Doctor program in ISM - International School of Management

DBA (Doctor of Business Administration).

The educational program for a doctor of business administration in the center is designed for those who want to significantly improve their level of professionalism, to deepen their knowledge and experience as senior managers. Also, it is useful to those who decided to build a career in teaching. The program is universal and versatile.

Seminars are held in different locations of the center:

• Paris
• New York
• Shanghai
• New Delhi
• São Paulo
• Cape Town
• E-Learning (distance education - anywhere in the world).

Change of locations enable students to get acquainted with the culture of different countries of the world and acquire valuable acquaintances and contacts with representatives of business structures and scientific personnel.

Students must fulfill:

• 21 academic credits
• Case study 1 and 2 (3 credits)
• Doctoral dissertation (30 credits).

Students choose one of three specialization options:

• Universal
• Entrepreneurship and innovation
• Finance.

The program is designed mainly for independent work and takes from 3 to 6 years with the possibility of extension for a period of 6 months if necessary.

• Case study

All students must do two case study analyzes: one before the program starts, and the second at the end of the program. The work must be of exceptionally high quality.

• Doctoral dissertation

All students must write a thesis under the guidance of the director of doctoral studies and counselor in the specialty (curator). The student presents his commission from among the teachers of the center his research in writing, and the commission evaluates the work. If the work meets the requirements of an independent and useful study, then the student is allowed to surrender the thesis.

Seminars of the program:

• Customer Relationship Management
• Strategic Human Resource Management
• Project management
• Rapid growth of markets
• Microeconomics of competitiveness
• Enhanced Corporate Strategy
• Introduction to research methods
• Methods of research
• Training and the human brain
• Venture capital and private capital
• Corporate Entrepreneurship Strategies
• Subversive Innovations
• Corporate Finance
• Fundamentals of financial instruments and markets
• Leadership and management of non-profit organizations
• Business modeling.

The program is also characterized by the presence of E-Learning (distance education). The characteristics of the E-Learning program are identical for the IMBA Executive, DBA and PhD courses and its description is given below (after the description of the main programs).

After successful completion of the program, the graduate is awarded the title of Doctor of Business Administration (DBA).

PhD (Doctor of Philosophy)

The program is designed to prepare highly qualified specialists of an all-encompassing range of practitioners and researchers.

Seminars are held at the center's offices around the world:

• Paris
• New York
• Shanghai
• New Delhi
• São Paulo
• Cape Town
• E-Learning (distance education - anywhere in the world).

Students choose one of four variants of specializations:

• Universal
• Specialization in entrepreneurship and innovation
• Specialization in finance
• Specialization in higher education.

Credits:

• 25 academic credits
• Case study (3 credits)
• Teaching (10 credits)
• Thesis (30 credits).

The duration of studying on the program is from 4 to 7 years with the possibility of extending for 6 months if necessary.

• Case study

All students must pass two case studies - one at the beginning of the studying, the other at the end of the education.

• Doctoral dissertation

All students must write and defend a thesis under the guidance of the director of doctoral studies and curator.

• Teaching activities

All students must develop and teach the course to students at universities and colleges for a minimum of 15 academic hours. Students must prove themselves as a talented teacher and organizer. If the student of the center already has experience of teaching, then this can be counted as the surrender of teaching activity provided that the necessary documents are provided.

The programs of the seminars are identical with the DBA (master of business administration).

The program is also characterized by the presence of E-Learning (distance education). The characteristics of the E-Learning program are identical for the IMBA Executive, DBA and PhD courses and its description is given below (after the description of the main programs).

After the successful completion of the program, the graduate is awarded the title of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).