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All this while my general perception is DBA is lower ranked and less preferred than PhD in the academic line. But recently I have seen the growing number of DBA graduates teaching in both private and public tertiary institutions.

Is PhD is compulsory in academic line??? As an MBA graduates I prefer to learn from someone who has industrial experience (usually with DBA qualification), than lecturer with PhD qualification that purely emphasize in research.

In Harvard Business School, both PhD and DBA are equally ranked. But in Malaysia I don't see any good DBA program yet. And so called the offered DBA program, candidates need to go thru the coursework like what they did in their MBA, which I think it is repetitive and waste of time. As for he research part, after completing all the coursework, they still need to go thru the PhD research works. It is like DBA need to go thru both heavy loads of coursework and research part before it can get the DBA qualification.

Anyone can enlighten me?

The other uni that offer consultation content is UIA, or IIUM, where u need to spend 6-9 months in a company if your choice, u give free consultation and you won't get paid. To me I don't like this kind of arrangement as it sound like a practical training by offering cheap labor.
Those who study part time will not able to leave their company to serve other company just to get some credit hours. Those who run their own biz or entreprenueur would not want to spend some time to work for others. It is more suitable for those who looking for employment.

I m not sure abt USM's arrangement but IIUM's DBA definately not for me.

DBA's research contents is differ from PhD in the way of it investigate the industry problems and provide solutions, same like consultancy approach. So the research content not necessary to hv theoretical frameworks where PhD always emphasize on it.

DBA's potential supervisors should come from the industry expert thus not necessary some1 purely from academic background.

For those who are taking DBA now, may I know what are the major requirement for DBA thesis, how it differs from the PHD thesis examination ?
Some says phd more emphasize on theory, whist DBA more on market research, less on theory.

I ended up doing PhD instead of DBA.
There are very limited good DBA programs in Malaysia, and most examiners using PhD requirement to examine DBA thesis/dessertation, ended up DBA candidate take longer time to complete their study

This is the general perception.
I have seen Universities still recruiting DBA as academics
and also seen private firms hire PhD graduates in their organization.

I think the title is not important but what you can contribute to the organizations are more important. Employers have other criterias and requirements when they offer u a job.

Go to each university's academic, and click on their qualifications.
For public uni, UM, UPM, UKM has DBA grads at lecturer.
For private and foreign uni, Sunway, Taylor, Monash got DBA grads as lecturers

DBA thesis stress on practical contributions, whereas PhD is more on theoretical contribution.
The approach is different.

But in general, i agree to your comments on the research quality/

I think most universities need both DBA and PhD graduates.
Usually DBA graduate with industry experiences are more capable in teaching MBA clasess
Whereas, Phd graduates are better in research and better in coaching/ supervising students doing research.

If u are a researcher u know where to find the answer

what s the price diff between PhD and DBA?

yeah, a significant different. Probably due to a lot of coursework involved,

This post has been edited by cheahcw2003: Nov 11 2015, 10:34 AM

those DBA programs offered by private university college has no credibility, they portray themselves as selling certificates. No convincing research environment, not enough academics with PhD/ DBA qualifications to supervise students. Skip !!