Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

School of Business and Technology

Strategy and Innovation specialization

Strengthen your ability to identify innovation opportunities, develop breakthrough strategies, and create an organizational environment that enables innovation and change. This specialization provides a theoretical and practical orientation to the strategies organizations use to create and sustain industry-changing innovations and compete in today’s business environment. You will also explore global perspectives of strategic business leadership, including an opportunity to participate in an international field experience. Online courseroom discussions, specially designed networking sites, and face-to-face weekend residencies provide ongoing opportunities to build professional relationships and share knowledge with other business leaders around the country. This professional doctorate offers a defined program and built-in checkpoints designed to facilitate completion of both your course work and applied dissertation project in three years. People who choose this specialization are often pursuing leadership, consulting, or teaching positions in the area of organizational strategy and innovation.

Residency Requirements: Three three-day residential colloquia
(DB-R8921, DB-R8922, DB-R8923).

Core Courses (each course 6 quarter credits unless noted)

• DB8004 - Strategic Thinking and Innovation
• DB-R8921 - DBA Research Residential Colloquium I^†* - 2 quarter credits
• DB8010 - Leadership with Integrated Coaching*
• DB8020 - Research Foundations*
• DB8030 - Global Operations^†*
• DB8040 - Financial Decision Making*
• DB-R8922 - DBA Research Residential Colloquium II^†* - 2 quarter credits
• DB8050 - Applied Research Techniques*
• DB8060 - Exploring Opportunities for Social Responsibility and Sustainability*
• DB8070 - Market Innovation*
• DB-R8923 - DBA Research Residential Colloquium III^†* - 2 quarter credits
• DB9920 - Dissertation Mentor Courseroom - non-credit

Specialization Courses (each course 4 quarter credits unless noted)

• DB8130 - Foresight: Anticipating the Future
• DB8132 - Identifying Opportunities for Innovation
• DB8134 - Competing with Disruptive Innovation*
• DB8136 - Building an Innovation Strategy*

Upon completion of all required course work:

• DB9921 - Dissertation with Project Mentoring I* - 6 quarter credits
• DB9922 - Dissertation with Project Mentoring II* - 6 quarter credits

Review of this specialization is pending in FL, ND, and SC.

Admission to the Strategy and Innovation specialization requires learners to complete and submit the DBA Course Registration Acknowledgement.

^† Learners are responsible for the cost of their travel, accommodations, food, and other expenses associated with this course.

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