Doctor of Business Leadership (DBL)

Program Overview

The DBL program offered by NiBS is designed to develop and prepare executives to more effectively assume overall leadership responsibility within organizations operating in intensely competitive national and global markets. The objectives of this program include:

Enable business leaders to develop their skills in understanding, evaluating and creating new knowledge within their profession, thereby making an individual and independent contribution to the development/ enhancement of professional practice in business leadership.
To enable experienced business leaders, to develop a deeper understanding of leadership theory and research.
To develop ‘practitioner-scholars’ who will conduct and publish the results of rigorous applied leadership research that advances an area of knowledge and practice, and
To develop academically sound business leaders who will be able to teach/transfer their knowledge in the various fields of leadership and governance.
Produce a thesis or portfolio based on high-quality original research of publishable standard (suitable for dissemination to their profession), demonstrating critical evaluation and synthesis in relation to current literature and professional leadership practice

Duration:

Full Time: 3 – 4 years

Part-Time: 4 – 5 years

Admission Requirement

Master’s degree in Management and Business (e.g., MBA) with five years of management experience, or
Professional qualification such as ACCA, and ICA, that demonstrates foundation knowledge of business and management; with five years of management experience, or
First degree in business and management with a minimum of 10 years of management and leadership experience, or
Master’s degree in non-business discipline – must complete and pass at credit level the foundation program.
International applicants may be admitted based on qualifications from their home country universities, for which equivalence shall be determined by the Ghana Tertiary Education Council (GTEC)
Applicants from non-English speaking countries need to provide evidence of English language proficiency.

Duration & Courses

Year 1

Business & Management Core courses
Research Methodology Courses

Years 2 & 3

Research Proposal & Defence
Academic & Managerial Writing & Publishing
Teaching Practicum
Doctoral Thesis Project & Defence

Degree Awarded by SBS Swiss Business School – www.sbs.edu

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Department Contacts

Joshua Amuzu

Assistant Lecturer

Miriam Anowie

Program Advisor

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