Digital Leadership, DBA (Worldwide)
Program Overview
More than 50 years old, GGU鈥檚 Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program is designed for working professionals who want to further their career with the most advanced business degree program GGU offers. The DBA program addresses the learning needs and objectives of senior business managers, consultants and university professors. Its primary objective is to produce graduates who can contribute to the advancement of their professions and to the expansion of knowledge and awareness of contemporary strategic issues and practices. Note: This program is available only to students who apply via the Beacon platform.
Our curriculum has a three-tiered focus. Students examine current theories, practices, and issues in business; train in research methods; and study the relationships between business and social and global issues. We believe doctoral students must be adept in all these areas to be successful contributors to the expansion of knowledge and improvement of business practices. For the dissertation, students conduct original research on a topic of current importance and personal interest. The dissertation should impact and help illuminate the strategic issues they face in their professions.
The program encourages students to accept the added responsibility of a shared commitment to the advancement of their professions and to upholding the highest ethical standards in the private or public sector.
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the DBA in Digital Leadership program, graduates will be able to demonstrate skills and knowledge of:
- Advanced Research: Synthesize and apply advanced data-driven research approaches for investigating the intersections of digital technologies and business;
- Theory Application: Critically evaluate and integrate foundational and contemporary concepts and theories in digital technologies and business for addressing complex organizational and societal challenges;
- Adaptive Leadership: Utilize adaptive leadership, smart decision-making, and effective communication for digital technologies and business;
- Local-Global Concerns: Compare and contrast cultural, economic, political, environmental, technological, and social issues and their impact on local and global business; and
- Ethics: Argue and defend ethics, responsibility, governance, and accountability for business, technology, and society.
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Faculty
All faculty members who teach in our DBA program have doctoral degrees from leading universities in their fields and possess extensive practical experience. They bring theoretical and a real-world views to their teaching, research, and advising and a commitment to dynamic, leading-edge education.
Students
Our students are one of the program鈥檚 greatest strengths. Typical doctoral students at GGU are working professionals. Without exception, they come from successful careers in top positions in the private, nonprofit and government sectors. They bring their experiences and knowledge to the classroom and, in turn, demand incisive instruction and intelligent, well-developed classroom discussions.
Format
In keeping with our commitment to support working adult professionals with accessible education, we have designed the GGU Worldwide DBA program as fully online, offering an engaging real-world, real-time curriculum delivered by experienced and highly qualified professors.
Curriculum
Requirements for the Doctor of Business Administration
The Doctor of Business Administration in Digital Leadership requires completion of 20 units of major courses, 8 units of dissertation foundation courses, and 28 units of dissertation work, for a total of 56 units. Students must earn a 鈥淏-鈥 or better in each course and a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or better. Students must complete and successfully defend their dissertations within five years of beginning the program.
Students may register for DBA 890 Dissertation Topic Proposal only after having first completed the major coursework and the dissertation foundation coursework.
