Keiser’s Doctor of Business Administration Degree allows experienced business professionals and future academics to dive into the deeper waters of the field of business administration. Doctoral students will explore theory and applied research methods in local and global environments to gain the skills needed to dynamically improve the organizations and communities they serve. This terminal degree program promotes advanced decision-making and leadership skills, lifelong learning, ethical and informed decision-making, effective communication, sustainability, and the use of information technologies in the global business management environment. Doctoral students will specialize in Marketing, Management, or Global Business.
Program Mission: The Doctor of Business Administration Degree is designed to provide experienced business professionals and future members of academia with the skills to apply business theories, methods, and research to improve the organizations and communities they serve. The program emphasizes the development of new knowledge through both theory and applied research. The Doctor of Business Administration degree program promotes advanced decision-making and leadership skills, along with enhancing ethical decision-making skills.
Keiser University’s Doctor of Business Administration degree program gives students the tools to contribute to the business profession and the business educational profession through independent learning, scholarship, and research. Upon completion of the program, doctoral students will be able to:
Apply effective management theories and literature as it applies to practice;
Synthesize strategic management theories and literature as it applies to practice;
Formulate and evaluate ethical business decisions;
Maximize the opportunities and challenges in the global business environment;
Contribute to the body of knowledge as part of the research community for application in the global business environment;
Pursue careers as university researchers and teachers or for senior positions in business or government;
Communicate clearly in writing through organizing, thinking critically, and sharing ideas and information in documents, presentations, and publications.
Program Objectives:
Formulate and evaluate ethical business decisions using theory and literature.
Contribute to the body of knowledge as part of the research community by applying appropriate business theories and research methods.
Demonstrate professional communication skills in writing through organizing, thinking critically, and communicating ideas and information in documents, presentations, and publications.
Contribute to the body of knowledge as part of the research community by demonstrating advanced knowledge and skills based on the student’s concentration.
Program Outline
To receive a Doctor of Business Administration degree, students must earn 60 graduate semester credit hours—21 core credit hours, 12 credit hours in research, 15 credit hours in a specialization, 2 residencies, and 12 credit hours in the dissertation.
Online study mode available campuses: Graduate School, Clearwater, Daytona Beach, Flagship Residential Campus, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Melbourne, Miami, Naples, New port Richey, Online Division, Pembroke pines, Orlando, Patrick Space Force Base, Port St. Lucie, Sarasota, Tallahassee, Tampa, West Palm Beach.
