Doctor of Business Administration

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, 以及基于应用程序的内容和框架——都是在批判性推理的背景下进行的, writing, and research. Students will develop doctoral-level critical analysis, evaluation, 综合技能在他们组织的领导实践中应用. Competency A: Analyze historical leadership concepts through doctoral-level research. Competency B: Contextualize leadership models through critical thinking. 能力C:比较和对比领导理论和实践者角色之间的关系. 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. 基本概念包括理论框架的检验和应用, 通过理论的视角对学术文献进行批判性分析并解释数据. Students also explore quantitative, 定性和混合的研究方法和一个有效的研究计划的核心要素. 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. 确定学术文献的意义，以及现有文献的差距如何为新研究提供方向. 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, 本课程的目的是通过阅读提高学生的理解力和技能, 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. 能力B:评估定性设计与所发现问题的一致性. Competency C: Evaluate the components of qualitative data collection and the appropriateness of each approach to an expressed conceptual framework. 能力D:分析定性研究的局限性和克服研究挑战的方法. 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. 能力G:为一项结合定性设计最佳实践的研究开发一种研究方法.

3 Credits

Doctoral practitioners are resolute in their commitment to identifying, informing, and affecting both individual and organizational change and innovation. Generating actionable interventions requires an extensive investigation of situational factors and a foundational understanding of research methodology. In this course, students explore the foundations of statistics used in quantitative research by actively engaging in processes focused on evaluation, appraisal, and application.

3 Credits

Upon completion of this course, 学生将准备分析和选择适当的范例来指导组织研究. Additionally, students will have the ability to systematically apply organizational theories to enrich existing models or develop new models to increase performance and effectiveness. 能力:分析组织战略和需求，以确定组织设计的最佳方法. Differentiate the roles of communication and power across the systems paradigms. 评估沟通和权力对组织效率和生产力水平的影响. Explore historical and current trends in organizational theory. 分析当前组织发展实践对组织研究的影响. 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. 确定伦理在组织理论、设计和发展中的作用和意义.

3 Credits

This course evaluates research on how businesses adopt approaches to optimizing operations and the conditions under which these lead to success. Topics include how an organization adopts best practices, the predictors for successful quality management programs, and the role of project management. Competency A: Determine core leadership competencies needed to optimize operations. 胜任力B:检查可能影响运营管理的组织行为问题. Competency C: Develop integrated strategies to optimize operations. 能力D:识别度量标准来评估运营优化策略的实施. Competency E: Analyze ethical and operational implications of globalization.

3 Credits

This course deals with the theoretical and practical aspects of research and dissertation development in a practice doctorate context. In this course, 学生开始研究相关行业和学术文献，并朝着创造一个稳健的方向前进, 有说服力的奖学金审查与设计的第二章的应用博士论文.

3 Credits

In this course, students will integrate visionary organizational leadership ideas and practices and apply these to the optimization of organizational resources in a complex, global environment to positively impact future organizational performance, change and sustainability. 胜任力A:在全球化的组织环境中解释有远见的领导理念和实践. Competency B: Align future organizational change to the mission, vision, and values of the organization to support long-term sustainability. Competency C: Incorporate the internal and external factors into marketing, industry and competitive analysis to improve decision-making and business planning. Competency D: Integrate finance, operations, and management structure to achieve continuous improvement and sustainability. Competency E: Exhibit visionary organizational leadership to create present and future value through the optimization of people, organizational processes, and technology utilization.

3 Credits

This course explores and evaluates research on how businesses measure and could modify their measure of financial value to improve decision-making. Topics include business analysis, valuation tools, and applications; mergers and acquisitions; marketplace valuation of equity; U.S. GAAP/IFRS convergence; and the challenges of valuing high growth companies, companies in emerging markets, cyclical companies, and banks. Competencies: Develop leadership competence in financial management of an organization. Evaluate the application of risk and risk management concepts to financial activities. Employ statistical and other quantitative measures to management decision-making. Implement strategies that work toward the goal of shareholder wealth maximization. Develop research skills that support the comprehension, analysis, and evaluation of new events and circumstances in a global, fast-paced economic environment.

3 Credits

在这门课程中，学生提炼必要的必要技能来进一步审查和批准他们的论文概念. 学生扩展他们的工作，从二年级住院医师应用批判性分析，以完善研究方法, inform the selection of a research design, and to develop a focused literature review. 能力:通过综合相关文献的内容来阐明所选领域的知识缺口, 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

This course explores leadership strategies and issues focusing on a changing workforce, short and long-term directions, decision-making, and performance expectations leading towards a sustainable and profitable organization. The focus is on business results that encompass organizational development and issues driving and implementing organizational change.

3 Credits

本课程评估使用互联网技术创建经济上可行的全球企业的模型. Topics include assessing business and management models, assessing geopolitical and economic factors that influence business strategy, and decision making in a global environment.

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

This course evaluates how organizations manage relationships with their customers and apply research-based marketing information to the development and marketing of products and services tailored to target customers. Topics include market segmentation, target marketing, delivering superior value, relationship marketing, ethics, and marketing strategy. 胜任力A:分析关系营销的历史和当代理论和模型. Competency B: Analyze market research strategies. Competency C: Develop strategic marketing plans. Competency D: Examine the influence of relationship marketing on quality, price, satisfaction, and perceived value. 能力E:决定应对与市场营销相关的社会和道德挑战的策略.

3 Credits

本课程是澳门金沙博士生两门在线沉浸式课程中的第二门. 第二部分涵盖了博士社会化的先进原理和高等教育中的问题. Students will focus on currency in their respective disciplines.

3 Credits

In this chair-guided course, 博士候选人最后完成他们的论文作为一个重要贡献的主体知识. 主席和委员会成员与候选人一起完成论文，为大学批准做准备, followed by the oral defense. 此外，本课程侧重于学术和实践社区的参与. Competencies: Articulate strategies for effective dissertation completion. Analyze research data to develop dissertation results. Synthesize study results and relevant, 当前文献发展建议和结论，以增加知识的主体. Employ engagement strategies for continued discourse in scholarly communities. 综合所有的章节，以创建一个全面的论文，有助于身体的知识.