Doctor of Business Administration

The Doctor of Business Administration Degree provides experienced business professionals and future members of academia with the skills to apply business/management theories, methods, and research to dynamically improve the organizations and communities they serve. The program emphasizes the development of new knowledge through both theory and applied research for application in the global environment.  The Doctor of Business Administration degree program promotes advanced decision-making and leadership skills, lifelong learning, ethical and informed decision-making, effective communication, sustainability, and the use of information technologies in the global business management environment.  Doctoral students specialize in one of three areas.  These include: Marketing, Global Organizational Leadership, and Global Business

Program Outline
Keiser University’s Doctor of Business Administration degree program enables students to contribute to the business profession and the business educational profession through independent learning, scholarship, and research.  At the conclusion of the program, doctoral students will:

• Apply and evaluate effective leadership and decision-making practices at complex, multifaceted, and global organizations
• Formulate and disseminate organizational goals and strategies with data through versatile information systems
• Have the ability to prepare and evaluate ethical informed business decisions using advanced research methods, and communicate effectively at various organizational levels, in a global business environment
• Be educated to enhance their awareness and improve their ability to meet the opportunities and challenges in the global business environment
• Be prepared to contribute to the body of knowledge as part of the research community for application in the global business environment
• Be prepared for careers as university researchers and teachers or for senior positions in business or government

Prerequisites for Major Courses

• Master degree in business administration, management, public or non-profit management, or related field that demonstrates exposure to managerial functions from an accredited institution and (2) two years of full-time managerial or professional experience; or Master degree from an accredited institution and at least (3) three graduate credit hours or (6) six undergraduate credits hour in each of the following: accounting, finance, and economics, and three years and preferably (5) five years of full-time managerial or professional experience.

NOTE: Courses in the DBA program are eight-weeks in length and students are scheduled for one or two courses concurrently. Dissertation courses are eight-weeks in length.

Program Outline
Students are required to select one of the three specializations. Students take seven core courses for 21 credit hours (common to all specializations), 9 credit hours in research, 18 credit hours in their respective specialization, and 12 hours in the dissertation.

To receive a Doctor of Business Administration degree, students must earn 60 graduate semester credit hours. Fifty-four of the program hours must be completed through Keiser University. Program requirements are as follows:

Doctor of Business Administration Major Core Courses (60.0 credit hours)
Core Courses (21.0 credit hours)
Foundations in Business Research Writing (prerequisite)	3.0 credit hours
Management and Leadership Approaches	3.0 credit hours
Global Business	3.0 credit hours
The Global Economy	3.0 credit hours
Financial Theory and Policy	3.0 credit hours
Marketing Management	3.0 credit hours
Strategic Decision Making for Managers	3.0 credit hours
Research Courses (9.0 credit hours)
Methods and Analysis of Quantitative Research	3.0 credit hours
Methods and Analysis of Qualitative Research	3.0 credit hours
Mixed Methods	3.0 credit hours
Marketing Specialization (18.0 credit hours)
Emerging Issues in Marketing	3.0 credit hours
Seminar in Global Marketing	3.0 credit hours
Seminar in Marketing Models and Theory	3.0 credit hours
Consumer Behavior Theory and Practice	3.0 credit hours
Strategic Service Marketing	3.0 credit hours
Seminar in Research Analysis for Marketing	3.0 credit hours
Global Organizational Leadership (18.0 credit hours)
In-Depth Exploration of Organizational Behavior	3.0 credit hours
Analysis of Management History, Theory, and Leadership I	3.0 credit hours
Leading in the 21st Century	3.0 credit hours
Transformational Leadership	3.0 credit hours
Emerging Leadership Practices	3.0 credit hours
Analysis of Management History, Theory, and Leadership I	3.0 credit hours
Global Business Specialization (18.0 credit hours)
Cross Cultural Management & Negotiations	3.0 credit hours
Global Finance Management	3.0 credit hours
Global Strategic Management	3.0 credit hours
Global Business and Technology	3.0 credit hours
Global Supply Chain Management	3.0 credit hours
Advanced Topics in Global Management	3.0 credit hours
Dissertation Courses (12.0 credit hours)
Students must be admitted to candidacy before enrolling in Dissertation Courses
Dissertation	12.0 credit hours
Continuing Dissertation Services II	1.5 credit hours
The following courses are not scheduled with any other course:
Strategic Decision Making for Managers (This course is taken as the final core course)
Dissertation