Case : Assignment

After you have gone through the resources, discuss the following questions:

1. What is a Ph.D. degree in Business Administration? How it is different from a DBA?

2. What is a Ph.D. dissertation?

3. What does it mean that our Ph.D. program is a research-based degree?

4. Read program structure, and reflect and explain in your own words how the specific courses and flow will serve you to achieve your research objectives and goals.

5. Pick three of the different resources available at Trident and discuss how you plan to use them.

Please organize your paper in a scholarly way. Add section titles when necessary. Explain your logic and when appropriate, use external sources and proper citations.

Conclude your report with a paragraph or so evaluating the entire exercise in terms of what you have learned and your reflections on the topic.

The paper is usually between 5 and 12 pages long.

Assignment Expectations

1. Able to understand the key themes in the reading list.

2. Able to understand management research, research approaches, and stages in the research life-cycle.

3. Answer the questions with clarity, depth, and critical thinking.

4. Completeness and coherence: Chain of thought is easy to follow.

5. Collected relevant evidences and consulted additional papers/resources to support the propositions.

6. Paper is clearly written with appropriate format. Reference list is complete. Citation is properly done.