Overview

Why Choose the DBA in Sustainable 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 Sustainable 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.

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STAGE 3

Dissertation

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

Career Paths

Move into senior roles that lead organizations toward sustainable growth, advise them and teach the next generation.

SUSTAINABILITY LEADERSHIP

Lead Sustainable Strategy

Direct sustainability strategy and performance at the senior level.

  • Chief sustainability officer
  • Director of sustainability
  • ESG program lead

CONSULTING

Advise and Transform

Help organizations measure impact and manage change.

  • Sustainability consultant
  • CSR and ESG advisor
  • 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 Mission-Driven Work

Apply sustainability expertise in public and nonprofit organizations.

  • Environmental NGO leader
  • Sustainability policy advisor
  • Foundation executive

Meet Our Faculty

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

Kwok Shum

Teaches on the doctoral and Green MBA programs, and has run Clinton Foundation C40 workshops.

Tamara Myatt, Ph.D.

Former Executive Director of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women in Afghanistan. Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems, Fielding Graduate University.

Vince Carter, Ph.D.

Professor at the Akio Morita School of Business and the Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute.

Chris Raymond, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Santa Barbara, followed by an international MBA.

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