| Course Code | Name | Course Description |
| MGT7000-8 | Business Organization and Management | Doctoral Learners will develop rational management tools for working within an organization by understanding and analyzing various management techniques, concepts of organization, and analytical skills that are useful for effective organizations. It will provide learners with a comprehensive and multidimensional understanding of decision-making, communication, and budgeting. The course also examines the responsibilities of management practices in the organization to include employee motivation, leadership, and workplace trends. Cases and experiential exercises will enhance the transfer of learning. |
| BTM7102-8 | Business Research Methodology | This Doctoral level course provides students with an overview of the research process, and an opportunity to learn about business research methodology and the components of a dissertation. The course will also provide the student with the opportunity to identify and develop a research topic, define a research problem, describe the purpose of the research study, and establish associated research question(s). The student will prepare a Topic Paper and a preliminary annotated bibliography for the dissertation topic in the Signature Assignment. |
| MGT7016-8 | Managing Change | Turbulent and dynamic environments challenge all executives in the management of the organization. This course examines the challenge of change and the implementation of change in organizations. It focuses on realistic managerial situations and the techniques involved in managing change and responses to opportunities and threats. |
| BTM7103-8 | Research Design | In this course, the student acquires the basic skills necessary for the interpretation and application of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research. The student will examine the formal research process carefully, with an emphasis on practical applications and skill development. Critical concepts and principles intrinsic to research paradigms, study designs, and methods of inquiry are presented to empower the student’s ability to formulate and respond to research questions. The resources listed below from the Northcentral University Dissertation Center are critical resources throughout the whole research process – students are highly encouraged to become deeply familiar with the resources from the Northcentral University Dissertation Center. |
| MGT7022-8 | Advanced Topics in Organizational Development | Doctoral Learners in this course will synthesize and assess present theories and research results related to organizational development. Among many topics identified, Learners will assess organizational behavior in all sized businesses, evaluate group think and group behavior, and weigh structure and design of businesses for success. |
| MGT7027-8 | Legal Implications in Management | Doctoral Learners taking this course will work with their instructor and peers to understand and familiarize themselves with legal principles and management; particularly their affects and outcomes in business. Laws and requirements/regulation are constantly changing, and Learners need to be prepared in academia and in business. Through a series of papers and a final course project Learners will go through numerous aspects of the legal implications managers face today, and how this is different than the past decades. |
| BTM7106-8 | Quantitative Research Design | This course provides students with the skills essential for designing experimental, quasi-experiment, and survey studies; analyzing the data collected in these studies, and interpreting the results of data analyses. Students will explore designs and statistical techniques to use with their envisioned dissertation research. |
| MGT7029-8 | Strategic Leadership | Doctoral Learners in this course will explore numerous decision making requirements related to strategy and leadership. Particularly, Learners will focus on corporate governance, how to be a contemporary leader in a global and technological age, and how to manage succession and turnover. Learners will evaluate how one becomes a successful strategic leader and how these attributes are formulated and recognized. |
| BTM7109-8 | Planning Dissertation Research in Business | Students in this course will begin the process of writing a dissertation for a research or professional doctorate. The course will address the University dissertation process and aids to successfully complete a dissertation, including self-care and time management. |
