Doctor of Business Administration

Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University and EHL Hospitality Business School have joined forces to offer you the Doctor in Business Administration (DBA). We’ve designed the program for accomplished senior executives who seek to lead by example and with impact, and to create positive change in their organizations and their own lives. This program is an intellectual pursuit that empowers you to engage in meaningful discussions on global leadership, business, and societal challenges driven by cross-disciplinary thinking, original research, and strategic insights.

Prioritizing a human-centered philosophy, the program incorporates the timeless ideas from Peter Drucker, enriched with the customer and people centric principles of hospitality management from EHL as well as cutting-edge research in management. You will, therefore, explore the intersections between leadership, organizational behavior, humanities, and various business disciplines to navigate global challenges with a people-first mindset.

The DBA is an exclusive forum where senior leaders come together with faculty experts around a shared purpose: to build thriving, functioning organizations and societies.

Program Benefits

You will develop rigorous (yet relevant) research skills and master complex concepts, enabling you to engage in informed dialogue on topics of your choice. You’ll amplify your career (and this includes your career-transitions) by maximizing your impact within your current organization, while opening new doors in academia, consulting, and thought-leadership. You’ll also gain an exclusive international network of like-minded senior leaders to challenge and support you along the way.

Program Highlights

• Focus on Human-Centered Management: This program offers a unique approach to humanistic management, blending the time-honored insights from hospitality with leadership, organizational behavior, deep customer insight, humanities, social sciences for concrete business, non-for profit, and public sector applications.
  
  
• Practical Integration for Real-World Results: Courses and your own research agenda combine academic rigor with practical application, building on the experience you accumulated over the years to address management challenges and offering hands-on leadership training for real-world impact.
  
  
• Designed for Full-Time Executives: We are confident that you can fit this into your schedule thanks to a curriculum that’s primarily online, offering and a ‘doable’ blend of asynchronous and synchronous lecture material. You’ll also complete your Doctoral Research Project progressively throughout the 3-year program. The program’s curriculum is designed with a clear goal in mind: helping you finalize (and publish) your dissertation so that it can inspire the next generation of leaders.
  
  
• Global Network and Perspectives: The program includes three weeklong seminars in the USA, Europe, and Asia, offering international exposure and opportunities to connect with peers and faculty. We value human interaction and strive to maximize real-time and, where possible, real-space interaction.
  
  
• Accredited by AACSB and WASC: Almost needless to say - the program offers global recognition via the renown accreditation bodies. Even more interestingly, as a graduate, you gain membership to both EHL and Drucker alumni networks.

Career Paths

The DBA enhances your expertise and leadership skills, allowing you to make a greater impact in your current career or explore new opportunities which may be adjacent to your existing career path or – indeed – be off the beaten track. You decide. We feel certain that our graduates will receive an extra-boost of confidence enabling you to take the next level as business leaders, shaping practices and driving innovation; university instructors, contributing to teaching and research; consultants, offering expert advice to organizations and policymakers; speakers, presenting original ideas at conferences; and board members, guiding organizational strategy and oversight. You may also wish to consider applying for faculty positions on the Professor of Practice level at Drucker or EHL upon successful completion of the program. Are you ready?

Ideal Candidates

Our DBA program is designed for:

• Senior executives with at least 10 years of professional experience, including significant leadership roles and responsibilities.
• Professionals from diverse industries, organizations, and disciplines. This diversity is intended to enrich the participants’ learning experience and network.
• Leaders who align with the program's human-centered purpose.