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Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)
- The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) is a prestigious, practice-oriented degree designed for experienced professionals seeking to lead organizations and drive strategic decision-making. The International College of Higher Studies (ICHS), our DBA program offers a comprehensive curriculum that blends core courses with elective modules, allowing students to deepen their expertise in their chosen fields.
- Our faculty comprises seasoned professionals and academics who bring extensive real-world experience to the classroom, offering practical insights into contemporary business practices. They work closely with students throughout the program, providing personalized guidance and mentorship during the research process.
- At the core of the DBA program is a substantial research project, where students conduct original, applied research on a topic relevant to their professional practice or industry. This capstone project allows students to integrate their learning while making meaningful contributions to their organizations or sectors. The DBA program presents an exceptional opportunity for professionals looking to elevate their careers through advanced study and the practical application of business knowledge.
DEVELOPING STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL
UNIT AIMS:
The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ understanding of strategic management in a globalised world and how leadership informs and inuences strategic change. It will also develop ability to evaluate strategic position, choices and actions
Be able to analyse key external influences on an organisation’s strategy
- Critically evaluate the external business environment of an organisation .
- Identify key drivers and industry critical success factors .
Be able to evaluate the dynamic capabilities and core competences of an organisation
- Critically analyse the resources and capabilities of an organisation .
- Distinguish between their threshold and distinctive resources and capabilities.
- Evaluate their value chain and identify their core competence as a source of sustainable competitive advantage
Be able to appraise strategic options and to evaluate approaches to strategy implementation
- Critically explore the relationship between, corporate, business and operational strategies .
- Apply strategic models and tools to develop strategic options for an organisation.
- Evaluate strategic options for an organisation
Be able to evaluate international strategy and how it relates to corporate social responsibility (CSR)
- Critically evaluate internationalisation drivers and strategies .
- Critically analyse corporate social responsibility strategies emphasizing the stakeholder theory.
- Demonstrate the nexus between strategy and corporate social responsibility/sustainability and evaluate the concept of shared value
Be able to analyse how leadership impacts upon strategic decision making
- Identify and assess different leadership styles as related to strategy change .
- Evaluate how organisational context affects strategic change .
- Evaluate strategic options for an organisation
Managing Strategic Change
UNIT AIMS:
The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ understanding of theories and models of change management and how they apply to contemporary organisations in the globalised world. Learners will understand the personal characteristics of change agents as well as the evaluation and development of leadership skills to meet current and future strategic change management roles .
Be able to evaluate how organisational change occurs and how context influences change
- Critically evaluate change theories and analyse the relationship between leadership and change agents
- Critically evaluate how organisational structure and leadership influences the characteristics and of change agents
- Critically evaluate the challenge of change and the effectiveness of change agents
Be able to develop and implement a strategic organisational change
- Assess and select relevant theories and tools and techniques to implement and manage change
- Develop a plan to implement a change in an organisation
- Develop measures to monitor and evaluate progress of the change plan .
Be able to analyse stakeholder responses to organisational change
- Assess possible risks associated with an organisation’s change process
- Apply a stakeholder analysis to understand possible resistance to change
- Critically appraise relevant strategies to manage resistance to change in organisations
Be able to evaluate the role of organisational culture in change management
- Critically review the different organisational cultures and how that influences communications and power relations
- Evaluate cultures influence on Strategy and change management
- Critically appraise relevant strategies to manage resistance to change
Be able to develop a toolbox to manage oneself when involved in complex change projects, whether in a leading, participating, or consulting role
- Evaluate the role of the individual in the change management process
- Apply change management in an organisational setting
- Evaluate how to monitor the effect of the change management processes
Project Development, Planning and Management
UNIT AIMS:
This module will introduce some fundamentals of research projects especially from a DBA perspective. It highlights various challenges and bottlenecks faced by researcher in a typical DBA programme and aims to educate participants about the best practices related to management of DBA research.
Understand the fundamentals of project, methodologies and processes related to a project
- Explain the growing importance of projects in organisational context
- Appraise the complexities involved in managing projects
- Explain the processes and methodologies related to projects
Be able to compare and contrast the similarities between research project, organisational project and DBA project
- Understand the various types of research projects
- Explain the differences between organisational projects and research projects
- Understand research funding landscape
Explain the stages of a DBA project - Discuss how to manage risk in a DBA project
Be able to demonstrate the capacity to research and write up a highly effective research proposal
- Divide the research project into work packages, activities, milestones, estimate duration and establish relationship between activities
- Estimate resource, cost requirements for a given activity
- Identify critical path and optimize resource usage
Be able to evaluate the challenges related to managing research projects
- Apply project life cycle approach to examine the project management challenges
- Identify best practices related to project management
- Provide recommendations for successful delivery of projects
Advanced Research Design and Methodologies
UNIT AIMS:
This unit is designed to advance the existing knowledge of research methods and aims to introduce complex research design and advanced methods for analysing and interpreting literature, and higher-level methods for analysing complex qualitative and quantitative data. There will be a special focus on the tools that are available for data analysis and learners will be introduced to a wide range of data analysis tools applicable to business research.
Be able to analyse various research approaches and propose appropriate methodology for solving the problem
- Critically evaluate various research approaches that are available for solving a problem
- Demonstrate understanding of research philosophies and its influence in data collection process
- Justify the choice of research design, strategy and choice of research method
Be able to evaluate various data collection methodologies and justify the choice of methodology for a given scenario
- Identify appropriate methods for gathering data that aligns with the research design
- Analyse various methods in terms of its advantages and weakness
- Evaluate data collection methods in terms of reliability and validity of research
- Justify a data collection method for a given scenario
Be able to demonstrate capability to analyse wide range of quantitative data and make meaningful interpretations
- Extract, Transform and Load quantitative data into specialised software packages such as SPSS
- Identify dependant, independent, intervening, moderator, control and extraneous variables
- Develop hypothesis for a given research context
- Evaluate various statistical test for a given scenario and justify the chosen test
- Test the hypothesis with the most appropriate and draw meaningful conclusions
Be able gain advanced understanding and capabilities to analyse qualitative data
- Evaluate the range of qualitative approaches that are available for undertaking qualitative research
- Appreciate the challenges associated in undertaking qualitative research and the implications in research design
- Demonstrate high level understanding of various qualitative analysis techniques and tools
Be able to demonstrate advanced understanding about the ethical issues related to research
- Appreciate the importance of research ethics and its contribution to generation of new knowledge
- Identify ethical issues that can arise for a given research scenario and provide relevant recommendations
- Develop an argument and counter arguments on the ethical issues related to data collection, storage, analysis and reporting
- Undertake qualitative and quantitative data analysis for a given dataset
- Develop a report presenting the findings after making appropriate interpretations
- Identify the potential limitations from the analysis
- Highlight the ethical issues that might have occurred during the data collection stage
Developing Research Capability
UNIT AIMS:
The learners will develop knowledge, understanding and skills that will enable them to analyse internal and publicly available financial information. This will help to inform strategic decision-making
Understand the importance of financial data in formulating and delivering business strategy
- Evaluate the sources of financial data which can be used to inform business strategy
- Assess the importance of financial data and information in relation to business strategy
- Analyse the risks related to financially based business decisions
Can use financial analysis as a tool for strategic decision-making
- Interpret financial statements to assess the viability of an organisation
- Conduct a comparative analysis of financial data using ratio analysis
- Make recommendations to an organisation based on the analysis and interpretation of the financial information
- Assess the limitations of ratio analysis as a tool for strategic decision- making
Can evaluate proposals for strategic capital expenditure in an organisation
- Review techniques for appraising strategic capital expenditure projects
- Evaluate business proposals for capital expenditure in an organisation
- Assess the importance of cash flow management when evaluating proposals for capital expenditure
- Assess the impact of a capital expenditure proposal on the strategic direction of an organisation
Globalisation and Corporate Governance
UNIT AIMS:
The learners will develop knowledge, understanding and skills that will enable them to analyse internal and publicly available financial information. This will help to inform strategic decision-making
Understand the importance of financial data in formulating and delivering business strategy
- Evaluate the sources of financial data which can be used to inform business strategy
- Assess the importance of financial data and information in relation to business strategy
- Analyse the risks related to financially based business decisions
Can use financial analysis as a tool for strategic decision-making
- Interpret financial statements to assess the viability of an organisation
- Conduct a comparative analysis of financial data using ratio analysis
- Make recommendations to an organisation based on the analysis and interpretation of the financial information
- Assess the limitations of ratio analysis as a tool for strategic decision- making
Can evaluate proposals for strategic capital expenditure in an organisation
- Review techniques for appraising strategic capital expenditure projects
- Evaluate business proposals for capital expenditure in an organisation
- Assess the importance of cash flow management when evaluating proposals for capital expenditure
- Assess the impact of a capital expenditure proposal on the strategic direction of an organisation
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
UNIT AIMS:
The learners will develop knowledge, understanding and skills that will enable them to analyse internal and publicly available financial information. This will help to inform strategic decision-making
Understand the importance of financial data in formulating and delivering business strategy
- Evaluate the sources of financial data which can be used to inform business strategy
- Assess the importance of financial data and information in relation to business strategy
- Analyse the risks related to financially based business decisions
Can use financial analysis as a tool for strategic decision-making
- Interpret financial statements to assess the viability of an organisation
- Conduct a comparative analysis of financial data using ratio analysis
- Make recommendations to an organisation based on the analysis and interpretation of the financial information
- Assess the limitations of ratio analysis as a tool for strategic decision- making
Can evaluate proposals for strategic capital expenditure in an organisation
- Review techniques for appraising strategic capital expenditure projects
- Evaluate business proposals for capital expenditure in an organisation
- Assess the importance of cash flow management when evaluating proposals for capital expenditure
- Assess the impact of a capital expenditure proposal on the strategic direction of an organisation
Strategic Human Resource Management
Dissertation
Specializations
You can specialize based on your research proposal in any field related to Business Administration
and Finance. Potential specializations include, but are not limited to:- Brand Management & Product Development
- Business Analytics
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Restructuring & Turnaround Management
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
- Crisis Management & Business Continuity
- Cross-Cultural & Diversity Management
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- E-commerce & Digital Business
- Economic Development & Policy
- Entrepreneurship
- Export & Import Management
- Facility Management
- Financial Management
- Financial Technology (FinTech) Management
- Franchising & Business Expansion
- Healthcare Management
- Hospital Management
- Hospitality Management
- Human Resources (HR)
- Innovation and Technology Management
- International Business
- Investment & Portfolio Management
- Leadership & Change Management
- Luxury Brand Management
- Management Consulting
- Marketing
- Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Management
- Negotiation & Conflict Resolution Management
- Operations Management
- Organizational Leadership
- Pharmaceutical Management
- Project Management
- Quality Management
- Real Estate Management
- Retail & Merchandising Management
- Risk Management
- Social Entrepreneurship & Nonprofit Management
- Sports Management
- Strategic Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Sustainability & Green Business
Fees Overview
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