Doctor in Business Administration
The Business Administration program from Royal Roads University is a research-based doctoral program that focuses on applied, scholarly and evidence-based research.
Duration
4 years
Starting Date
January
Tuition Fee
CAD 89,464 per full
Delivery
Blended
Location
Victoria, Canada
About the program
The Business Administration program from Royal Roads University has an innovative, hybrid design that takes you through three phases of deep learning and professional reflections.
As a working professional, you’ll have the opportunity to address real-life management issues. You’ll focus on current challenges that businesses and societies face, and you’ll anticipate the challenges of the future.
Through course work, you’ll advance your knowledge in management theories, emerging research themes and methodological approaches. Focusing on your research problem, you’ll have the opportunity to dive deep into academic scholarship and reflect on your experience.
Doctoral research
Royal Roads University is a public, research-intensive university. We promote innovative, applied research and seek to produce relevant knowledge that responds to global, national and community-based issues.
As part of your DBA, you’ll conduct rigorous research and write and defend a dissertation. As a scholar-practitioner, your research will address current challenges facing businesses and industries or issues that are likely to affect these in the future.
Your research will contribute to the advancement of professional, value-driven and innovative management and business practices and research.
Courses
- On-Campus Residency: Research Preparation
- On-Campus Residency: Dissertation Progress
- The Development of Management Theories and Practices
- The Development of Management Theories and Practices – Research Themes
- Applied Management Research Design and Strategies: Qualitative Methods
- Applied Management Research Design and Strategies: Quantitative Methods
- Self Directed Study