California State University-Northridge College of Business and Economics

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Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

California State University, Northridge is proud to serve as the partner for the US-based cohort of Grenoble Business School's DBA program.

The DBA has become recognized as an important path to advanced personal and professional development. It is suitable for experienced managers and for those interested in advanced study beyond a Master's Degree or MBA. As a professional practice doctorate the DBA is equivalent to a PhD but, the emphasis is on applied rather than theoretical research.

Students are recruited from around the word, and come from a wide variety of countries and career backgrounds. Participants typically have attained significant professional achievement.

Supervising Faculty are individually matched to each DBA candidate and are respected professors from Grenoble Ecole de Management, California State University, Northridge, or another accredited partner University.

Program Schedule and Format: executive-style in-person format, with individual and collaborative work between workshops

  • Workshop 1: 1 week residence in Grenoble
  • Workshops 2 - 6: 3 day weekends in March, June and November, in Los Angeles
  • Workshop 7: 1 week residence in Grenoble

Admission Qualifications: Candidates hold a Master’s degree in business/management (MBA, MA, MS or equivalent) or a related discipline from a recognized institution and have a minimum of 3 years professional experience.

Contact Deborah Cours

CONTACT DR. DEBORAH COURS FOR MORE INFORMATION: dcours@csun.edu

 

Practical Information

DBA Student Frances Turner, a lecturer at Menlo College in the USA, gives her point of view on Grenoble Ecole de Management's DBA program

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Program duration

4 years

Entry requirements

Master + at least 3 years of management experience

Degree level

Doctorate

Important dates

12/09/2012 - Dealine for application: Grenoble

26/11/2012 - Grenoble Intake

11/02/2013 - Grenoble DBA in French : intake

Objectives

The Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) offered by Grenoble Ecole de Management is a research-based degree which is the highest-level business qualification attainable.

It is a unique, research-based, issue-driven qualification that culminates in a doctoral degree (Doctor of Business Administration).

It focuses on the broad area of the management of technology, organizational change and innovation. It can also cover more traditional research topics in the fields of management, finance, marketing, organizational behaviour, etc.

Locations

This DBA is delivered in different locations:

Flag of France  Workshops are held in France (Grenoble), in French  or in English

Flag of USA  USA,

Flag of China  China (Tongji, Tsinghua and Sun Yat Sen),

Flag of Switzerland  Switzerland (Webster University in Geneva),

Flag of Lebanon  Lebanon (Lebanese Canadian University in Beirut),

Flag of Saudi Arabia  Saudi Arabia (College of Business Administration in Jeddah)

Flag of Abu Dhabi  Abu Dhabi (Higher Colleges of Technology).

Regardless of the location, the content of this program is the same and the awarded DBA degree is that of Grenoble Ecole de Management.