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Business School, Heriot-Watt University
Philosophy
of the DBA Programme
The DBA develops high-level integrated understanding. The
course philosophy recognizes the senior executives in modern
organisations require deep knowledge and understanding across
a range of disciplines. The DBA is designed to address this
issue by developing knowledge and understanding of a range
of high-level interdependent disciplines, reinforced with
doctoral level research ability.
The Edinburgh
Business School DBA programme will produce business
research professionals who can use their integrated understanding
and research skills at senior executive level to add value
in a real business environment. The DBA concentrates on
the achievement of doctoral level research skills, which
can be used directly by senior executives in the business
environment to detect, diagnose and correct a wide range
of problems and to add value through innovation.
The DBA is an alternative route to the traditional
PhD programme (which focuses on the development of professional
researchers).
Who
should apply?
Organisations operate under conditions of constant change.
Existing risks evolve and new risks emerge. Evolving and
new risks combine to generate obstacles to success that
must, in today’s highly competitive world, be detected
and overcome as early as possible. To do so, the individual
requires a range of investigative and analytical skills
– often in the past the preserve of the management
consultant – and a thorough knowledge of the organisation
itself. It is in this last area that the executive has the
edge over the external consultant, a fact that is being
increasingly recognised.
Entry
Requirements
*subject to matriculation by university
Singaporean and International Students
• A Heriot-Watt University MBA OR
• An MBA of equivalent standard to that offered by Edinburgh Business School OR
• An approved masters degree such as MSc , MA , MPhil in a relevant field of study and of equivalent standard to the Heriot-Watt MBA
AND
• At least five years' relevant business experience
Methods
of assessment and criteria for awards
Each course is assessed by single 3-hour examination. The
DBA thesis is examined by viva voce and subject to acceptance,
rejection or further work (major or minor corrections) in
accordance with standard Heriot-Watt University procedures
for doctoral submissions.
Course
Structure
The DBA consists of 2 elements (study & research)
Part 1: The Study element.
Consists of six compulsory courses and five electives.
Part 2: The Research element.
Stage 1: Research Proposal
Stage 2: Literature review and synthesis of research hypothesis
Stage 3: Research methodology, data collection, analysis
and conclusions
Students who successfully complete
Part 1 may be eligible for the award of degree of Master
of Science in Strategic Focus should they exit the programme.
Fee Structure
Please call us at 6272 0102 to enquire.
Updated Jan 2008
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