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.

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Core Courses (each course 6 quarter credits unless noted)

• DB8004 - Strategic Thinking and Innovation
• DB-R8921 - DBA Research Residential Colloquium I^†* - 2 quarter credits
• DB9901 - Dissertation Mentor Courseroom 1 (non-credit)*
• DB8010 - Leadership with Integrated Coaching*
• DB9902 - Dissertation Mentor Courseroom 2 (non-credit)*
• DB8020 - Research Foundations*
• DB9903 - Dissertation Mentor Courseroom 3 (non-credit)*
• DB8030 - Global Operations^†*
• DB9905 - Dissertation Mentor Courseroom 5 (non-credit)*
• DB8040 - Financial Decision Making*
• DB-R8922 - DBA Research Residential Colloquium II^†* - 2 quarter credits
• DB9906 - Dissertation Mentor Courseroom 6 (non-credit)*
• DB8050 - Applied Research Techniques*
• DB9907 - Dissertation Mentor Courseroom 7 (non-credit)*
• DB8060 - Exploring Opportunities for Social Responsibility and Sustainability*
• DB9909 - Dissertation Mentor Courseroom 9 (non-credit)*
• DB8070 - Market Innovation*
• DB-R8923 - DBA Research Residential Colloquium III^†* - 2 quarter credits
• DB9910 - Dissertation Mentor Courseroom 10 (non-credit)*

Specialization Courses (each course 4 quarter credits unless noted)

• DB8130 - Foresight: Anticipating the Future*
• DB8132 - Identifying Opportunities for Innovation*
• DB9904 - Dissertation Mentor Courseroom 4 (non-credit)*
• DB8134 - Competing with Disruptive Innovation*
• DB8136 - Building an Innovation Strategy*
• DB9908 - Dissertation Mentor Courseroom 8 (non-credit)*

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 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.

Learn more about our related specializations:

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• Project Management (Organization and Management)

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• Business Intelligence
• Global Operations and Supply Chain Management

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