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Andrew E. Honeycutt, DBA
President, Anaheim University
Professor
Dr. Andrew E. Honeycutt, President of Anaheim University, is the recipient of a Harvard University Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree in Marketing and a Boston University Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Organizational Behavior. Dr. Honeycutt has served as Dean of the School of Business and Management and Director of the Economic Research and Development Center at the University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Dean of the College of Business and Technology of Argosy Univ...
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Dean, Akio Morita School of Business
Dr. Robert Robertson holds a Ph.D. in Management and Organization (Stirling University, Scotland); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management Executive Certificate in Innovation and Strategy, Post-Doctoral Professional Certificate, International Business and Leadership (Argosy University); Post Graduate Diploma in International Management-China (University of London); Master of Studies in Law (Vermont Law School); Master of Public Administration (Dalhousie University, Canada); a Master of Arts (Eastern Kentucky University) and a Bachelor of Science (East Tennesse...
Learn MoreKwok Shum, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Akio Morita School of Business
Director, Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute
Professor
After earning a Stanford University Master of Science in Engineering degree, Dr. Kwok Shum received his Ph.D. in Management of Technology from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Dr. Shum’s research and teaching interests lie in new technologies, renewable energy industry and deployment, the business of renewable energy and clean technologies. Dr. Shum has taught at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and conducted workshops for the Clinton Foundation’s C40 Large Cities Climate Summit, Tokyo Institute of Technology and Hong Kong Baptist University. He has served as a Reviewer for...
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Professor
Holding a George Washington University MS in Structural Engineering and a University of Sao Paolo Ph.D. in Sciences and Technology, Dr. Carlos Tasso Eira De Aquino is an accomplished senior executive and educator combining over 25 years of experience in leadership and scholarship in Business, Education, IT, and Engineering. In his executive career, he has been strategically building, managing and guiding diverse teams to solve complex, systemic problems. As an educator, he has taught, developed and supervised, and published relevant research and scholarship. In that area, he is adept at dev...
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Professor
Dr. E. Vince Carter is a Professor at the Anaheim University Akio Morita School of Business and Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute. Vince’s teaching approach develops learning blueprints to align structured Green Marketing skills with creative knowledge discovery. This dialectical dynamic embraces the spirit of Kisho Kurokawa’s design philosophy of symbiosis for The Age of Life. Dr. Carter is a nationally recognized marketing educator, as well as an experienced researcher, consultant, and community volunteer. After graduating with Dean’s List Honors from the Columbia Business School MBA program...
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Professor
Dr. Robert Diotalevi, Esq., LL.M., is serving in his 17th year as Associate Professor of Legal Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida. He was the founding Legal Studies Program coordinator. He has been a lawyer for 33 years as a member of the Massachusetts and Florida bars. He possesses 4 degrees and has been internationally published with over 80 manuscripts in print. In 2009 Dr. Diotalevi had a book published by Cengage. It is entitled “The Florida Paralegal.” As an academician since 1985 he has instructed over 400 courses. Dr. Diotalevi was a professional broadca...
Learn MoreMariah Jeffery, Ph.D., CSCP
Professor
Dr. Mariah Jeffery holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research and a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of Central Florida, and is an APICS Certified Supply Chain Practitioner. She has extensive industry experience, consulting on supply chain management and data analytics for Fortune 500 clients, including IBM, Coca-Cola, General Motors, and the United States Postal Service. Dr. Jeffery has expertise in decision analysis, inventory management, predictive analytics, supply chain management and design, logistics, data analytics, operational research and forecasting, stat...
Learn MoreTamara Myatt, Ph.D.
Professor
Holding a Ph.D. and Masters in Human and Organizational Systems from Fielding Graduate University, Tamara Myatt has spent more than a decade transforming the professional and educational lives of young and disadvantaged people in some of the poorest and most dangerous regions of the world, championing the causes of women, and orchestrating locally and globally scaled initiatives in the business sphere. The specialized focus of her Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Development was in in women’s entrepreneurship in regions of war. She is currently pursuing advanced studies/research in entrepr...
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Chris Raymond, Ph.D.
Professor
Dr. Christopher Raymond earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and later completed an international MBA from École National des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, France. After earning his MBA, Dr. Raymond became an economics lecturer in the Management School at Imperial College, London. While there, he also served as Deputy Director of their Executive MBA program.
In 1996, after five years in London, Dr. Raymond moved to Bangkok, Thailand, where he worked as a senior financial analyst and chief economist. In 2009, Dr. Raymond left the private sector and returned to academics, first in Thailand, and later in Cambodia. Dr. Raymond has been at the American University of Phnom Penh (AUPP) since 2015, teaching courses in finance, accounting, economics and statistics.
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Professor
With both a Ph.D. and MBA in Strategy, Enterprise & Innovation from the University of Portsmouth, Dr. Stavros Sindakis has made significant contributions to these fields through his research and publications on entrepreneurship and business innovation including his books Entrepreneurial Rise in Southeast Asia, and Analytics, Innovation and Excellence-Driven Enterprise Sustainability, with his third in progress. Dr. Stavros Sindakis is an educator, advisor, mentor and innovator in the fields of business innovation, management, entrepreneurship, and service design and development. As an educator, he has taught in several different countries at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels and held a variety of advisory and mentoring positions for students and faculty at numerous schools including the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs and Laureate Online Education.
Learn MoreBarbara Son, Ph.D.
Professor
Holding a Ph.D. in Urban Business Economics from Portland State University, and a Masters in Urban Affairs with a concentration in Technology, Business, Economics, and Public Administration from Boston University, Dr. Barbara Son is well-experienced in the field of online education and has taught global management at Boeing in Long Beach, DBA at University of Sarasota/Argosy University, MBA at Pepperdine University, operations management at California State University, Northridge, and entrepreneurship and economics at California State University, Los Angeles, as well as served as a site rev...
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Chair of the Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Professor
Dr. John Wang is Chair of the Anaheim University Institutional Review Board and a Professor for the Anaheim University Akio Morita School of Business. He received a scholarship award to complete his Ph.D. in Business Administration at Temple University in 1990, after earning his M.S. in Systems Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology. In addition to his roles at the Anaheim University Akio Morita School of Business, Dr. John Wang is a professor in the Department of Information and Decision Sciences at Montclair State University. Dr. Wang received his tenure in 1997 and was promoted...
Learn MoreWilliam Hartley Ph.D.
President Emeritus
Professor
Dr. Hartley's background is a combination of education, private sector work, teaching and consulting. Holding a bachelor's degree, three master's degrees, and a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado, University of California at Berkeley and University of Wisconsin respectively, Dr. Hartley has had a variety of jobs from administrative manager of the R&D division of a Fortune 500 company to the executive training program of Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan, in addition to owning and operating an art gallery. Dr. Hartley has had an extensive career in higher education, teaching in...
Learn MoreCaryn Callahan, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Holding a Harvard University Ph.D. in East Asian Languages in Civilizations with a specialization in Japan and an MBA specializing in Finance-Accounting from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Dr. Caryn Callahan is a former Vice President and International Equity Analyst for Merrill Lynch Japan as well as Financial Analyst for W.R. Grace & Co.. A professor of Anaheim University's Akio Morita School of Business, Dr. Callahan has also taught courses in Corporate Finance, International Business, Organizational Behavior, and Management at Chaminade University in Hawaii. Dr. Ca...
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Overview
The Online Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) through Anaheim University’s Akio Morita School of Business allows working professionals to obtain a DBA degree while working full time no matter where they reside. Experience the following AU advantages:
Benefits
- Enjoy a highly interactive online program as you connect with your professor and classmates in two 90-minute live online webcam seminars per course and daily discussion forum
- Learn from expert guest speakers and highly-qualified professors, who hold doctoral degrees and have extensive experience in various fields of business
- Receive the Doctor of Business Administration degree through the flexibility of online learning
- Network with individuals from around the world, providing a rich and culturally diverse environment in which to study.
- Earn your Doctoral degree in approximately 3 years while working full-time
Features:
- 9 foundation courses + 4 courses in chosen area of concentration + 2 elective courses + Dissertation
- Accelerated learning – courses are six weeks long
- Live online webcam seminars twice during each course
- New terms begin every 6 weeks
- Complete a dissertation that explores an existing issue and provides the opportunity to display mastery of the theory and concepts covered in your course of study
- Total duration = Approximately 3 years
Objectives
Objectives
Upon completion of the DBA program, students will be able to:
- Analyze and interpret organizations operating in an increasingly global, diverse and technological environment.
- Conduct original research of leadership principles, theories, and skills required to enhance organizational performance
- Apply the concepts of ethical and sustainable leadership to manage change and optimize organizational performance.
- Enhance leadership capacity of organizations in a variety of workplace settings.
- Analyze organizational structures to assist in improving organizational performance.
- Devise appropriate strategies for ongoing professional development and implementation of these strategies upon successful completion of the DBA.
- Design and construct a publishable research project
Curriculum
Anaheim University’s Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree program is comprised of 60 graduate credit hours beyond a completed MBA. The DBA program consists of 9 foundation courses in business administration and research, a qualifying exam which the student must pass at the end of the first year of study, 4 courses in the student’s chosen area of concentration, 2 elective courses, a comprehensive exam which the student must pass in order to advance to the dissertation phase, and a dissertation. Each course in the DBA program is three credit hours, with the exception of the final dissertation writing course.
Curriculum for the DBA with a concentration in International Business
Foundational Courses :
| DBA 602 | Intellectual Property | |
| DBA 605 | International and Multinational Marketing | |
| DBA 615 | Leadership in Global and Multicultural Organizations | |
| DBA 617 | International Supply Chain Management | |
| DBA 625 | Applied Research Methods - Qualitative & Quantitative | |
| DBA 627 | Business Analytics | |
| DBA 629 | Global Strategy & Innovation Management | |
| DBA 635 | Transforming Systems through Adaptive Leadership | |
| DBA 645 | Academic Research and Writing |
International Business courses:
| DBA 610 | International Financial Management | |
| DBA 633 | Ethics in Business Management | |
| DBA 640 | International Business Law and Practice | |
| DBA 710 | Seminar in International Business |
Elective Courses (Choose 1 in each of 2 of the other 3 concentrations):
Management Elective Courses :
| DBA 613 | Organizational Development and Change Management | |
| DBA 623 | Human Resource Management Science | |
| DBA 633 | Ethics in Business and Management | |
| DBA 640 | International Business Law and Practice |
Sustainable Management Elective Courses :
| DBA 611 | Sustainable Lifecycle Management | |
| DBA 621 | Sustainable Project Management | |
| DBA 651 | Sustainable Accounting Management | |
| DBA 711 | Seminar in Global Business Sustainability |
Entrepreneurship Elective courses:
| DBA 612 | Creative Entrepreneurship | |
| DBA 613 | Organizational Development and Change Management | |
| DBA 622 | Entrepreneurial Funding | |
| DBA 632 | Social Entrepreneurship |
Doctoral Dissertation Studies Courses :
| DBA 820 | Writing the Doctoral Dissertation Proposal | |
| DBA 850 | Doctoral Dissertation Completion |
Course Schedule
DBA Course Schedule 2025
Live online webcam seminars are 90 minutes; the first hour is led by the professor and the final half-hour is for student-led discussion. All times are California/Pacific Time. Please note the schedule is subject to change.
| Term | Term Dates | Courses Offered | Live Online Webcam Seminar Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 2, 2025 - February 9, 2025 |
DBA 623 Human Resource Management Science DBA 850 Dissertation |
TBA |
| 2 | February 10, 2025 - March 23, 2025 |
DBA 651 Sustainable Accounting Management DBA 850 Dissertation |
TBA |
| 3 | March 24, 2025 - May 4, 2025 |
DBA 625 Applied Research Methods – Qualitative & Quantitative DBA 627 Business Analytics DBA 850 Dissertation |
TBA |
| 4 | May 5, 2025 - June 15, 2025 |
DBA 629 Global Strategy & Innovation Management DBA 635 Transforming Systems through Adaptive Leadership DBA 850 Dissertation |
TBA |
| 5 | June 16 - July 27, 2025 |
DBA 610 (Int Bus. Specialized) International Financial Management DBA 611 Sustainable Lifecycle Management DBA 850 Dissertation
Comprehensive Exam (Jul 29 - Aug 4) |
TBA |
| 6 | Aug 4 - September 14, 2025 |
DBA 621 Sustainable Project Management DBA 633 (Int Bus. Specialized) Ethics in Business and Management DBA 850 Dissertation |
TBA |
| 7 | September 15 - October 26, 2025 |
DBA 640 (Int Bus. Specialized) International Business Law and Practice DBA 820 Writing the Doctoral Dissertation Proposal DBA 850 Dissertation |
TBA |
| 8 | October 27 - December 7, 2025 |
DBA 602 Intellectual Property DBA 850 Dissertation |
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Tuition & Fees
Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Program Fees
Affordable Pay-As-You-Learn System: Pay for only one course at a time.
| Doctor of Business Administration Degree Program Fees | |
|---|---|
| Application Fee (Non-refundable after 7 days) |
$ 75 |
| Registration Fee (Non-refundable after 7 days) |
$100 |
| STRF Fee* (non-refundable, CA residents only) | $0 |
| Per Course Fees | |
| Tuition Fee ($500 per credit x 3 credits) |
$1500 / course taken |
| Records Fee | $200 per term |
| Per Course Fee Total: | $1,700 |
| Additional Fees | |
| Transfer Credit Fee | $ 75 / course (optional) |
| Original transcript | No charge |
| Each additional transcript | $ 25 (optional) |
| Estimated Textbook Fees | $1,290 |
| Research Reserve Fund | $ 2,000 |
| End of Program Fees | |
| Graduate Diploma | No charge |
| Replacement Diploma (Optional) | $ 200 |
| Replacement Cover (Optional) | $ 100 |
| Course Completion Letter | $ 35 (optional) |
| Degree Program Total: | $37,465* |
Note: A student can plan on approximately $1,290 in textbook purchases during the program. A textbook list may be found in the online resources of the student website. Real-time classes do not require specific materials beyond what is already supplied for the course.
Note: Anaheim University makes certain provisions in order to provide access to library resources and library services for all students enrolled directly through Anaheim University. However, students enrolled in Anaheim University’s online graduate degree programs are required to have an additional reserve fund to be used for the purchase of journals and research - materials that will aid them in their studies by providing information specific to their unique areas of interest and research - and to provide access to software and other resources that may help them in the completion of their studies. The research reserve fund is $2,000 for doctoral students to be used over the duration of their program. Students are not required to spend the entire research fund - only that amount necessary in order to carry out their research.
The above itemizes all of the fees and charges for which the student is responsible. Please see the Policies and Procedures section for our refund policy.
Each course is US $1,500 for tuition excluding books, materials, and other costs listed above. Students must pay the required tuition fee prior to commencing their next course. The student is not required to pay this tuition fee until the student wishes to register for his or her next course.
*Student Tuition Recovery Fund (STRF): The Student Tuition Recovery Fund (STRF) is administered by the California BPPE and applies only to California residents. The STRF fee is currently zero ($0) per one thousand dollars ($1,000) of institutional charges The State of California established the Student Tuition Recovery Fund (STRF) to relieve or mitigate economic loss suffered by a student in an educational program at a qualifying institution, who is or was a California resident while enrolled or was enrolled in a residency program, if the student enrolled in the institution, prepaid tuition, and suffered an economic loss. Unless relieved of the obligation to do so, you must pay the state-imposed assessment for the STRF, or it must be paid on your behalf, if you are a student in an educational program, who is a California resident, or are enrolled in a residency program, and prepay all or part of your tuition. You are not eligible for protection from the STRF and you are not required to pay the STRF assessment, if you are not a California resident, or are not enrolled in a residency program.
Tuition may be paid on a course-by-course basis.
Students interested in inquiring about non-interest-bearing monthly payment plan options should e-mail registrar @ anaheim.edu
Students may make payment by check, credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover), money order or bank transfer (the student is responsible for any transaction fees imposed by the institution).
Please e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for information on how to make payments.
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Where Graduates Work
Anaheim University MBA students and graduates are speaking the Global Business Language of multinational companies:
| 3M | Enterprise Florida | National Basketball Association (NBA) |
| Accenture | Ericsson | Nissan |
| Accrediting Bureau of Health Education | Exxon Mobil | Nokia Siemens |
| Agfa-Gevaert | Fidelity Investments | Nokia Technologies |
| All Nippon Airways (ANA) | Fujitsu | Nomura Research Institute |
| Asahi Newspaper | Fujitsu Semiconductor | Nomura Securities |
| Audi | GE Consumer Finance | Novartis Pharma |
| Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) | GE Healthcare | Oracle |
| Bank of Japan | Goldman Sachs | Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
| Barclay’s Investment Bank | Hewlett-Packard | Pearson Publishing |
| Bayer Medical | Hitachi | Pioneer Corporation |
| BearingPoint | HMV | Quintiles |
| Beckman Coulter | Hokkaido Prefectural Government | Rakuten |
| Bosch Rexroth Corporation | Honda Electron | Recruit |
| British Airways | Hyatt Hotels | Samsung Electronics |
| British Telecom | IBM | Sanofi Aventis |
| Canon | Intel | SAP |
| Cisco Systems | KDDI | Schlumberger |
| Citigroup | Kirin Brewery Company | Seiko Epson |
| City of Atlanta | Kubota Corporation | Shinsei Bank |
| Cox Communications | Kyocera-Maruzen | Siemens Healthcare |
| Daiichi Sankyo | LaCoste & Aigle Japan | SMBC Trust Bank |
| DB Schenker | Lenovo | Southern California Edison |
| Dell | Macmillan Publishing | Sony |
| Deutsche Bank | Marubeni | Sony Mobile Communications |
| Deutsche Securities | McDonald's | Stahl Thyssenkrupp |
| Dow Chemical | Mercedes Benz Finance | Sumitomo Corporation |
| Dow Jones Intl. | Merrill Lynch | ThermoFisher Scientific |
| Dun & Bradstreet | Michelin | Toyota |
| EDS | Microsoft | UBS |
| Embassy of Australia | Mitsubishi Electric | Unisys |
| Embassy of Canada | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Volkswagen Investment Co. |
| Embassy of Haiti | Mitsui Chemicals | Water Corporation |
| Embassy of the Philippines | Morgan Stanley | Zurich Insurance Company |
| Embassy of Zimbabwe |
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Entrance Requirements
An application for the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Program must include the following:
- Application form
- Application fee ($75)
- One recent color photograph (digital is okay)
- A scan of a current, government-issued photo ID
- Official transcripts, licenses or certificates. The DBA program requires a Master's degree in business administration, in a functional area of business, non-profit management, public administration, a JD degree, or other degree relating to managerial functions from an accredited institution recognized by the US Department of Education and/or CHEA, or by the government of the country in which the degree was awarded, and with an overall GPA of no less than 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, or equivalent from non-USA Institutions. (Note: If the university does not routinely issue transcripts in English, original language records must be submitted with official English translations. We will accept translations issued by the university or by the following professional translation services: Accredited Language Services; Berlitz; Liaison Linguistics; Josef Silny & Associates; American Evaluation & Translation Services (AETS); and Education Evaluators International. Translations must be exact and complete versions of the original records.)
- At least one course in each of the following: accounting, finance and economics. This requirement must be met before admission to the DBA program.
- A resume documenting a minimum of 5 years of work or teaching experience in a relevant area of business
Non-native English speakers must demonstrate college-level proficiency by providing original documentation in one of the following ways:
- Degree from an accredited institution where English is the primary language of instruction.
- Transcript from an accredited institution indicating completion of at least 30 semester hours of credit where the language of instruction was English (“B” average)
- A minimum TOEFLscore of 550 PBT / 213 CBT/ 80 iBT.
- A minimum TOEICscore of 800.
- A minimum IELTS score of 6.5.
- A minimum PTE (Pearson Test of English Academic Score Report) of 58.
- A minimum BULATS Level 3 (60), accepted only for Cultura Inglesa in Brazil.
- A minimum grade of Level 3 on the ACT COMPASS’s English as a Second Language Placement Test.
- A minimum grade of Pre-1 on the Eiken English Proficiency Exam.
- A minimum B2 English proficiency level identified within the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) Standards and assessed through various ESOL examinations, including the University of Cambridge
Once your application materials have been approved, you will need to submit an Enrollment Agreement and tuition payment to complete the enrollment process.
Internet Access: All students are required to have access to a computer equipped with Internet access capabilities.
Entrance Examination: There is no entrance examination required for admission to Anaheim University.
Transfer Credits: Anaheim University will accept up to three graduate semester classes or 9 units awarded by another institution toward a DBA degree at Anaheim University. The entering student will be required to clearly demonstrate the equivalency of a transfer course through relevant documents (syllabus, catalog, course outline) and justify its acceptance through petition. No course will be considered for transfer with a grade lower than a “B” or its equivalent. Petitions are directed to the specific Dean for the affected program. There is a fee of $75 per course of credit transferred, and the overall program cost will be adjusted to reflect credit for the approved class(es). All petitions for transfer credit must be submitted as part of the student’s initial application to the University. Credits awarded as part of another degree will not be accepted for transfer.
Prior Experiential Credit: Anaheim University will not extend experiential credit to any student.
We currently do not accept students who reside in Alabama, Arkansas, Alaska, American Samoa, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Guam, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, N. Mariana Islands, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Utah, Virginia, Virgin Islands, Wisconsin, and Wyoming due to regulatory matters. For more information, please call our Vice President of Administrative Affairs at 714-772-3330
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