Online Business Administration Global Leadership Degree :: Accredited Universities

Lead the way businesses think about finance, marketing, legal issues and operations. Through our Doctor of Business Administration degree program, you’ll have the opportunity to review topics such as creating justification for restructuring and change, understanding functional/operational processes and envisioning strategies behind successful business operations. Take your academic journey to the highest level at University of Phoenix.

The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree program, offered by University of Phoenix, provides learners who hold a professional Master's degree a means of exploring their personal readiness to become senior leaders in management professions. Learners gain a mastery of business administration literature and demonstrate their competence by applying this knowledge to current business environments. Graduates with a Doctorate in Business Administration will be able to:

- Identify, research alternatives to, and solve business problems with the highest value-adding solutions.

- Perform systems-based, financially justified analysis and research operations issues and technology.

- Enabled opportunities in a global, market-based economy.

- Demonstrate business knowledge, and be recognized as a business subject expert.

- Formulate and re-design industry rules and standards. As
the global information economy evolves, organizations are becoming increasingly complex and innovative, with organizational models and practices becoming crucial for successfully addressing this complexity.

Consequently, leadership in this environment requires higher, more sophisticated levels of knowledge and skills. The DBA program is designed to serve this need by providing doctoral-level education to professional practitioners in business and management.

Entry Requirements

- Have a graduate degree in business, management or administration from an approved college or university that’s regionally or nationally accredited, or a comparable degree from a recognized institution outside the United States.

- Have a minimum 3.0 GPA on graduate degree posted transcripts.

- Have an official transcript listing a minimum of three graduate-level credits in research methods, statistics or scientific reasoning with a grade of C or better.

- Have a record of current or past employment in a supervisory or management position. Please contact an Enrollment Representative to learn more about program-specific work experience requirements.

- Be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or hold an approved, valid visa if residing in the United States.
be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or hold an approved, valid visa if residing in the United States.

- Have access to a research library.

- Have a signed University hardware/software agreement.

- Not have been expelled from a previous institution.

- Complete all required forms for admission and submit an official graduate degree posted transcript.

Students who do not have a graduate degree in business, management or administration may be admitted if they meet all requirements and have completed at least three credit hours in each of the following subjects from a regionally or approved nationally accredited — or candidate for accreditation — college or university, or equivalent recognized foreign institution:

Finance for Managerial Decision Making
Human Relations and Organizational Behavior
Marketing Management
Strategy Formulation and Implementation

International applicants
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Applicants without appropriate previous academic experience in an English language environment must pass the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL®), the Test of English as an International Communication (TOEIC®), the Berlitz® Online Proficiency Test, the Pearson Test of English Academic or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS®). Please contact an Enrollment Representative to learn more about this requirement if you are a non-native speaker of English.

Other Fees

Books and supplies: $3,333

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Falmouth University’s creative MBA programme gives you the edge in today's challenging business environment. It's a pioneering course designed to maximise your ability to manage change and promote innovation in a business context. It can be studied part-time around your work commitments.

The skills, hands-on experience and relationships you'll nurture through the MBA will allow you to excel, adding value to companies dealing with the recession and developing your global employability.

Our MBA programme is built around four key themes vital to economic growth, which also represent the fundamental skills demanded by great business leaders: Creative Strategic Thinking & Innovation; Globalisation; Change Management; and Adding Value.

Through these themes we'll explore creativity within an international business context, key leadership theories and strategies, complex global problems faced by today's businesses, and micro and macroeconomics. Alongside the theory, hands-on experiential learning will help put your acquired knowledge in context so you can see just how it hones effective business leadership skills.

You'll also identify and develop your leadership skills, with a particular emphasis on inter-cultural communications and policies.

From the start of the course, we'll introduce you to global employability through our personal career management resource, allowing you to network with global companies and other MBA candidates, develop your employability skills online, and successfully manage and build your career as a sought-after creative leader.

Available as a part-time online course, the MBA is designed to work around you. Most of our students continue to work while taking the course, finding the rigorous course content informs their business practice and vice versa.

How is the course taught
Falmouth’s MBA programme is a part-time, online course run over two years. Our MBA team, associate staff and lecturers are pooled from some of the world's leading business schools and universities.

Course outline
The MBA is a part-time course studying over 24 months while you work. It's delivered through core modules, which are designed to bring creative practices to the business environment.

Facilities
As you progress through the MBA you will be provided with regular opportunities to analyse and assess your skills. The MBA team is on hand to help you build upon and improve your skills as part of this continuing development analysis process.

The price of the course includes text books.

The MBA course will introduce you to:

Networking opportunities with global companies
Opportunities to assess and analyse your existing skills and develop your employability
The creative culture which underpins Falmouth University
Careers
As an MBA student at Falmouth, you will have access to a personal one-to-one career management resource online. Falmouth’s MBA programme has seen students from various industries excel in their studies and be either named as winner or shortlisted for prestigious business awards in 2012-13.

Interview and selection process
Once you have submitted your application, a member of the MBA team will contact you and invite you to interview. Interviews will be held in person in the AIR building at our Penryn Campus or online, depending on circumstances.

Entry Requirements

We require candidates to have a minimum of three years' appropriate business experience to be accepted on to the course. A previous undergraduate degree is not required. However, we do suggest that a GMAT be undertaken.

Other Fees

The price of the course includes text books.

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Keiser University‘s Doctor of Business Administration degree program enables students to contribute to the business profession and the business educational profession through independent learning, scholarship, and research. At the conclusion of the program, doctoral students will:

- Apply and evaluate effective leadership and decision-making practices at complex, multifaceted, and global organizations

- Formulate and disseminate organizational goals and strategies with data through versatile information systems

- Have the ability to prepare and evaluate ethical informed business decisions using advanced research methods, and communicate effectively at various organizational levels, in a global business environment

- Be educated to enhance their awareness and improve their ability to meet the opportunities and challenges in the global business environment

- Be prepared to contribute to the body of knowledge as part of the research community for application in the global business environment

- Be prepared for careers as university researchers and teachers or for senior positions in business or government

- Demonstrate professional communication skills in writing through organizing, thinking critically, and communicating ideas and information in documents, presentations, and publications.

Entry Requirements

Candidates for admissions to the DBA program are required to hold a master’s degree in business administration, management, public or non-profit management, or related fields that demonstrates exposure to managerial functions from an accredited institution, and

(2) two years of full-time managerial or professional experience. Or candidates for admission are required to hold a master degree from an accredited institution, at least

(3) three graduate credit hours or

(4) six undergraduate credits hour in each of the following: accounting, finance, and economics and

(5) at least three years and preferably five years of full time managerial or professional experience.

(6)An admission decision is based on a combination of a student’s graduate academic performance, professional experience, and letters of recommendation. All students are encouraged to submit Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or Miller Analogy Test (MAT) scores in support of their application.

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The Master of Business Administration (MBA) offers the opportunity to develop a sophisticated understanding of the business enterprise and all its functional elements (i.e., marketing, leadership/management, operations, finance, and accounting). In addition, students matriculating in the MBA program can specialize in one business area for even more depth (see table below).

A Regis MBA degree is unique because it also develops graduates who are ethical leaders, who have the courage to implement disruptive change when needed, and whose every decision is ultimately guided by the desire to serve the worlds needs wisely.

HELP INFLUENCE YOUR CAREER WITH THE GENERAL MBA DEGREE

The General MBA degree offers a well-rounded, influential business education including a strong introduction to business law and strategy, change management, economics and financial decision making, international business, leadership, marketing and operations management.

In the General MBA degree program you will study the foundations and functions of business and the global environment in which business operates, open doors to maximize earning power, develop managerial expertise through applications-oriented instruction and enhance your self-confidence to become an innovative, influential leader.

Entry Requirements

Applicants seeking a master's degree from the College for Professional Studies must possess a baccalaureate degree in any field of study from a U.S. regionally accredited college or university.

Requires official GMAT score which includes a minimum 3.5 official score on the Analytical Writing portion of the exam OR one admission essay approximately 1,500 words long.

International applicants
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If you are a non-native English speaker, it is necessary to meet the English language requirements set forth by Regis University, as we do not have English as a Second Language (ESL) programs available. The minimum accepted TOEFL scores are:

TOEFL COMPUTER total score of 213 and Essay (TWE) score of 5.0

TOEFL INTERNET total score of 82 with minimum scores of: 24 Writing, 20 Speaking, 22 Reading, 16 Listening

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Prepare for a teaching career at the college or university level, a leadership position in academia, or advancement as a business executive or consultant. Attaining the highest-level of academic excellence, the Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.) degree through Saint Leo’s Donald R. Tapia School of Business, is an achievement of consequence.

The D.B.A. is an advanced degree program that can provide you with the research, critical analysis, and application skills that will enable you to make intellectual contributions to your chosen field of business study.

Developing a new generation of business leaders.
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Saint Leo University is committed to fostering a new form of values-based leadership for the next 21st century – one that is critical to creating vibrant and sustainable economies, organizations, and world communities.
Saint Leo’s D.B.A. program provides:

- A world-class education that includes a broad academic background

- Opportunities for entrepreneurial exploration

- Real-world experiences that will benefit you in an ever-more complex society driven by technological change, diverse cultures, and intense economic competition.

Delivery format combines flexibility, convenience, and academic excellence.
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Designed with the needs of today’s highly mobile professionals in mind, the Doctor of Business Administration degree program is a unique blend of online and classroom learning designed to fit your busy life.

The format includes three separate one-week seminars at University Campus during the intersession break. All other courses are eight-week modules taken one at a time and delivered through our nationally acclaimed online platform.

The coursework and dissertation will generally take three to four years to complete, depending upon the student, though students are permitted to take a maximum of seven years.

D.B.A. program emphasizes:

- Strong research skills and the ability to use critical thinking

- Ability to identify and synthesize global implications of research

- Ability to think critically about interrelated activities that occur in functional areas of accounting, economics, finance, marketing, project management, and statistics

- Preparation for teaching careers

- Excellence in consulting practices

- An original and intellectual contribution to the field of management and/or business

- Integration of Saint Leo’s core values into the dissertation process

In the business world and life, values matter.
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The Donald R. Tapia School of Business provides a values-centered education that develops tomorrow’s business leaders with exceptional skills and the ability to take ethical and effective action. We emphasize the core Benedictine values of community, respect for all, and responsible stewardship, along with the values of excellence, personal development, and integrity.

Why choose Saint Leo University?
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Well-designed program teaches competencies needed to advance your career
Convenient, innovative instruction
Respected by employers
High-quality, values-based education competitively priced
Caring faculty with practical experience
Personal attention – start to finish

Entry Requirements

Applicants must hold a bachelor's and/or master's degree from a U.S. regionally accredited institution with a minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4-point scale.

If you do not earned a GPA of 3.0 , then you must submit GRE or MAT score.

International applicants
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For non-native English speaking students ,provide proof of English language proficiency, demonstrated in at least one of the following ways:

- A minimum score 550 (paper based) or 213 (computer based) on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)

- A minimum score of 450 on the verbal component of the SAT

- Grades of B or higher in English composition courses where English is the language of instruction

- For transfer students, two semesters with grades of B or higher in English composition courses at regionally accredited post-secondary institutions in the United States

- Successful completion of an Association of International Educators-recognized ESL program

Other Fees

Books - $1,500

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