DBA Doctor of Business Administration

DBA Doct or of Business A d m inist rat ion Ranked t op 25 in t he Europ ean Econom ic Com m it t ee?s Glob al DBA Ranking s Euro 20 20 g los.ac.uk / d b a

Doct orat e in Business A d m inist rat ion The DBA p ro g ram m e fro m t he Universit y o f Glo ucest ershire is a p ro fessio nal d o ct o rat e fo r senio r p ro fessio nals lo o king t o ad vance t heir career by enhancing t heir lead ership cap ab ilit ies.

The p ro g ram m e also assist s any p ro fessio nals w ant ing t o d evelo p t heir t hinking and research skills t o d o ct o ral level acro ss key co nt em p o rary m anag em ent areas.

Our p ro g ram m e is ranked in t he t o p 25 in t he Euro p ean Eco no m ic Co m m it t ee?s Glo b al DBA Ranking s Euro 20 20 .

Full-t im e: up t o 4 years Part -t im e: up t o 6 years Lo cat io n: Gloucest er, Unit ed King d om

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St ud y ing t he DBA at t he Universit y of Gloucest ershire In A ug ust 20 18, t he Universit y of Gloucest ershire School of Business m oved int o a b rand -new, st at e-of-t he-art b uild ing at our Oxst alls cam p us in Gloucest er. The £18 m illion d evelop m ent has b ecom e t he hom e t o our Business, A ccount ing and Finance, Market ing , Leisure, Hum an Resource Manag em ent and Law courses at all levels.

DBA classes are recruit ed in cohort s of b et w een 10 -20 p art icip ant s w ho b enefit from a collab orat ive learning environm ent .

The p rog ram m e offers you a uniq ue, innovat ive crit ical act ion learning m et hod t hat encourag es t he d evelop m ent of your d oct oral-level t hinking , for you t o reflect on b ot h your research and your d evelop m ent as a d oct oral p ract it ioner.

Mo d es of d elivery St ud ent s can at t end our t aug ht m od ules here in t he UK, and t hen ret urn b ack t o t heir hom e count ry for t he w eb inars, b efore und ert aking t heir d oct orat e p roject in conjunct ion w it h t heir sup ervisors. A lt ernat ively you can join one of our closed cohort s t hroug h one of our ag ent s. For m ore inform at ion on our

closed cohort s, p lease cont act ad m issions@g los.ac.uk.

Ent ry req uirem ent s The p rog ram m e ad m it s hig hly cap ab le ind ivid uals w ho are ab le t o d em onst rat e m ot ivat ion, ent husiasm and research ap t it ud e for d oct oral level st ud y w it h int erest s in b usiness and m anag em ent . Bot h hom e and int ernat ional ap p licat ions are encourag ed .

A p p licant s should have a Mast er ?s d eg ree or eq uivalent , in a sub ject area relevant t o t he p rop osed research t op ic; a m inim um of t w o years?p ost q ualificat ion p rofessional p ract ice; and t he ab ilit y t o d em onst rat e p rofessional com p et ence of a hig h st and ard in t he relevant research area.

Int ernat ional st ud ent s need IELTS level 6.5 overall ( no less t han 6.0 in w rit ing and 5.5 in any ot her b and ) or eq uivalent .

Tuit ion f ees f or 20 20 / 21 Exp ect ed fee for 20 20 / 21: £30 ,550 * A nnual Fee for full-t im e st ud ent s:£7,637.50 * Cont inuat ion fee: £1,550 ** *Professional Doct orat e fees ap p ly t o b ot h Hom e, EU, and Int ernat ional p rog ram m es ** Cont inuat ion fees w ill b e charg ed for st ud ent s ent ering in t o w rit ing up st at us and for p ost sub m ission. W rit ing up st at us w ill b e w here st ud ent s have not sub m it t ed t heir w ork t o t he exp ect ed course d urat ion, b ut have fully p aid t he course fee. The st ud ent in w rit ing up st at us w ill ret ain access t o resources includ ing sup ervision.

Prog ram m e st ruct ure Our Doct orat e in Business A d m inist rat ion is a research d eg ree. The p rog ram m e st art s w it h a p re-t hesis p hase w hich includ es four, t hree-d ay t aug ht m od ules; Ref lect ive Pro fessio nal Develo p m ent , Syst em at ic Lit erat ure Review ; Met ho d o lo g ical Fund am ent s and Research Met ho d s and A nalysis. This st ag e last s, on averag e, 18 m ont hs, aft er w hich you p resent your form al research p lan for ap p roval, in an area focused on a t op ic of your choice.

You t hen ent er t he t hesis p hase, w hich last s a m inim um of a furt her 18 m ont hs if st ud ying full-t im e, or 30 m ont hs as a p art -t im e cand id at e. A t it s conclusion, you p resent and d efend your t hesis in viva voce.

Your course ? t eaching and learning A t t he com m encem ent of t he p rog ram m e, you are int rod uced t o Reflect ive Professional Develop m ent . This m od ule is d esig ned t o st reng t hen your ab ilit y t o reflect on your b usiness exp erience, research t op ic and b road er cont ext s and d evelop your ab ilit y t o analyse and synt hesise t he result s of reflect ion. You w ill w ork in act ion learning set s t o com p lem ent your ind ep end ent learning .

Lead ing on from t his m od ule, is t he Syst em at ic Lit erat ure Review, d esig ned for you t o eng ag e syst em at ically w it h a sub st ant ive b od y of relevant lit erat ure. Here, you w ill d evelop your skills in crit ical analysis and evaluat ion of p revious research w ork.

The ob ject ive is t o w ork t ow ard s d evelop ing your research q uest ion(s) . You w ill also learn t o synt hesise and int erp ret com p lex inform at ion enab ling t he d evelop m ent of novel ap p roaches, m od el and fram ew orks.

In t he Met hod olog ical Fund am ent als m od ule, you d evelop your und erst and ing of using d ifferent research m et hod olog ies and com p et ing p hilosop hical research p arad ig m s.

This is essent ial at d oct oral level, as it w ill enab le you t o just ify t he p hilosop hical und erp inning s of your research and m ake crit ical jud g em ent s t o t he ap p rop riat eness of your d ecisions around your ow n research.

The final m od ule, Research Met hod s and A nalysis, exp lores t he p rincip le st yles of research such as case st ud y, survey and et hnog rap hy. It consid ers a variet y of m et hod s for g enerat ing d at a such as q uest ionnaires, int erview s, and ob servat ion, b efore hig hlig ht ing analysis and synt hesis ap p roaches t o ap p ly t o find ing s.

More inf orm at io n If you req uire any furt her inform at ion ab out t he DBA p rog ram m e or t he Universit y of Gloucest ershire p lease d o not hesit at e t o cont act our enq uiries t eam at enq uiries@g los.ac.uk or +4 4 ( 0 ) 3330 14 14 14 .

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