Professional Doctorate in Business Administration (Research) (380JA.2)

- Ability to connect what graduates know, from professional education, practice and experience with the fields and epistemologies of the operating or applied knowledge existent in their professions, workplaces and work sectors;

- Ability to critique, evaluate and reflect upon the strength and weaknesses of their knowledge journey;

- Ability to construct and apply connections between what graduates know and have learned and academic or disciplinary bodies of knowledge, research skills and techniques; and

- Ability to describe and distinguish between the construction and differences between academic or disciplinary bodies of knowledge and production of knowledge in the 'real world'.

- Ability to identify, analyse and compare ideas and information from scholarly, technical and professional bodies of knowledge;

- Ability to demonstrate critical reading and thinking skills, creative thinking and a capacity to conduct independent research;

- Ability to utilise appropriate and specialised research skills in order to develop knowledge;

- Ability to present a point of view, synthesising different opinions and contrasting opposing points of view;

- Ability to evaluate existing literature in order to produce a reflective, critical literature review for a research project; and

- Ability to defend a normative framework for research within which to evaluate existing systems and address practical problems.

- Ability to reflect on complex elements of leadership;

- Ability to research and critically analyse case studies of organisations in need of leadership;

- Ability to interpret and apply theory to develop their own potential for leadership;

- Ability to understand issues such as motivation, ethical behaviour and leadership in diverse context; and

- Ability to engage with the dynamics of successful teamwork.

- Ability to demonstrate critical reading and thinking skills creative thinking at an advanced level;

- Ability to conduct independent research;

- Ability to select and apply appropriate and specialised research skills in order to develop knowledge;

- Ability to critically evaluate existing literature in order to produce a reflective, critical literature review for a research project;

- Ability to apply research and writing and other communication skills to design research-based strategies to identify and analyse real world problems in business, government and law;

- Ability to identify research design issues and employ appropriate research methods appropriate for different paradigmatic research;

- Ability to understand, employ, and critically evaluate data analysis methods for quantitative and qualitative research data, in accordance with underlying epistemological and ontological issues;

- Ability to defend a paradigmatic framework for research within which to evaluate existing systems and address practical problems;

- Ability to critically analyse the implications of ethics within a chosen research programme; and

- Ability to develop a research portfolio demonstrating these skills.

- Ability to independently analyse critically, reflect on and synthesise complex information, problems, concepts and theories in one or more disciplines or areas of practice in a field of business, government and/or law;

- Ability to independently research and apply established theories to a body of knowledge or practice in a field of business, government and/or law; and

- Ability to independently interpret and transmit knowledge, skills and ideas to specialist and non-specialist audiences.

- Ability to discriminate between pertinent and less relevant literature;

- Ability to demonstrate a clear understanding of prior research, to identify gaps in the existing literature and to frame a research questions based on/informed by the literature;

- Ability to identify relevant seminal works, including areas of general agreement and controversy;

- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of research methodologies and approaches used by authors in their fields of research;

- Ability to critically evaluate the relevant literature in terms of methodological, empirical and theoretical constructs;

- Ability to synthesise the relevant body of literature into a holistic and readable report/literature review; and

- Ability to identify possible research gaps that could form the basis of new research questions.

- Ability to plan, demonstrate and justify an appropriate theoretical research frame;

- Ability to plan, demonstrate and justify a testable hypothesis and/or research questions;

- Ability to plan, demonstrate and justify a research methodology;

- Ability plan, demonstrate and justify appropriate measures, methods or research strategies/instruments;

- Ability to plan, demonstrate and justify appropriate sampling procedures, sample size, statistical tests, or methods of analysis;

- Ability to consider ethical issues in research; and

- Ability to identify strengths, weaknesses and implications of developed protocol.

- Demonstrable autonomy, authoritative judgement, adaptability and responsibility in the application of knowledge and skills as an expert and leading business practitioner professional ; and

- Ability to apply order research, analytical and problem solving skills in novel situations, to identify and analyse complex and 'wicked' business problems then formulate and implement appropriate and sustainable solutions.

- Utilise appropriate and specialised research skills in order to develop frontier knowledge in a field of business;

- Communicate their research and findings effectively and disseminate to a variety of business and other stakeholders;

- Ability to plan and execute in-depth study of particular aspects of business and business institutions; and

- Demonstrate expert technical and creative skills applicable to fields of business practice, production and/or the application of knowledge.

- Ability to engage in critical reflection, synthesis and evaluation;

- Ability to develop, adapt and implement research methodologies to extend and redefine existing professional practice, the production and/or application of knowledge in a field of business; and

- Ability to generate original knowledge and understanding to make a substantial contribution to existing professional practice, the production and/or application of knowledge in a field of business.