WOU - Wawasan Open University

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) is the pinnacle of management education. This doctoral degree is as academically rigorous as a PhD, but is designed for experienced professional managers and brings together academic theories and concepts, with business and management practices. WOU’s DBA has been designed to provide candidates the advance   knowledge, conceptual and strategic skills that would be expected of corporate leaders to lead the robust service and manufacturing sectors in Malaysia.  The DBA will enable the learners to capitalise on their respective career and practical experiences, the inventory skills set and other significant learning support in order to achieve the programme outcomes which are personal, professional and organisational. Apart from the coursework comprising core areas in business and management, the other significant part the DBA work will be in the form of a dissertation written under the guidance of a supervisor. The dissertation must, in the opinion of the examiners, be a substantial original contribution to the knowledge or understanding of any field through the discovery of new facts, the formulation of theories or the innovative reinterpretation of known data and established ideas. It must also demonstrate the capacity to conceive, design, conduct, interpret and write scientific independent research.