Doctor of Business Administration [DBA]

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1 Doctor of Business Administration [DBA]

2 Doctor of Business Administration Alliant School of Management The School of Management at Alliant International University prepares individuals for professional careers in business, management and public affairs. We develop exceptional, intellectually engaged and culturally sensitive leaders in all sectors of society. As scholars and practitioners we prepare our students to successfully address professional challenges with integrity and compassion, with a view to advancing internationalism, multiculturalism and sustainability. As an accredited educational institution, we have trained managers for the past 85 years and have successful alumni in almost 80 different countries. Doctor of Business Administration [DBA] The DBA program is designed to provide a multidisciplinary and global perspective for managers and to emphasize the use of both practical and theoretical abilities. The program encourages the assimilation of ideas from business administration, the humanities and the behavioral sciences. The Doctoral program emphasizes discovery of new knowledge that can be applied to enhance successful management of discontinuous change in business firms, government organizations and other not-for-profit organizations. The doctoral program prepares students for advanced positions in management or consulting, or entry into teaching and research. The degree consists of 60 units, of which 18 units are dedicated to the field of desired specialization.

3 [DBA]> DBA Specializations The Doctorate of Business Administration at the Alliant School of Management offers a unique opportunity for specialization in a chosen field: Strategic Management Marketing Finance Strategic Management Our Doctoral Program in Strategic Management has national and international recognition thanks to Distinguished Professor H. Igor Ansoff. The late Dr. Ansoff, known worldwide as the Father of Strategic Management was the founder of the strategic management program at Alliant where he taught for 17 years. This unique program focuses on success behaviors and analytic processes, which optimize performance of organizations and business firms. The program also focuses on understanding and predicting successful behaviors in the changing and turbulent business environments. Marketing The Doctoral business program in the marketing specialization trains doctoral candidates for high-level marketing management, research, and consulting positions, as well as academic marketing faculty positions. The curriculum covers international applications of theoretical and experiential marketing models in all types of business firms and organizations, application of marketing models to similar consumer and business segments cross-culturally, exploration of potential similarities in culturally diverse populations, integration of multi-disciplinary social science approaches to the applied technologies of marketing, and research into emerging and evolving marketing theories and technologies. Finance The globally focused finance specialization trains DBA candidates to construct financial paradigms and use statistical methods and econometric tools to conduct advanced empirical research in finance. DBA candidates are also trained to develop mastery over financial theory and practice through rigorous coursework that provides leading edge knowledge for careers in academia and high-level decision-making positions in financial institutions, business firms, and government organizations.

4 Did you know? Alliant Internattional University ranked third in business doctorates awarded to Asian Americans and sixth in the number of doctorates in all disciplines awarded to Hispanics. *Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine The Alliant School of Management DBA Advantage: A distinguished history in international management education World class faculty who are widely published and active in research International diversity in classroom 45,000+ successful alumni in over 100 countries Financial Aid and Scholarship opportunities available Flexible course formats for working professionals WASC-accredited

5 Alliant School of Management DBA Admissions: James Ellis, US Applicants Direct: Submit all application materials to: Admissions Processing Center Alliant International University Pomerado Road San Diego, CA

6 FRESNO IRVINE LOS ANGELES SACRAMENTO SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO HONG KONG MEXICO CITY TOKYO Alliant International University is a private university and an equal opportunity employer and educator accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.