effectiveness
- Evaluate leadership approaches to organizational change and performance improvement
- Critically examine contemporary perspectives and emerging trends in organizational leadership
Multivariate Analysis
Unit Aims: To equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge in using and utilizing methods and techniques of multivariate data analysis
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Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the rationale, discuss the usage and carryout basic computational exercise for each of the techniques/ topics covered to analyze the data for research purposes
- Explain the underlying assumptions and limitations in the use of each technique/ tools discussed for different types of data collected
- Adopt and use relevant techniques, compute and analyze the data and evaluate and synthesize the results obtained to explain the phenomenon being studied or the issue being discussed
Advanced Accounting and Finance
Unit Aims: The objective of this course is to develop an advanced understanding of accounting and finance principles, theories, and practices, enabling learners to critically analyze financial data, apply theoretical models, and make strategic financial decisions in complex business environments. Learners will engage with contemporary research in accounting and finance, developing the ability to contribute to academic knowledge and professional practice
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundational principles of accounting and finance
- Apply advanced financial analysis techniques for business decision-making
- Critically examine key theoretical frameworks in accounting and finance
- Evaluate emerging theories and models in accounting and finance research
Strategic Management
Unit Aims: To provide students with advanced theoretical and practical understanding of strategic management processes, tools, and frameworks used to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. This course aims to develop students' ability to analyze strategic environments, formulate strategic choices, implement strategy, and evaluate organizational performance
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the foundations and processes of strategic management
- Conduct internal and external strategic analysis for decision-making
- Formulate strategic options for competitive and corporate advantage
- Evaluate strategy implementation, control, and performance measurement
Specialization Modules (3 Modules · 18 ECTS)
Comprehensive Improvement Strategies
Unit Aims: The aim of this unit is to provide learners with the advanced knowledge and strategic skills necessary to drive comprehensive organizational improvement. Learners will critically analyze and synthesize key concepts in organizational strategy, financial management, project management, and risk management. By integrating these concepts, learners will develop and implement strategies that enhance competitive advantage, operational excellence, and organizational resilience.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Develop a critical understanding of how organizational strategy shapes and drives competitive advantage in various business contexts
- Integrate The concepts of financial management and performance measurement, understanding their roles in organizational success
- Strategize project management techniques and their role in achieving operational excellence
- Develop a critical understanding of risk management and business continuity planning in ensuring organizational resilience
Transformational Change Strategies
Unit Aims: The aim of this unit is to equip learners with the advanced knowledge and skills necessary to lead and manage transformational change within complex organizational environments. Learners will critically evaluate and synthesize theories of consumer behavior, innovation, entrepreneurship, human resource management, organizational behavior, leadership, and digital transformation. Through a combination of theoretical exploration and practical application, learners will develop innovative strategies that drive business performance, foster positive organizational cultures, and ensure sustainable competitive advantage.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically Evaluate consumer behavior theories and synthesize marketing strategies that drive business performance across diverse contexts
- Formulate and Justify innovative entrepreneurial strategies by applying advanced models of innovation and entrepreneurship to sustain competitive business growth
- Critically Assess and Recommend human resource management practices and organizational behavior strategies that foster talent management and positive organizational culture in complex environments
- Design and Implement leadership and change management frameworks tailored to specific organizational contexts, ensuring effective transitions and successful change initiatives
Digital Transformation for Leaders
Unit Aims: The primary aim of this unit is to equip leaders with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to successfully navigate and drive digital transformation within their organizations, ensuring they can adapt to the evolving digital landscape, make informed strategic decisions, and foster innovation and resilience in a rapidly changing environment.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Critically evaluate the significance of digital transformation and leadership
- Critically assess and develop Leadership Skills for the Digital Era
- Critically evaluate and develop Strategic Planning and Governance in Digital Transformation Initiatives
- Critically evaluate, develop and apply Ethical, Cybersecurity, and Performance Management Practices in Digital Transformation
Thesis (120 ECTS)
Thesis 50,000 Words (+/-10%)
Unit Aims: The thesis represents the culmination of the doctoral program, requiring candidates to conduct original, independent research that makes a significant contribution to knowledge in their chosen field of study.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Design and execute a rigorous, original research project in the field of business and management
- Demonstrate advanced critical thinking and analytical skills in the interpretation of research findings
- Contribute new knowledge and insights to academic and professional practice
- Produce a substantial written thesis that meets doctoral-level standards of scholarship and presentation
Delivery Mode: The program is delivered via Blended Learning, offering full flexibility so students can study online anytime, anywhere, and fit seamlessly with their professional commitments.
- Excellence in Leadership Roles: A DBA degree provides you with the professional weight to secure C-Suite executive positions in major international companies and institutions.
- Transition into a Professional Consultant: You will gain the research and analytical skills necessary to provide strategic management consulting based on rigorous scientific methodologies.
- Developing Innovative Solutions: You will become capable of designing and implementing innovative solutions for complex problems, enhancing your market value as an expert in your field.
- Academic and Professional Standing: The program opens new horizons for teaching or research in business fields and advances your career path in sectors such as Finance, Logistics, or Human Resources.
Admissions Requirements
- Academic Criteria: A recognized Master’s degree in a business-related field.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does the IBAS DBA cost?
Tuition depends on the track and specialisation you choose. Flexible instalment plans are available for working professionals. Contact admissions at info@eccceg.com for the current fee and payment schedule.
How long is the IBAS DBA?
The DBA takes 36 months and carries 180 ECTS credits. It is delivered through blended learning, so you can study without travelling or leaving your job, and is taught in English or Arabic.
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