The DBA aims at preparing executives for leadership roles in management and business.  The programme develops the executive's competence to research, understand and propose tangible solutions to managerial and organisational issues.

To achieve these aims, at the highest academic and intellectual level, the programme's objectives are defined as follows:

• To support participants in researching the relationship between theory and practice, to understand reality and the its change processes
• To support participants in developing judgement, vision and analytic abilities in the application of theoretical and practical tools over the research data which are generated through their research activity.
• To support participants in order for them to develop as reflective practitioners, who have the intellectual and personal ability to adapt, so that they can lead organisational change and effectively deal with complexity.
• To develop participants' communication skills so that they can effecively communicate both with the academic and business communities and function as intermediaries.

The DBA requires commitment and hard work and its duration is from 3 to 4 years.  In exchange, the programme offers a unique management development experience and the attainment of a highly sought after qualification.