The Touro University Worldwide Doctor of Management (DMgt) is especially designed to serve the needs of working senior executives and top management with advanced theoretical analysis and research and applications skills necessary to perform their jobs as well as to critically understand and assess research reports in their areas and their work and is guided by Touro University Worldwide’s focus on professional graduate education.
Students in the program will learn to apply the Scholar-Practitioner Model to real-world research and take an evidence-based approach to problem-solving in managerial settings. Graduates of the program will possess a discerning understanding of how applied principles for business, organizational behavior and management systems can inform evidence-based practice.
The program will give students a comprehensive understanding of the theories and research needed to expand competencies in their current and/or future managerial/executive positions as they face the challenges of individual and institutional functions in today’s technologically sophisticated, media-connected, and culturally diverse global environment.
Students can use applied knowledge in the dissertation phase of the program to address any managerial area of interest including but not limited to Organizational Leadership, Business Management, Government and Society, Organizational Behavior, Global Business and Management, Strategic Management, Innovation, Enterprise Risk, Human Resources Management.
Note: This degree does not lead to any form of licensure or certification.
TUW Doctor of Management features:
- Instructors themselves are scholar-practitioners actively involved in their own professional work, solving problems and improving performance to keep pace with major trends in today’s world.
- The program is designed to use a unique pedagogy in an online delivery method that provides students the flexibility to conveniently advance their education and still maintain busy schedules, work, and family lives.
- A convenient program course structure, including course assignments and research options that provide students the flexibility of completing their doctorates at their own pace.
In addition, the Doctor of Management is designed to enable students to gain a broader conceptual mastery of the Scholar-Practitioner Model of research in professional practice through a greater understanding of its subject matter, literature, theory, and methods. The program’s scholarly and professional activities are designed to advance the student substantially beyond the educational accomplishments of a Master’s degree program. The main goal of the program is to develop scholar-practitioners who understand how to integrate research as a regular component of professional practice and translate academic research into real-world solutions involving management at both the individual and organizational levels.
What Can You Do With a Doctor of Management?
Earning a Doctor of Management from Touro University Worldwide prepares graduates to take on leadership roles in developing business strategy, making operations more efficient and other organizational issues. Graduates are prepared for positions in both the business world and academics. Potential job titles include:
- Management Consultant
- Director of Strategic Planning
- Executive Director of a Nonprofit Organization
- Director of Organizational Development
- University Professor or Researcher
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
- Chief Operating Officer (COO)
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that the median annual salary for management consultants is $95,290. The BLS projects 10% job growth in the field over the next decade. The online TUW DMgt prepares graduates with skills and knowledge they need for success in these in-demand fields.
BLS salary source: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/business-and-financial/management-analysts.htm
Theory
15 Semester Credits
COURSE DESCRIPTION
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
CREDITS
3
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is designed to examine the theoretical underpinnings of organizational behavior relevant to management in organizations. Students will examine the major theories of organizational behavior at various units of analysis applicable to successful management in organizations
CREDITS
3
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Students analyze theories and best practices associated with organizational governance and accountability in management. Students will examine various organizational governance issues across a variety of organizations to apply contemporary management methods/tools to address the governance challenges and opportunities that lend to overall efficiency within organizations.
CREDITS
3
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Throughout the course, students will use a theoretically oriented case approach to provide managerial solutions to operational, financial and decline in an organization’s performance to implement turnaround and renewal strategies.
CREDITS
3
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course provides students with the underlying theories of I/O Psychology conducive to the field of management to include the human behavior and mental processes, workplace productivity, morale, employee screening and organizational development. Special emphasis is on the role of I/O psychology in the use of organizational assessments to enhance the organizational climate and culture that lend to managerial decision-making.
CREDITS
3
Applied DMgt Research
15 Semester Credits
COURSE DESCRIPTION
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.
CREDITS
3
COURSE DESCRIPTION
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.
CREDITS
3
COURSE DESCRIPTION
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.
CREDITS
3
COURSE DESCRIPTION
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.
CREDITS
3
COURSE DESCRIPTION
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.
CREDITS
3
Application of Theory and Research
9 Semester Credits
COURSE DESCRIPTION
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.
CREDITS
3
COURSE DESCRIPTION
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.
CREDITS
3
COURSE DESCRIPTION
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).
CREDITS
3
Proposal Development
12 Semester Credits
COURSE DESCRIPTION
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.
CREDITS
3
COURSE DESCRIPTION
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.
CREDITS
3
COURSE DESCRIPTION
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.
CREDITS
3
COURSE DESCRIPTION
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.
CREDITS
3
Doctoral Dissertation
15 credits-Minimum Requirement
COURSE DESCRIPTION
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.
CREDITS
3
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Student collecting data and continuing enhanced literature review. Student continues to work with Chair and Committee.
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3
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Student analyzing data and interpreting results. Student continues to work with Chair and Committee.
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3
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Individual work of Student with Chair and Committee
Student compiling completed dissertation and submitting drafts to Chair and Committee.
CREDITS
3
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Students complete work on their Dissertation, prepare and successfully defend the Doctoral Dissertation.
CREDITS
3
Credit Hours
66
Class Type
100% online, 8-week courses
Transfer Credits
Transfer in up to 6 credits
Accreditation
WSCUC
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Tuition Information
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.