Overview

Why Choose the DBA in Management

Four reasons experienced professionals choose Anaheim University for their doctorate.

Live Online Seminars

Two 90-minute live webcam seminars in every course, plus a daily discussion forum.

Learn From Experienced Faculty

Study with professors who hold doctoral degrees and bring wide experience in business, plus expert guest speakers.

A Global Classroom

Network with classmates from around the world in a culturally diverse learning environment.

Accelerated Courses

Six-week courses keep you moving, with a new term every six weeks.

Program Learning Outcomes

What you will be able to do by the time you complete the program.

Organizational Analysis

  • Analyze organizations operating in a global, diverse and technological environment
  • Analyze organizational structures to improve performance

Leadership

  • Apply ethical and sustainable leadership to manage change and optimize performance
  • Enhance leadership capacity in a variety of workplace settings

Research

  • Conduct original research on leadership principles, theories and skills
  • Design and construct a publishable research project

Professional Growth

  • Devise and implement strategies for your own ongoing professional development

How You'll Learn

Each six-week course combines two live webcam seminars, a daily discussion forum, written assignments and a team project.

Online discussion forum Daily, all 6 weeks
Next CourseNew term every 6 weeks
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Your Dissertation

Your doctorate ends with research that explores an existing issue in your field.

01

STAGE 1

Coursework

9 foundation courses, 4 Management courses and 2 electives, with the qualifying and comprehensive exams.

02

STAGE 2

Proposal

Writing the Doctoral Dissertation Proposal, where you shape your research question and design.

03

STAGE 3

Dissertation

Four dissertation terms to research, write and complete your dissertation.

Career Paths

Move into senior roles that lead organizations, advise them and teach the next generation of managers.

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP

Lead Organizations

Direct strategy, people and performance at the senior level.

  • Chief executive or senior executive
  • General manager
  • Vice president of operations

CONSULTING

Advise and Transform

Help organizations improve performance and manage change.

  • Management consultant
  • Organizational development consultant
  • Change management lead

ACADEMIA

Teach and Research

Teach business and publish research in higher education.

  • Business professor or lecturer
  • Program director
  • Business researcher

PUBLIC & NONPROFIT

Lead Beyond Business

Apply management expertise in public and mission-driven organizations.

  • Nonprofit executive director
  • Public sector manager
  • Policy and strategy advisor

Meet Our Faculty

Learn from experienced academics and professionals who bring subject expertise, research, and real-world perspective into the classroom.

Robert Robertson, Ph.D.

Dean of the Akio Morita School of Business. Ph.D. in Management and Organization, Stirling University; MIT Sloan. A Fulbright Specialist.

Andrew E. Honeycutt, DBA

President of Anaheim University and a graduate of Harvard University’s Doctor of Business Administration program.

Tamara Myatt, Ph.D.

Ph.D. and master’s in Human and Organizational Systems, Fielding Graduate University. More than a decade in organisational transformation.

Mariah Jeffery, Ph.D., CSCP

Ph.D. in Operations Research and M.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Central Florida.

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Ready to Start Your DBA in Management?

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