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In this course, students will evaluate new applications in communications and conflict management theory and their impact on business problems. Students will diagnose cultural components of specific conflict management situations occurring within a global environment and integrate a personal philosophy of reconciliation with conflict management resolution based upon the Virtuous Business Model.

In this course, students will evaluate the organizational development aspects of business problems and recommend solutions. Students will diagnose organizational culture and its impact upon the organization's success. Students will evaluate cultural transformation strategies and their impact on organizational development and will integrate the Virtuous Business Model into all parts of organizational development.

In this course, students will evaluate change management strategies for use in the global workplace and assess factors influencing the development of a culture of innovation. Students will develop a personal change management framework informed by the Virtuous Business Model, evaluate new applications of theory and changes in present practice and their impact on change management problems, and create change management plans to address organizational issues.

In this course, students design strategic organizational plans aligned with the organization's virtues, values, and resources that are responsive to the external environment and consistent with the Virtuous Business Model. Students will assess leadership and management change theories for consistency with the Virtuous Business Model. Students will assess emerging changes in an organization's external environment and communicate a clear strategic vision.

This is the culminating course of the DBA program in which students will present their doctoral project. Students in this course will synthesize new management knowledge and skills for application in the global workplace leading to advanced ethical change management solutions and strategies for complex business problems. Students will demonstrate forward-thinking virtuous leadership within the global team-based business environment and integrate a virtuous worldview in both their personal and professional lives. Students will design solutions to real-world management problems using new applications of theory or changes in present practice. Students must have successfully defended their Applied Doctoral Project report. Students will complete their academic and trade journal papers suitable for publication. Prerequisite: Completion of all other required courses with the exception of BADM-785

In this course, students further develop and refine their voices as scholar practitioners through active exchange within communities of practice and scholarship. Students will draw on critical and creative mastery of a broad range of concepts, theories, and practices, as well as be aware of the assumptions underlying them from perspectives which go beyond individual disciplines and contexts. Grounded in theory and research, informed by experiential knowledge, motivated by personal values, and through the lens of a virtuous worldview, students will synthesize new business administration knowledge and skills for application in the global workplace. These reflect solutions to real-world management problems using new applications of theory or changes in present practice. Students will develop skills to effectively communicate their findings in a variety of formats including peer-reviewed written or oral venues. Prerequisite: Completion of all other required courses with the exception of BADM-785 and BADM-792.