SYNOPSIS

In today's fast-paced world, knowledge exchange is a crucial asset. The Executive Ph.D. in Economics and Business Dynamics is an 80.0-credit professional doctoral program specifically designed for senior managers, high-potential leaders, and C-suite professionals who want to become subject matter experts in their industries, highly valued thought leaders with fresh insights, and contributors of innovative knowledge, research skills, and best practices to transform the future business landscape and society. In a complex and globally competitive business environment, leaders require interdisciplinary knowledge, a worldwide perspective, and the ability to create adaptable organizations. With the AUS's Executive Ph.D. in Economics and Business Dynamics, executives can apply relevant knowledge and research skills to address current economic and business dynamics issues. This program transforms participants' mindsets and provides them with the methodological tools to tackle business problems in their organizations or society. It caters to the lifelong learning aspirations of intellectually active and motivated professionals who wish to continue their education at the highest level. Moreover, the program significantly impacts participants' professional development, offering excellent opportunities for new career paths and advancement in their current careers.

PROGRAM BENEFITS AND AIMS

The successful completion of this program is poised to generate positive outcomes for students in terms of their professional opportunities, as well as for the entities they are associated with. Ultimately, this will yield benefits for society as a whole.

Students

• Be able to generate, interpret, and transfer academic knowledge within professional and academic networks.

• Master business and management research tools and methods and be able to apply them to practical business challenges independently.

• Possess knowledge and experience in academic publishing and case writing.

Organization

• Benefit from the insights and experiences you will bring to the organization as a Ph.D. candidate.

• Benefit from the ability to translate and apply newly developed and up-to-date knowledge to the specific context of your sector or business management.

• Have the opportunity to capitalize on your enhanced business and leadership skills, allowing future objectives and strategies to be met.

Society

• Benefit from you as an expert in your field to help change and improve the environment.

• As part of a community of global leaders, students will forge solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

• As an opinion leader, students will have a beneficial impact on the world they are living and working in.

The purpose of the Executive Ph.D. in Economics and Business Dynamics is to advance the development and practice of effective organizational leadership by providing senior-level executives with:

• Knowledge and expertise required to identify, understand, and successfully tackle the interdisciplinary, big issues that characterize global business management today.

• Skills in formal social inquiry required to define and address complex issues and to disseminate knowledge related to their profession to influence both corporate and public policies;

• Evidence-based management skills and insights that will spur new solution-oriented thinking in organizations and in society.

• A unique learning opportunity that combines the latest academic knowledge with practical relevance and applicability.

• The ability to strengthen their critical thinking, improve solution-oriented assessment, and enhance their skills to underpin, defend, and implement new ideas.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Competencies graduates of the Executive Ph.D. in Economics and Business Dynamics will be expected to have acquired the following:

• Acquire the latest theoretical and practical insights in their field of business management, economics, and business dynamics.

• Develop the skills of advancing knowledge through methodologically robust applied research methods.

• Demonstrate the ability to develop original contributions to existing knowledge.

• Learn the skills needed to communicate knowledge in both academic and business environments, orally and in written form.

• Gain broad insights into specializations through collaboration with experienced scientists in their specific research labs or knowledge centres.