Pursuing a doctoral program requires commitment.

• Identify one challenge doctoral students have while purposing this advanced degree and how do you plan to overcome it.

Module 1 – Background

D.B.A. Program Structure and Resources

Required Reading

Academic Writing at the Doctoral Level

Trident Writing Workshop (2016). Available in MyTLC under My Resources or at https://mytlc.trident.edu/index.php?page=workshop&…

Writing Style Guide. Trident University International. Available in MyTLC under My Resources or at https://mytlc.trident.edu/files/Writing-Guide_Trid…

Deegan, A. (2016). Graduate Writing Handbook. Trident University International. Available in MyTLC under My Resources or at https://mytlc.trident.edu/files/GRADUATE_WRITING_H…

The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Tips and Tools. Resources available at http://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/

Murray, N. (2008). Writing up your university assignments and research projects: A practical handbook Open University Press. Chapter 6: What are the different components of a research project?. Available at Trident Library.

Find an eBook or a Book Chapter in Trident’s Digital Library.

Applied Research

Banerjee, S. and Morley, C. (2013). Professional Doctorates in Management: Toward a Practice-Based Approach to Doctoral Education. Academy of Management Learning & Education. 12(2) 173-193. Available at http://www.grad.usf.edu/inc/linked-files/academics…

Preston, J. C. (2014). Online Doctoral Programs: Can They Produce the Business Scientists and Leaders Needed for the 21st Century?. International Journal of Leadership and Change, 2(1), Article 5. Available at http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?…

Optional Reading

How to Read Journal Articles

Cherry, K. (n.d.). How to read (and understand) a psychology journal article. About.com. Retrieved June 22, 2011, from http://psychology.about.com/od/psychologystudytips…

Literature Review

School of Education, Indiana University Bloomington (2013). How to recognize plagiarism. Retrieved from https://www.indiana.edu/~istd/

Cornell University Library (2013). Distinguishing scholarly from non-scholarly periodicals: A checklist of criteria. Retrieved from http://guides.library.cornell.edu/content.php?pid=…

CQ University Library (2013). Evaluating books, journals, journal articles and websites. Retrieved from http://libguides.library.cqu.edu.au/content.php?pi…

Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries (2017). Evaluating information found on the Internet. Retrieved from http://guides.library.jhu.edu/c.php?g=202581&p=133…

Cummings, S. R., Browner, W. S., & Hulley, S. B. (n.d.). Conceiving the research question. Retrieved from http://www.cii.org.ar/epidemiology/Conceiving%20th…

Mongan-Rallis, H. (2014) Guidelines for writing a literature review. Retrieved from http://www.duluth.umn.edu/~hrallis/guides/research…

University of North Carolina (2017). Literature Reviews. Retrieved from http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/literature-r…

The George Washington University (2007). Tools for Preparing Literature Reviews. Retrieved May 2014 from http://www2.gwu.edu/~litrev/