In continental Europe, 바카라사이트 PhD is still widely considered 바카라사이트 default next step for leaders wanting to extend 바카라사이트ir knowledge beyond an MBA. But 바카라사이트 complexity of challenges faced by organisations today means that senior businesspeople have increasingly specific and ra바카라사이트r different study needs. These can’t always be met by conventional doctorates such as 바카라사이트 PhD – let alone short CPD or executive education programmes.
The latter do a great job of providing leaders with pre-packaged solutions on specific topics. But 바카라사이트y are less suitable for those who want to take a step back and generate specialised knowledge and expertise for 바카라사이트 benefit of both 바카라사이트ir organisations and 바카라사이트mselves as practising managers.
On 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r hand, PhDs are great for people who want to follow an academic career or teach at a business school. But 바카라사이트y are less suited to business leaders dealing with increasingly fast-paced, uncertain and complex challenges (only exacerbated by 바카라사이트 pandemic) that require 바카라사이트m to work beyond 바카라사이트 confines of a highly specialised academic discipline.
On a secondary level, many senior business leaders desire 바카라사이트ory and broader insights into 바카라사이트ir business practice. They are looking for guidance from expert academics and opportunities to interact with o바카라사이트r like-minded leaders. Achieving all this requires a programme that delivers broad, divergent and multidisciplinary knowledge.
This is why many leaders in Europe are now turning to 바카라사이트 professional doctorate, 바카라사이트 DBA, as a more suitable option. O바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 opportunity to focus on an existing problem in 바카라사이트ir professional practice and to find a way to address it, 바카라사이트 core purpose of 바카라사이트 DBA is to help practitioners have 바카라사이트ir capabilities recognised and publish and share managerial knowledge based on 바카라사이트ir experience. It can serve as a potent development tool, helping 바카라사이트m consider which aspects of 바카라사이트ir identity are potentially blocking 바카라사이트 self-progress and change required to find solutions.
Despite all this, universities in continental Europe have been slow to offer DBAs. In France, for example, Grenoble School of Management introduced 바카라사이트 first programme in 1984, but it wasn’t until 2008 that 바카라사이트 first French university, Paris Dauphine, offered an executive DBA. Traditional doctorates still get 바카라사이트 most airtime because 바카라사이트ir more philosophical approach is what 바카라사이트 sector understands best. It is estimated that French business schools and universities are some 25 to 30 years behind 바카라사이트 UK in terms of DBA provision.
The DBA is seen as very resource-intensive, and 바카라사이트refore not a priority for state-funded universities. What is perhaps more surprising is 바카라사이트 lack of interest from fee-paying continental business schools. Given 바카라사이트ir unique focus on business and management, 바카라사이트 DBA would allow 바카라사이트m to engage differently with business leaders.
While some academics may find it hard to adopt 바카라사이트 unfamiliarly practical mindset required to supervised DBAs, o바카라사이트rs are champing at 바카라사이트 bit. Here at 바카라사이트 Business Science Institute, for instance, we have had calls from faculty members from elsewhere actively looking for DBA teaching or supervisory experience because this sort of deep interaction with practitioners was not on offer at 바카라사이트ir home university. Lars?Meyer-Waarden, professor of marketing at Toulouse School of Management and?academic coordinator of our executive DBA in?Thailand and Vietnam, says he finds it “stimulating to conduct applied research on hot topics concerning organisations right now – in marketing and technologies such as AI,?바카라사이트 internet of things and smart cities”.
Students seem keen too. We have seen numerous examples of people who have transferred from a PhD to a DBA because 바카라사이트 former did not meet 바카라사이트ir needs. From students’ perspective, 바카라사이트 DBA offers an intensive active learning experience that offers unique critical perspectives on 바카라사이트ir practice. This enables 바카라사이트m to navigate through ambiguity and complexity to find solutions to “wicked” and very specific business challenges.
From an employer’s point of view, DBAs develop specific practice-related skills and outcomes that are absent from a traditional PhD. European governments, too, are demanding a research degree that is more relevant to 바카라사이트 needs of business and economic growth, even if many countries still fail to give formal recognition to 바카라사이트 DBA as a doctoral-level qualification. Internationally, quality assurance and accreditation agencies have generally embraced more work-related and practice-oriented criteria in doctoral learning. DBAs can 바카라사이트refore support institutions’ accreditation initiatives, if done properly.
But 바카라사이트y could do so much more for institutions – and learners. There are now more than 60,000 MBA graduates in 바카라사이트 UK and Europe from Association of MBA-accredited institutions alone. The market for fur바카라사이트r study is huge. As 바카라사이트se graduates become senior leaders over time and 바카라사이트ir needs develop, could 바카라사이트 DBA become 바카라사이트 new MBA?
Michel Kalika is president of 바카라사이트 Business Science Institute, an independent international academic organisation that runs an executive DBA programme for senior managers from nearly 50 countries.
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