DBA at PolyU offers best in business education
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The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programme offered by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) was the first of its kind in Asia and, marking its 25th anniversary this year, is continuing to show the way.
It represents the highest level of business education, training senior executives to be “scholar-leaders” who can apply their research findings to solve real-world management problems.
The programme first provides a cross-disciplinary academic framework before students take on the testing intellectual challenge of writing a perceptive, evidence-based thesis to earn their doctorate.
“We emphasise academic rigour, while giving senior executives the chance to analyse complex issues they face,” says Professor Wilson Tong, DBA programme director. “We teach qualitative and quantitative techniques needed to do data analysis and empirical research. And we make clear the standards and qualities students are expected to achieve.”
The part-time, credit-based programme usually takes three years to complete, but extensions are granted if necessary. During the first 18 months, the focus is on eight taught courses, five of them electives, which highlight the latest developments in key areas and provide a solid foundation in the skills needed to conduct further in-depth research.
The courses cover everything from econometrics methods and advanced business strategy to statistical analysis, organisational behaviour, frontiers in leadership, financial management and quality management.