Doctor of Business Administration

Through a fusion of individual exploration and collective discourse, you will refine your analytical acumen and strategic leadership, supported by MANCOSA’s distinguished educators and industry practitioners. The DBA journey is an invitation to contribute pioneering thought leadership and engage with an elite cohort dedicated to business innovation.

The MANCOSA DBA programme will develop high-level research capacity in candidates to make a significant and original academic or professional contribution at the frontier of business, management and related fields.

Emphasis is placed on supported, self-directed and rigorous scientific inquiry. Candidates will be encouraged to give attention to the convergence of international and local knowledge that is sourced from credible repositories to achieve African excellence and global relevance in their doctoral study.

The MANCOSA DBA programme has been shaped to assist students in: 

•  becoming highly educated individuals
• achieving academic and professional excellence
• assuming responsible roles in a changing world of global independence
• conducting research and generating knowledge
• being of service to society through dissemination and application of knowledge, as well as through innovative partnerships with the business and public sectors and civic society

The MANCOSA DBA is designated for candidates who, having already completed a Master’s degree programme, are looking to further develop their practical and theoretical knowledge of the principles that govern private and public sector organisations, through research. The strength of the DBA programme is centred in our mission to have impact on the student’s professional knowledge base and skills and to conduct rigorous research that is directly relevant to one’s organisation, industry or country.