Doctor of Business Administration (DBAR)

Back to top Program aims The program provides a high-level, professional oriented program of study that gives students who are already business professionals, an advanced theoretical and empirical understanding of business challenges to enable them to identify and resolve these challenges in both the private and public sectors.

Admission requirements

To be eligible for admission, applicants must satisfy the following requirements:

• Completion of an Australian university coursework Masters degree or equivalent, and five years' work experience including at least two years' work experience in a managerial position.
• Submission of a satisfactory preliminary research proposal, as determined by the Higher Degrees Review and Admissions Committee.
• English Language Proficiency requirements for Category 3.

Notes:

Admission to the Doctor of Business Administration is dependent upon the Faculty's capacity to supervise the proposed thesis. Prospective candidates should contact the Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts for up-to-date information regarding research areas before preparing their preliminary thesis proposals.

All students are required to satisfy the applicable English language requirements.

If students do not meet the English language requirements they may apply to study a University-approved English language program. On successful completion of the English language program, students may be admitted to an award program.

Program objectives

On successful completion of the Doctor of Business Administration program students will be able to:

• apply relevant theoretical knowledge to contemporary business problems
• critique contemporary organisational practice in the light of relevant theory
• determine, apply and evaluate the effectiveness and rigour of research methods to business problems
• critically evaluate business research studies in order to assess their quality and applicability in improving the effective handling of business management problems
• demonstrate superior oral and written communications skills relevant to business
• analyse research data and reflect critically on the analysis.