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DOCTORATE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (DBA)

DOCTORATE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (DBA). Supervision and Examination Criteria. Presented by: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nik Maheran Nik Muhammad Faculty of Business Management UiTM Kelantan. DBA and PhD supervision and examination criteria:.

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DOCTORATE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (DBA)

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  1. DOCTORATE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (DBA) Supervision and Examination Criteria Presented by: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nik Maheran Nik Muhammad Faculty of Business Management UiTM Kelantan.

  2. DBA and PhD supervision and examination criteria: • What are the issues? • What are the differences between DBA and PhD • DBA vs PhD • DBA program structure in Malaysian University • Supervision and Examination criteria • Issues of ‘Contribution’ • Content/report presentation • Supervisors expectation 5. Proposed framework.

  3. ISSUES / PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION • Given that the DBA dissertation could be different from a PhD thesis, how should it be supervised and examined? • In many circumstances, the criteria used to examine DBA dissertation and PhD thesis are the same although focus of both program are different • the criteria used by examiners for DBA dissertation are not standardized and there is no clear, agreed definition of that which constitutes a ‘contribution’—a major criterion for some research theses

  4. ISSUES • Lack of consistency across institutions regarding the nature of examining and qualifying DBA program particularly on the dissertation reports.

  5. DBA vs. PhD GENERAL DIFFERENCE: • DBA (Professional doctorate program) requires a portfolio of course work, seminar presentations, and industry-relevant research reports. Encourages the candidate for more applied outcomes. • PhD (Traditional doctorate) focus on single PhD thesis. Expected to contribute to new body of knowledge. • DBA is a professional doctorate for managers and the PhD is a professional doctorate for academics.

  6. DBA vs. PhD MAJOR DIFFERENCES: • Qualifications and knowledge on entry into the program; • Focus of the program (learning outcome); and • The nature of the doctoral report • DBA dissertation is only partial requirement and the PhD is full. • Duration to do research for DBA is shorter and the PhD is over a longer time period of time. • the thesis requirement is heavier for PhD than DBA (Association of Business Schools, 1997; Bourner, Bowden & Laing 2001 ;Perry and Cavage, 2002).

  7. (1) Qualifications and knowledge on entry into the program (Bourner, Bowden & Laing 2001; USM, 2008)

  8. (2) The focus of the program (Learning Outcome) (Bourner et al. 2001, Lockhart & Stablein 2002)

  9. (3) DBA and a PhD is the doctoral report (Association of Business Schools 1997, Bourner et al. 2001).

  10. DBA PROGRAMS IN MALAYSIA Table 1 DBA program structure at different university. * Training in Research methodology capabilities. * *MBA + DBA ( 80 units + 160)

  11. SUPERVISION THE DBA dissertation • CONTRIBUTION • CONTENT / REPORT PRESENTATION • EXPECTATION OUTCOME

  12. SUPERVISION THE DBA dissertation • Issues of “Contribution” “ something nobody has said before and/or carrying out empirical work that has not been done before” • DBA award is aimed at making a contribution to practice… • PhD ‘‘is principally intended to develop academic..…

  13. SUPERVISION THE DBA dissertation……cont. 2. CONTENT – emphasize • research-coursework for DBAs should be more flexible than research-only PhDs. • Less rigorous • Less exhaustive - literature reviews • Less extensive - methodology • Focus on managerial problem (instead of bridging the gap of the literature/theory) example • Emphasized on managerial/practical implication (theoretical implication)

  14. Table 4: Structure of DBA – Research Portfolio (Australian University)

  15. SUPERVISION THE DBA dissertation……cont. 3. The question remains as to the level of specialization of a DBA supervisor, or differences in supervising DBA versus PhD candidates – supervisor’s expectation: • In many cases these supervisors of DBAs have graduated from research-based PhDs and are often skeptical about the DBA program. • Unless if they were part of the design-, accreditation- or program advisory teams (Kemp 2002). • Therefore, the supervisors need to have a good understanding of the objectives of DBAs (researching professional vs. researching academicians)

  16. EXAMINING THE DBA dissertation AND PhD Theses

  17. EXAMINING THE DBA dissertation AND PhD Theses…Cont.

  18. EXAMINING THE DBA dissertation AND PhD Theses…Cont

  19. PROPOSED FRAMEWORK for supervising and examining DBA dissertation Theoretical and Practical - focused CONTRIBUTION New knowledge for managerial/professional practice Impact to managerial practice Length – 40,000 to 60,000 words REPORT PRESENTATION Problem statement - practically-focused - Literature review and Methodology - Less extensive - Discussion - implication for management - EXPECTATION Capacity to conceive, plan and conduct research independently Practical application and suitable for journal publication

  20. CONCLUSION • The DBA is designed to make a significant contribution to the enhancement of professional practice in business administration (public and private sectors, education, hospital, professional, and general management) through the application and development of theoretical frameworks. • In comparison, the PhD places more emphasis on the development of new knowledge and innovative theoretical perspectives • the DBA has different goals from a PhD, for the DBA is a professional doctorate for managers rather than for academics. • Research for DBA is partial requirement but full for PhD; duration to take the research for DBA is shorter than PhD; requirements for DBA and Phd are different… • Criteria to examine DBA dissertation and PhD thesis should be different.

  21. THANK YOU QUESTIONS ARE WELCOME…..

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