Doctorate in Business Administration

The DBA is a blended part time program aimed at outstanding managers, who hold a master’s degree, and want to enhance their professional practice combining academic rigor and managerial relevance. The goal is to contribute to the state of the art knowledge in their chosen area of study through management research within current and future work settings DBA program provides students with fundamental knowledge about the science of management with a special focus on research methods, including quantitative and qualitative methods. The skills that students acquire during the Program include:
• The vision to recognize important and unexplored business issues.
• A capacity to develop research questions.
• The ability to use a variety of research methods to collect, analyze and present data.
• The ability to able to create knowledge that is of theoretical and practical significance.
• An ethical attitude when designing and conducting research.
• The networking skills required to work in collaboration with the business community.
• The writing skills required to present the new ideas and body of knowledge in a coherent way following the standards of major management journals.
• The presentation skills required to disseminate their work in professional conferences at national and international levels.

Who should consider a DBA? The programme will be of particular benefit to experienced senior executives, consultants, management educators and business school academics. A DBA from Newcastle will enhance professional capability and credibility, develop networks, and provide a firm foundation for further career development or a major career move. Employers benefit from supporting candidates for the DBA by attracting, developing and retaining key talent and building knowledge for competitive advantage.
DBA and PhDs – Equal but Different
The DBA has both rigour and relevance as it contributes to theory and practice in business and management. The DBA typically focuses on research ‘in’ organisations rather than research ‘on’ organisations. It is more likely to involve cross-disciplinary work and mixed methods and contribute to developing students' own practice and development.