Doctoral Program in Management

Business Administration and Management Degree

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Degree

Objectives:

The primary objective of the Ph.D. program is to impart management education and training to enable graduate students develop innovative thinking and analytical skills essential for producing highly competent business managers and teachers capable of assuming leadership positions in their chosen fields of specialization.

We firmly believe that in this highly competitive and complex global economy only meticulously trained and high caliber professionals will excel in pursuit of meaningful research, educational dissemination and/or business management environment. We envision that upon completion of their study program, successful doctoral candidates will be able to understand and integrate the functional areas of business development, marketing, financing, management information technology and health care sciences; this will enable them to apply techniques and decision-making strategies to the complex challenges including those posed by operating in a crosscultural environment. Only such trained individuals will he able to maximize the value and application of the state-of-the-art business knowledge and skins.

Requirements:

The Doctoral Degree in Business Management requires the completion of a minimum of 60 academic units of graduate work beyond the Master's Degree in an appropriate field. 48 of the 60 units are composed of course work and the remaining 12 units are for the Doctoral Dissertation.

Prerequisites:

An earned Master's Degree or its equivalent in Business Management or a related area earned from an accredited or state-approved college or university.

Prescriptive Education:

40 of the 60 units of course work and the Doctoral Dissertation must he taken as completed academic work from the Institute as a minimum.

Transfer Credits:

A maximum of 8 units may he accepted in transfer from accredited colleges/universities or other state-approved institutions.

Professional Experience:

A maximum of 12 units in lieu of life-work/professional credit can be awarded to students enrolled in any Doctoral program.

Curricula for Doctoral Degrees:

n addition to approved graduate level work taken prior to admission, the doctoral study program is comprised of the following three (3) distinct modules. Course Work Requirements: Unless otherwise indicated, each of the following courses is valued at four (4) units. Module L Basic

Course Requirements:

The student is required to take at least four (4) courses from this Basic Study Module.

BA 515 Operations & Productivity
BA 517 Advanced Organizational Behavior & Development
BA 522 Human Resources Management
BA 528 Financial Statement Analysis
BA 542 Strategic Management
BA 543 Applied Statistics & Research Methods
BA 577 Advanced Principles of Management Information System (MIS)

Module II Elective Courses (Specialization Module):

The student is expected to take at least three (3) courses from this elective or Specialization Module.

BA 525 Environmental Systems Management
BA 530 International Finance & Banking
BA 535 Health Care Policy Analysis & Development
BA 548 Project Management
BA 550 Principles of Total Quality Management (TQM)
BA 570 Marketing Strategy
BA 580 International . Business. Management
BA 585 Ethics & Professionalism in Business
BA 590 Management Practicum
IM 510 Data Base Management Systems (DBMS)

Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Business Administration and Management
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Master of Science (MSc) In Information Management