Program Overview

The Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.) program serves the needs of mature students, helping them to advance in their careers. The program is designed to graduate scholar practitioners who will set the standard for best practices and contribute to the solution of critical business and management problems through research, teaching, and consulting. The program is designed to serve the needs of both fully employed and full-time students with a background as experienced business professionals who want to translate their industry expertise into leadership positions as consultants or as executives within their organizations. The program creates an opportunity for the student to demonstrate application of the knowledge and skills gained in the course work portion of the program and to demonstrate the critical thinking and analytical skills required to successfully complete the Doctoral Project.

Primary Learning Objectives (PLO)

The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree program will allow students to:

1. Employ advanced written communication skills to share complex information, organizational vision, and actionable guidelines to various audiences. (ILO1)
2. Deliver advanced oral presentations that use effective content, organization, and delivery, accompanied by appropriate technology. (ILO2)
3. Demonstrate the skills, competence, and critical thinking required to design, execute, and evaluate creative and meaningful research in a field of specialization. (ILO3)
4. Generate, evaluate, and assess the Christian ethical obligations and responsibilities of business for the purpose of responsible management. (ILO5)
5. Demonstrate effective information literacy skills including formulation of research problems; integration of previous publications into an appropriate literature review; design of a research study; data analysis; ability to summarize and present the results. (ILO6)

Human Resource Management

The DBA with a concentration in Human Resource Management prepares students to take on this increasingly important role. And because it is an DBA, its approach to the HR discipline is to enhance student’s business acumen first and foremost, along with the ability to drive change. The program lays a foundation in standard business administration topics, weaving topics like leadership, marketing, finance and accounting throughout the coursework. Employees may be an organization’s greatest asset, but it takes skilled leadership to tap their full potential. An DBA in HRM can be a powerful tool for HR leaders seeking the most effective ways to motivate and train their workforces and to hire, retain and promote the best people.