Dissertation I: 6 semester hours

Catalog description

The dissertation phase of the DBA program takes place in three successive semesters for doctoral students to expand and execute a research proposal that was developed in Design of Applied Research Proposal. In Dissertation I, students make necessary changes to the research proposal based on the feedback from the dissertation committee (a primary and two secondary advisors) with respect to the significance of a problem to the business practice and knowledge advancement, supporting theories and concepts, the relevancy of methodology, the availability of data, and appropriate analytical skills to proceed with research topics. Students should develop viable research hypotheses or questions.