The Touro University Worldwide Doctor of Management (DMgt) concentration in Strategic Innovation and Change is especially designed to serve the needs of working professionals who wish to enhance academic, research, and application skills
This course provides students an orientation to the Doctorate of Management Program and the scholar-practitioner model. This course is designed to provide an overview of the scholar-practitioner perspective in professional settings. Students will learn about the process of the Scholar-Practitioner model to apply theory to practice in a variety of professional settings that lend to their dissertation in their area of research interest
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This course is designed to examine the theoretical underpinnings of innovation and change in managerial settings. Students will compare and contrast the major theories of managing innovation from initial ideas to implementation along with exploring change management associated with individuals, teams and organizations to transition a current organization to a desired future state.
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Students analyze theories and best practices associated with technology’s influence on innovation and change in organizations. Strategic adoption of technology in innovation is explored as both a disruptive and sustaining force to enter a market, sector or industry coupled with enhancing human capabilities. Likewise, students explore the adoption of technology in change management and the integration between information and people. Students will explore legal and ethical implications of innovation and change specifically as applicable to contemporary tools in technology such as artificial intelligence, social media, chat, etc.
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In this course, students explore strategies for innovation and or change addressing venture capital, investment risks, and financial valuation associated with new products, services or processes, coupled with establishing transformation structures for people management associated with change. Students select an organization of choice to apply financial strategies for innovation or change while simultaneously addressing the ethical implications associated with the selected strategy.
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This is a robust course that compares and contrasts marketing strategies addressing innovation and change such as analysis of the marketing environment, sources, types and patterns of innovation and timing of implementation, change management relevant to customer driven market value and sustainability of competitive advantage in organizations. Special emphasis is on the use of automated digital marketing and the associated legal and ethical implications in an ever=changing global environment.
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In this course, students explore research in organizations to address management challenges supported by theory and application in a variety of settings. Special emphasis is on the research process, fundamental elements of a research proposal and ethics in research in managerial settings. Research methods concepts learned in this course contribute to application of theory and research as well as the students’ dissertation proposal and final defense phases.
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Students address survey design concepts such as population and sample size, delivery mechanisms, sampling techniques and construction of survey questionnaires. Along with ethical considerations in survey design, students will have an opportunity to identify the type of survey that may be useful in their dissertation research in a selected managerial setting.
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In the field of management, qualitative research offers a complex and rich source of research techniques. In this course, students examine a variety of qualitative research methods that include case studies, ethnography, and action research from various practitioners and researchers in the field of management, which may be useful in the student’s area of research in the doctoral program.
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In this course, students explore the fundamentals of quantitative research methods in managerial studies applicable to a variety of organizational settings. Students are introduced to the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to perform basic statistical analyses to describe basic ideas, underlying assumptions, data collection and more that are useful in the field of management studies.
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In this course, students will build on the topics covered in DMGT 726 and hone their knowledge of quantitative research methods to analyze and address both the challenges and opportunities managers face in organizations. Students use the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) perform analyses to interpret the results of proposed research questions and provide managerial solutions and or implications from those results.
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In this first course in the application of theory to research group of courses, students examine the scholar-practitioner approach through various types of literature. Students begin building their foundational base of managerial references to support their dissertation research, which include peer-reviewed, trade and scholarly publications. Through the literature, students examine real world managerial implications through the theoretical underpinnings posited by scholar-practitioners in the managerial field.
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This course supplements the framework of DMGT 750 by examining theoretical methods, to include the six (6) key domains of Evidence Based Management (EBM). Students continue to support their dissertation research with lessons learned from publications in evidence-based practices in management that values ethics in determining solutions to a variety of managerial challenges in organizations.
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The goal of this course is to assist students in identifying a research method used in a professional managerial setting, which may be useful in the students’ dissertation research area of interest. Special emphasis is on students identifying a research theory that supports an initial research topic, research problem or statement and fundamental research question(s).
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In this transitional DMGT course, students are introduced to the fundamental component of the dissertation, which is the conceptual framework. Students draw upon all lessons learned throughout the program to start a preliminary proposal that hones the research topic, underlying theories, fundamental literature and identify proposed research methodology. Students are mentored by the teaching faculty of the course to develop a brief prospectus, which is submitted to the student’s selected dissertation Chair and/or committee members no later than the end of the course. In addition, students are introduced to the Doctoral Management System (DMS), which is used from DMGT 754 through completion of the dissertation.
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Students will refine their Research topic and gather supportive literature to develop the Dissertation Proposal based on knowledge gained in previous courses, and with the assistance of the dissertation chair and the dissertation committee.
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Students add to the dissertation proposal by identifying the methods used for the dissertation proposal, and with the assistance of the Chair and committee members.
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Students prepare and successfully defend the dissertation proposal with the assistance of the Chair and dissertation committee. After final dissertation proposal approval, students complete application to Institutional Review Board (IRB) committee for approval of data collection.
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Student is now in dissertation phase and collecting data upon approval of IRB committee and working on enhanced literature review. Student continues to work with Chair and Committee.
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Student collecting data and continuing enhanced literature review. Student continues to work with Chair and Committee.
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Student analyzing data and interpreting results. Student continues to work with Chair and Committee.
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Individual work of Student with Chair and Committee
Student compiling completed dissertation and submitting drafts to Chair and Committee.
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Students complete work on their Dissertation, prepare and successfully defend the Doctoral Dissertation.
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TUW’s tuition for the Doctorate of Management is $700 per semester credit unit.
Your employer may offer a tuition assistance program so speak with your human resource representative to find out if financial support is available to you. A TUW Tuition Assistance Counselor is available to you in order to determine your eligibility for financial aid and other tuition assistance programs.
The program includes several steps. The first steps are courses in theory, research and putting theory to practice. Upon completion of the required courses, the student begins the phase of pre-Dissertation (Proposal) and Dissertation. Each student will work with a faculty dissertation chair and committee in completion of the proposal and dissertation phase. To personalize their academic journey for greater outcomes, students will chose a topic to help them focus their research activities and allow for skill development that helps conduct applied research resulting in real-world solutions.
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Students seeking to enroll in Touro University Worldwide’s Doctor of Management program must meet the following criteria to be considered for admission:
Students, who meet the above criteria, will be required to complete the following steps in order to be admitted and enrolled at TUW:
The Doctoral Admissions Committee will evaluate the essay. Committee members seek evidence regarding critical qualities and abilities including:
The Doctoral Entrance Essay components should include the following:
Proposed topics being considered for the dissertation.