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Ph.D. in Business Administration
LEARNING GOALS
The five main learning goals for students in the PhD program will be to:
1. Master critical economic, organizational and management theories that underpin the various disciplines in business administration.
2. Demonstrate mastery of research skills in a social science or analytic context that include theory, methods and data analysis.
3. Master critical theoretical foundations in one of nine business areas of specialization.
4. Communicate and defend research findings orally and in writing.
5. Demonstrate effective teaching and evaluation methods that assure that learning occurs.
Specific learning objectives include:
1. Master critical economic, organizational and management theories that underpin the various disciplines in business administration.
a. Organizations and Management Theory and concepts and additional mastery in quantitative (Statistics) and behavioral (Economics) core disciplines with the mix of quantitative and behavioral mastery depending on whether the concentration is in the behavioral or quantitative track.
2. Demonstrate mastery of research skills in a social science or analytic context that include theory, methods and data analysis.
a. Ask important research questions.
b. Apply theory and conceptual models to the identification of alternative explanations or answers.
In a social science context:
c. Develop testable hypotheses based on the application of conceptual models to the identification of alternate explanations.
d. Develop methods to test hypotheses.
i. Identify behavioral models.
ii. Collect, organize and analyze data using appropriate quantitative and qualitative methods.
e. Describe the results of hypotheses testing and the implications of these results.
Or, in an analytic context:
f. Demonstrate the ability to invent and analyze new theory, models, methods or software systems.
3. Master critical theoretical foundations in one of nine business areas of specialization.
a. Accounting; Finance; International Business; Management Information Systems; Marketing; Organization Behavior and Human Resources; Strategic Management; Risk, Insurance and Healthcare; or Tourism.
4. Communicate and defend research findings orally and in writing.
a. Develop skills in research reporting and publication of results.
b. Present research proposals for review by funding sources, dissertation committees, institutional review boards, etc.
c. Identify professional venues including conferences and journals for publication of results.
d. Present research findings to peers during organized extracurricular research seminars.
e. Prepare research manuscripts suitable for submission for publication.
f. Maintain a Research Portfolio
5. Demonstrate effective teaching and evaluation methods that assure that learning occurs.
a. Develop and/or improve course syllabi that facilitate assurance of learning.
b. Prepare effective lectures, discussions and presentations using the appropriate venue to support learning.
c. Deliver course topics under the guidance of faculty mentors.
d. Evaluate learning outcomes and give feedback to students under the guidance of faculty mentors.
e. Maintain a Teaching Portfolio.