Jun 13 2013, 11:43 AM
QUOTE(cheahcw2003 @ Jun 5 2013, 01:25 PM)
Let me activate this thread.
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?
I know MBA lecturers who have DBA qualifications, but of course, there are a lot more academics out there holding PHD qualifications. Looking at the demand from universities, a lot more are looking for candidates who have PHD level qualifications, so naturally if one would like to progress into lecturing/academic line, he/she would eventually consider sparing the time and taking it up.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?
Personally I prefer the DBA coursework structure compared to PHD (each to his/her own preference I guess). Friends in the academic line shared that it is better to have qualifications from a variety of universities - e.g: if all your qualifications are from private/overseas universities, it is good to pursue your postgraduate in a public university for the feel of diversity. *still pondering about this though*
Well, until now I have not decided anything and still sitting on it. It looks like a whole lot of time, effort and $
3-5 years for DBA? 
adui...btw, good luck
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