DBA Courses and Sequence (2015-) Term Courses (Credits) Year 1 / Summer Research Foundations (3) Applied Statistics & Regression (3) Year 1 / Fall Multivariate Analysis (3) Organizational Behavior (3) Year 1 / Spring Research Methodology (3) Organizational Theory and Change (3) Year 2 / Summer Advanced Statistical Methods (3) Applied Research (3) Publishing & Comprehensive Exam Seminar (1) Conceptual paper presented to review team Year 2 / Fall Structural Equation Modeling (3) Leadership (3) Teaching Seminar (1) Year 2 / Spring Entrepreneurship (3) Strategic Management (3) Teaching Seminar (1) Year 3 / Summer Comprehensive Exam ABD status conditional on results of the comprehensive exam Dissertation Research (6) Year 3 / Fall Dissertation Research (6) Year 3 / Spring Dissertation Research (6) Completion of DBA Research Requirements and Graduation Research & Quantitative Courses BUS 602 Research Foundations (3 credit hours) The course focuses on providing the new doctoral students tools with which they will better understand the processes of manuscript development, article analysis, and other activities required of doctoral students and successful doctoral candidates. No Textbook. Articles will be assigned. BUS 604 Advanced Statistics and Applied Research (6 hours) The course focuses on advanced statistical concepts and techniques and their application as it pertains to the students research agenda. BUS 608 Research Methods (3 credit hours) This course focuses on the general concepts related to conducting academic research and the various research methods commonly used in business research including quantitative and qualitative analysis.
Research Methods, Design, & Analysis Larry B. Christensen, R. Burke Johnson, & Lisa A. Turner 11th edition / Copyright 2011 Allyn & Bacon, Boston, Massachusetts ISBN-10: 0-205-70165-5 / ISBN-13: 978-0-205-70165-0 BUS 622 Multivariate Analysis (3 credit hours) This course is designed to broaden and enrich students knowledge and understanding of statistical methodology as it pertains to the study of multivariate techniques used in behavioral research. Title: Multivariate Data Analysis (7th Edition) Authors: Joseph F. Hair Jr., William C. Black, Barry J. Babin, Rolph E. Anderson Edition: 7th edition Publisher: Prentice Hall BUS 628 Applied Statistics & Regression (3 credit hours) A study of applications of regression analysis used in business research. Topics include a review of basic regression concepts and applications, multiple regression, residual analysis, model building, regression limitations and assumptions, time series modeling and forecasting, and case studies using regression techniques. Applied Regression Analysis: A Second Course in Business and Economic Statistics Terry E. Dielman Fourth Edition South-Western Cengage Learning ISBN-13: 978-0-534-46548-3 BUS 630 Structural Equation Modeling (3 credit hours) This course provides students with a functional understanding of the path analysis theory and procedures of structural equation modeling. Students will learn to specify, estimate, and evaluate models using AMOS software. Title: Multivariate Data Analysis (7th Edition) Authors: Joseph F. Hair Jr., William C. Black, Barry J. Babin, Rolph E. Anderson Edition: 7th edition Publisher: Prentice Hall BUS 699 - Dissertation Research Seminar (6 credit hours) Series of research based seminar sessions conducted by accomplished scholars. BUS 799 Dissertation Research (18 credit hours) Independent research by the student under the sponsorship of the graduate faculty. Management Courses MGT 600 Seminar in Organizational Behavior (3 credit hours) This course will explore key concepts and research programs in the field of organizational behavior. We will accomplish this by covering a blend of classes and contemporary literature so that we can appreciate the prevailing theories and findings in the several subfields of organizational behavior. For each topic we will also go beyond the existing literature, and work to increase our understanding by reframing key variables, altering perspectives, bringing in new theories, and
comparing levels of analysis. Title: Classics of Organizational Behavior Walter E. Natemeyer and Paul Hersey Fourth Edition ISBN: 9781577667032 MGT 605 Seminar in Organization Theory, Development & Change (3 credit hours) This seminar provides and in-depth understanding of organizational theory, including a historical overview of the theories of organizational change. Structural Holes: The Social Structure of Competition Ronald S. Burt Ed. 1992 MA: First Harvard University Press The External Control of Organizations: A Resource Dependence Perspective Jeffrey Pfeffer and Gerald R. Salancik Ed: 1978 Stanford Business Classics A Study of Decision Making Processes in Administrative Organizations Administrative Behavior Herbert A. Simon Fourth Edition (1997) NY: Free Press Organizational Culture and Leadership Edgar H. Schein Fourth Edition (2010) Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Imprint Organizations and Organizing: Rational, Natural, and Open System Perspective W. Richard Scott & Gerald F. Davis Ed: 2007 Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson-Prentice Hall A Behavioral Theory of the Firm Richard M. Cyert & James G. March Ed: 1992 (2001 Reprint) Malden, MA: Blackwell Business Publishers, Inc. The Power of Appreciative Inquiry: A Practical Guide to Positive Change, 2 nd Edition Diana Whitney, Amanda Trosten-Bloom, David Cooperrider Ed: 2010 ISBN-13: 978-1605093284 Berrett-Koehler Business Publishers Textbooks for Reference in the MLRC: Barnard, C. 1938 (1968). The Functions of the Executive. Selznick, P. 1957. Leadership in Administration. (1984 California Paperback edition)
Organizational Change Cummings, T. G. & Worley, C. G. 2009. Organizational Development and Change, 9 th edition, Southwestern Cengage Learning Thompson, J. 1967. Organizations in action. Weick, K. 1995. Sensemaking in Organizations, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Argyris, C. 1990. Overcoming Organizational Defenses MGT 610 Seminar in Leadership (3 credit hours) This course includes a review of traditional as well as current thinking in leadership theory, with a special emphasis on emotional and social intelligence, and organizational citizenship behavior. The first third of the course will be leadership theory, followership, and current trends in leadership thought and research. The second third will focus on the role of emotional and social intelligence in leadership, and the last third will be an examination of the leader s influence on organizational citizenship or extra-minimal behavior Title: Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice Edited by Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana Harvard Business Review Press, 2010 ISBN 978-1-4221-3879-3 Title: Followership Barbara Kellerman Harvard Business Review Press, 2008 ISBN -13: 978-1-4221-0368-5 Title: The Bass Handbook of Leadership: Theory, Research, & Managerial Applications Bernard M. Bass 4 th edition. New York: Free Press ISBN:-13: 978-0-7432-1552-7 MGT 615 Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (3 credit hours) This course introduces students to a process of understanding and experiencing the qualities and thinking of entrepreneurship researchers. The course objectives include providing students with high quality information to help them better understand how to commence establishing a career in academics or professional positions. Students are introduced to the basic research and topics that help identify the general problems facing entrepreneurs in starting and operating new ventures and how to approach solving these problems. Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research: An Interdisciplinary Survey and Introduction Zotan J. Acs and David B. Audretsch, Editors Second Edition Springer ISBN-13: 978-1461412038 MGT 620 Seminar in Strategic Management (3 credit hours) This course is designed to develop a thorough understanding of the primary frameworks of competitive strategy. Topics covered include industry and competitive analysis, resource based view of the firm, value chain analysis, competitive strategies, business models, scope of the firm, strategic alliances, and offensive and defensive strategies.
Handbook of Strategic Management Hitt, Freeman & Harrison (eds) MA: Blackwell Publishers, Inc. The Lords of Strategy Walter Keichel, III Harvard Business Press