Doctor of Management

3 Credits

The course provides an introduction to business administration for doctoral students entering the Doctor of Business Administration or Doctor of Management programs who do not have prior academic experience in this area.

3 Credits

In this course students explore their role as a scholar, practitioner, and leader from historical, theoretical, and applications-based content and framework—all within the context of critical reasoning, writing, and research. Students will develop doctoral-level critical analysis, evaluation, and synthesis skills as these apply in leadership practices within their organizations. Competency A: Analyze historical leadership concepts through doctoral-level research. Competency B: Contextualize leadership models through critical thinking. Competency C: Compare and contrast the relationship between leadership theory and the role of a practitioner. Competency D: Evaluate the role of leadership in fostering organizational development. Competency E: Integrate personal experience, scholarly inquiry, and reflexive approaches to learning and development.

3 Credits

This course provides an overview of social science research methodologies and their application in context to the student's degree program. Foundational concepts include the examination and application of theoretical frameworks, critical analysis of scholarly literature and interpretation of data through a theoretical lens. Students also explore quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods and the core elements of an effective research plan. Competencies: Describe how conceptual and theoretical frameworks provide the foundational elements of social science research and inform the interpretation of data and other research findings. Identify the significance of scholarly literature and how gaps in extant literature provide a direction for new research. Summarize the ethical issues of research involving human subjects. Identify and explain quantitative and qualitative research methods and assess their appropriateness for different research problems Assess quantitative and qualitative research studies and discuss the concepts of methodological rigor, credibility, validity and reliability. Evaluate the research topic, research question, and purpose and problem statements for methodological and theoretical alignment. Establish strategies for formulating clear, concise research questions that are methodologically sound, theoretically grounded and researchable.

3 Credits

During this course you will be working on the initial dissertation milestone, the prospectus, which is a formal outline of the research project that outlines information to convey that the research can be completed and will provide meaningful results that contribute to the academic and practitioner communities. The prospectus should be iteratively updated until the beginning of DOC/723 when a Dissertation Chair is assigned to assist with development of the proposal. You may use previous course work when developing Dissertation Phase deliverables.

3 Credits

This class presumes some basic understanding of the foundations and underlying assumptions in the field of qualitative research as well as examples of practice. Building upon this preexisting foundational understanding, the purpose of the class is to enhance students' understanding and craft through reading, writing, and reflecting on the practice of qualitative inquiry. Specific focus is on the design and development of qualitative research studies. Competency A: Differentiate between the various qualitative designs i.e. phenomenological, case study, ethnographic, grounded theory, and content analysis. Competency B: Evaluate the alignment of the qualitative designs to identified problems. Competency C: Evaluate the components of qualitative data collection and the appropriateness of each approach to an expressed conceptual framework. Competency D: Analyze the limitations of qualitative research and approaches for overcoming research challenges. Competency E: Analyze issues and concerns regarding the concepts of reliability and validity as they relate to qualitative research. Competency F: Address ethical issues that are inherent in qualitative research. Competency G: Develop a research methodology for a study incorporating best practices of the qualitative design chosen.

3 Credits

This course introduces students to an array of quantitative research methods and their appropriate application in empirical research. Students will be introduced to basic statistical concepts, theory and the assumptions that govern the methodology. An overview of descriptive and inferential statistics, including nonparametric statistics will be provided. The analysis of data, data visualization and the language used for the presentation of data in the social sciences will be emphasized.     Competency A: Analyze peer reviewed quantitative research and explain how the results of quantitative analysis can inform data driven decision making. Competency B: Explain the fundamentals of quantitative data analysis procedures, assumptions, and their appropriateness to different types of research design. Competency C: Discuss philosophical theories and fundamentals of quantitative methods and their applications to different types of research problems. Competency D: Determine appropriate data analysis procedures for a quantitative research design and demonstrate how to use various quantitative data analysis procedures. Competency E: Explain parametric and nonparametric statistical procedures and their appropriate use. Competency F: Conduct quantitative data analysis using statistical analysis software (IBM/SPSS) and interpret results. Competency G: Evaluate the reliability and validity of quantitative data analysis techniques. Competency H: Compose brief reports to present results of statistical data analysis.

3 Credits

Upon completion of this course, students will be prepared to analyze and select appropriate paradigms to guide organizational research. Additionally, students will have the ability to systematically apply organizational theories to enrich existing models or develop new models to increase performance and effectiveness. Competencies: Analyze organizational strategies and needs to determine optimal methods for organizational design. Differentiate the roles of communication and power across the systems paradigms. Evaluate the impact of communication and power on organizational effectiveness and levels of productivity. Explore historical and current trends in organizational theory. Analyze the influence of current organization developmental practices to guide organizational research. Apply paradigms of thinking following the tenets of the scholar-practitioner-leader model toward organizational challenges and research. Explore the interplay between organizational structure and cultural competency. Determine the role and significance of ethics in organizational theory, design, and development.

3 Credits

In this course, students evaluate the relationships among technology, structure, and behavior to inform strategic organizational decisions. In addition, students assess the benefits and challenges surrounding technology integration and develop implementation strategies to strategically manage and promote organizational performance. Competencies: Examine the function and influence of technology in organizations. Evaluate the effectiveness of technology systems in organizations. Analyze organizational factors that influence strategic technology decisions. Examine the theoretical perspectives of system design and integration. Evaluate change management strategies to enhance technology integration, implementation and innovation. Analyze strategic, technology-specific, management decisions that affect organizational performance. Assess the impact and effectiveness of technology on organizations based on key performance indicators.

3 Credits

3 Credits

This course prepares students to implement emerging managerial practices designed to develop organizational agility and responsiveness. Additionally, students will be able to adapt best practices, implement high-performance work teams, and build advanced strategies for effective global communications. Emphasis is placed on how organizational leaders are encouraged to develop and demonstrate creative, adaptive, and flexible business approaches to meet the challenges of the future of work. Competency A: Argue different leadership styles, power bases, and influence approaches for building advanced management strategies for the global landscape. Competency B: Evaluate the effect of shared leadership theories in various team settings, including virtual environments. Competency C: Justify different approaches for organizational agility to enable leaders and managers to implement innovation. Competency D: Judge the effectiveness of creative, adaptive, and flexible management approaches within the global environment. Competency E: Assess best practices for cultivating diversity in an organization. Competency F: Interpret statistical analysis findings to enhance decision-making in a human resources environment. Competency G: Advance personal and corporate social and ethical responsibilities as a global citizen.

3 Credits

Upon completion of this course, learners will be prepared to use advanced leadership strategies for group communications, team building, and coaching skills to attain organizational objectives. Learners explore large group and smaller team dynamics and the ways in which the role of a leader is required to affect behavior. Emphasis is placed on the growing dependency on self-directed work teams in the workplace. Competency A: Examine the advantages, disadvantages, dynamics, processes, and stages of teams. Competency B: Apply the major theoretical models of leadership to team dynamics. Competency C: Create strategies for addressing the forces that form organizational teams. Competency D: Evaluate interventions to address critical challenges and changes during a team's life cycle. Competency E: Develop a personal philosophy on team leadership.

3 Credits

In this course students refine the requisite skills necessary to further their dissertation concept for review and approval. Students expand their work from Second-Year Residency by applying critical analysis to refine the research method, inform the selection of a research design, and to develop a focused literature review. Competencies: Articulate knowledge gaps in a selected field by synthesizing relevant literature in content, theoretical/conceptual framework, and research methodology and design. Define appropriate research methodology and design for a research study. Describe the scope, limitations and delimitations, population, sample, and possible instrument(s) used in a research study. Evaluate the relevance of research studies related to the selected research topic. Synthesize historical and current sources of literature plus theoretical/conceptual and methodological/ design literature relevant to the selected research topic.

3 Credits

Upon completion of this course, learners will be prepared to optimize organizational performance through the judicious implementation of performance interventions utilizing organization theory, organization design, and technology. Competency A: Utilize knowledge of organization theory, design, and technology to design, develop, implement, and lead change initiatives to optimize organizational performance. Competency B: Distinguish core organizational issues from symptoms. Competency C: Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of different models of organization assessments and their applicability to various situations. Competency D: Design interventions to address issues that hinder organizational performance. Competency E: Evaluate change interventions for continuous performance improvement. Competency F: Determine factors that further development of the organizational system.

3 Credits

Upon completion of this course, students will possess an insight into how leaders address current and future impacts on society and how leaders influence organizational commitment toward proactively addressing risk factors as well as legal, regulatory, and governmental requirements. Topics include public responsibility, organizational community involvement, and attaining and maintaining American corporation ethical standards in local and global environments.

3 Credits

In this course, students will finalize their dissertation proposal. Students receive continued support in assessing and improving their readiness and skill preparation for completion of the dissertation proposal. Additionally, students explore communities of scholarship to engage with scholars in their area of practice and to share their future research.

3 Credits

Upon completion of this course, students will be prepared to develop and maintain a strong orientation to the future and a commitment to improvement and innovation in creating and establishing new business models for attaining organizational goals, setting new short- and long-term directions, and achieving performance excellence. This course includes an assessment of how leaders address current and future impacts on society in a proactive manner and how leaders establish and accomplish ethical practices in all stakeholder interactions. Competency A: Determine emergent social, environmental, organizational, and ethical complexities leaders must address in the 21st century. Competency B: Apply leadership theory and practice to challenges and opportunities for organizational excellence and sustainability. Competency C: Prepare leadership strategies that address and incorporate diverse stakeholder perspectives from multiple levels and sectors Competency D: Develop a deeper understanding of one's leadership beliefs, values, and strategies to integrate and apply the Scholar-Practitioner-Leader model.

3 Credits

3 Credits

In this chair-guided course, doctoral candidates finalize their dissertation as a significant contribution to the body of knowledge. The chair and committee members work with the candidate to complete the dissertation in preparation for University approval, followed by the oral defense.  Additionally, this course focuses on engagement in communities of scholarship and practice.