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DBA – PhD in Quality Management

The aim of the 180 ECTS credits DBA in Quality Management programme, is to provide business students, managers, practitioners, and leaders with advanced knowledge, research, and analytical skills to address complex business issues. Unlike master’s programs, this DBA program utilises theoretical concepts to tackle practical business challenges. It promotes a transformative learning process that enhances research skills. It enables students to view business situations differently and use research methods to identify solutions that foster organizational efficiency, growth, and long-term sustainability.

This program is both flexible and rigorous, and it can be completed entirely online. Students have the freedom to determine their own pace when completing the program. The duration of the program will vary depending on whether the student chooses the Coursework or Research pathway. While most students are expected to achieve the qualification within three years of starting the program, the research pathway may lead to a qualification in less than three years.

The MSBM DBA in Quality Management program is designed to provide business students, managers, practitioners, and leaders with advanced knowledge, research, and analytical skills necessary to tackle complex business issues. The program emphasizes the practical application of theory to real-world business challenges. Students undergo a transformative learning process that enhances their research skills, enabling them to view business situations from a new perspective and apply research methods to find solutions that foster organizational efficiency, growth, and long-term sustainability.

The program is focused on applied research, enabling executives, managers, and practitioners to immediately apply what they have learned to their respective organizations. Our goal is to ensure that students develop exceptional expertise in all aspects of business and Quality Management. The coursework is designed to enhance their research skills, writing skills, presentation skills, critical and analytical thinking skills, and change management skills.

After completing the program, students will have the ability to:

• Utilize research methodologies to examine and resolve complex business issues
• Conduct primary and secondary research to gain insights into business challenges
• Apply a deep understanding of the fundamentals and practices of business and Quality Management to forecast outcomes
• Master effective communication in the business environment
• Express intricate ideas, strategies, plans, and tactics clearly and cohesively
• Develop skills in creating comprehensive reports that employ data collection, cleaning, interpretation, and data visualization to communicate effectively
• Participate in academic and professional research initiatives that have the potential to be published in peer-reviewed journals
• Attain advanced proficiency in utilizing robust research methodologies, study design, and study conduct to create a thesis as a prerequisite for the conferment of the doctorate qualification.