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Doctor of Management
The Doctor of Management program at Colorado Technical University is designed to encourage the professional development of managers through mentoring, action research and practical projects, enabling them the opportunity to make key leadership contributions in their area of expertise.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
- Attain familiarity with the body of knowledge in current management theory.
- Become a subject-matter expert in a specialized area of management expertise.
- Develop a leadership style based on ethical and philosophical consideration.
- Effectively manage change through strategic design and research.
- Predict future trends through effective research and qualitative methods.
- Contribute to management literature via literature reviews, practitioner articles and research articles.
Each year of the three-year D.M. program is designed to provide candidates with the theoretical, research and application capabilities necessary to pursue a successful career in their chosen field.
YEAR 1: The Foundation
The beginning of the program is all about research. Each student will spend the first year learning about classic and current management literature and having the opportunity to form the ability to think critically and creatively. The program includes a research apprenticeship during the first year (working with a third-year student) that can enable the student to prepare a literature review article.
YEAR 2: Acquisition of Knowledge
Once the foundation is in place, the student chooses an area of specialty in year two and has an opportunity to form a personal understanding of the management research and methods used in that area of discipline. This deeper level of instruction will result in two articles for submission to practitioner journals.
YEAR 3: Leadership and Professional Advancement
During the final year, students can develop leadership skills and the ability to manage change. Students will have an opportunity to use qualitative methods and strategic processes to be able to predict future trends, furthering a mastery of a specialization. The final year will result in two projects: a proposal for programmatic research, to be submitted to an organization, and a research article, to be submitted to an academic journal.
The D.M. program includes 12 five-credit classes, one per term for three years. These are taught using the Professional Learning Model™ in an executive format. Each combines an active online component with an intensive residential session, lasting four days at our Colorado Springs campus. These are graded classes, and students must maintain and average of 3.5 out of a possible 4.0 in these classes.
The program also includes 12 Research and Writing courses that produce six publishable projects during the program. These are independent study with the assistance of a faculty mentor. Each project must receive a grade of "satisfactory" in order to complete the degree.
COURSE LIST
| Course |
Title |
Hours |
| MGMT800 |
Critical and Creative Thinking |
5 |
| MGMT801 |
Research and Writing I |
3 |
| MGMT805 |
Classic/Contemporary Management |
5 |
| MGMT806 |
Research and Writing II |
3 |
| MGMT810 |
Action Research |
5 |
| MGMT811 |
Research and Writing III |
3 |
| MGMT815 |
Qualitative/Ethnographic Methods |
5 |
| MGMT816 |
Research and Writing IV |
3 |
| MGMT820 |
Quantitative Methods |
5 |
| MGMT821 |
Research and Writing V |
3 |
| MGMT825 |
Research Methods & Design |
5 |
| MGMT826 |
Research and Writing VI |
3 |
| MGMT830 |
Science, Values & Ethics |
5 |
| MGMT831 |
Research and Writing VII |
3 |
| MGMT835 |
Process Consulting and Intervention |
5 |
| MGMT836 |
Research and Writing VIII |
3 |
| MGMT840 |
Leadership |
5 |
| MGMT841 |
Research and Writing IX |
3 |
| MGMT845 |
Strategic Thinking |
5 |
| MGMT846 |
Research and Writing X |
3 |
| MGMT850 |
Strategic Organization Design |
5 |
| MGMT851 |
Research and Writing XI |
3 |
| MGMT855 |
Futuring and Innovation |
5 |
| MGMT856 |
Research and Writing XII |
3 |
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