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Pursuing a Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) encompasses a range of objectives aimed at enriching experienced business professionals. It focuses on deepening both practical and theoretical knowledge in business, developing advanced research skills for real-world problem-solving, and enhancing strategic leadership and management abilities. The program fosters innovation and effective decision-making, while also providing a platform for professional growth and opportunities for higher-level executive and consulting roles. Additionally, it contributes to the field of business through research that bridges theory and practice, encourages a global and ethical perspective on business challenges, and offers valuable networking opportunities with academics, professionals and industry experts. Above all, a DBA is a journey of personal growth, enhancing one’s ability to communicate effectively, maintain self-discipline, and critically analyze complex information, all crucial for today's dynamic business environment.

• Part Time program • Courses are held once per month, on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. 

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• Postgraduate university degree
• Around 10 years’ work experience
• 3-5 pages research proposal that include the following:

o Tentative title of the research project o Field of research: What are you interested in? Why? o Research question: What interests you more specifically? What is the specific question you intend to answer? Why is it important? o Data collection: What information do you need to answer this question? Where are you going to find the information? How are you going to retrieve it?

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• Jury Interview: 5 minutes presentation of the research proposal is expected during the interview / audiovisual support cannot be used during the presentation.
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To benefit from the Early Bird rate, candidates are required to submit their DBA application to ESA administration before Friday February 23, 2024. Early bird candidates will benefit from a discount on the total tuition fees. 

Application deadline :  Tuesday April 30, 2024

Jury Interview:  March 2024 & May 2024  

Starting date:  July 2024

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I am pleased to welcome you to the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at the Islamic University of Lebanon. With our four campuses located in Khaldeh, Wardaniyeh, Tyre and Baalbek, we aim to deliver high quality, vocationally relevant, undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Business sciences.

As a student in our faculty, you will be taught by highly-qualified faculty and business professionals where you will be encouraged to evolve your academic and personal potentials. Our academic staffs ensure that their teaching is kept pertinent and up-to-date through their engagement in fundamental research, which is directly related to the industry.

Whichever of our many highly regarded programs you decide to attend, you will be joining a vibrant environment dedicated to supporting you in achieving your academic and career targets, and you have a choice of 6 undergraduate and 7 postgraduate programmes. Our undergraduate students benefit from the opportunity to undertake a placement at prominent organisations such as Banque du Liban (BDL), Société Générale de Banque au Liban (SGBL), Ministry of Economy etc.

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We are conscious of the ethical and social aspects of everything we conduct and we recognize the significance of engagement with business and society. Therefore, we act in a socially responsible manner and we persuade our students to behave similarly. Our major concern is our students, thus, we strive to ensure that they have a pleasant and enriching experience with us and to leave here with the incentive and commitment to become responsible individuals who can contribute significantly in their societies.

I would like to warmly invite all of you who are keen to develop your knowledge and upgrade your careers to explore our faculty further either online or through a visit to campus.

We look forward to welcoming you…

The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at the Islamic University of Lebanon has a history of about 25 years of supporting businesses and societies, locally and internationally, with highly qualified graduates who make a difference in their environments. With six undergraduate and seven postgraduate programs in the different fields of business and economics, the faculty is well prepared to cover the needs of students and societies throughout its four campuses in Lebanon. These programs attract a well-diversified portfolio of students from different countries and different backgrounds.

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Promoting innovation, creativity, critical thinking as well as the ability to make well informed decisions, all within an ethical framework, is what we aspire to incorporate into our students in the Faculty of Economics and Business administration at the Islamic University of Lebanon.

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DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY SPECIALISING IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Make an original contribution to research, join a vital research community.

PhD students at the UCT GSB are a vital part of our research community and research strategy.

The University of Cape Town is Africa’s leading research institution and the PhD programme at the GSB is an essential component of this.

PhD candidates are expected to:

• Develop a formal research proposal  within the first six months of registration
• Set  commitments and a timeline  outlined in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with their supervisor which needs to be signed every year
• Take a  proactive approach  to identifying learning needs and implementing suitable responses
• Actively participate in the  GSB Research Calendar
• As appropriate,  actively participate in the academic life  of the GSB through lecturing, research seminars and / or co-supervision of MBA research reports

* Application & Course fees are provisional for 2025, and are subject to annual UCT council approval

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ORIGINATE NEW IDEAS

Join our research community to originate new ideas and develop innovative solutions to today’s pressing challenges

In line with the GSB’s research mission of "engaged inquiry in a complex world," PhD students are expected to make an original contribution to research.

Research at the UCT GSB is focused around three major themes: emerging markets finance, investment and trade; social innovation and sustainability; and values-based leadership.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How long does a phd take.

The typical duration of a PhD project is between three and four years, if the student is dedicating the bulk of her or his time to the project.

A candidate must be registered for at least two consecutive years, although registration for a year at another university may be accepted as part of that period. 

Although no maximum period of time is prescribed for completing a thesis, the university stipulates a "reasonable time", which is generally taken to be five years. If a candidate is not making satisfactory progress, the Commerce Faculty's Higher Degrees Committee may issue a warning, and, if necessary, may refuse re-registration.

How many hours per week are required?

Though we do allow part-time PhD students into the programme we recommend that students are able to dedicate at least 20 hours a week to the project. Experience shows that it is otherwise difficult to create and maintain the necessary momentum. Supervisors can at their discretion require students to adhere to certain time commitments.

How do I find a supervisor?

Your nominated PhD supervisor must be a full-time academic at the GSB and must be actively publishing in scholarly literature in the field in question. GSB faculty can discuss applicants' research ideas and preliminary proposal at their discretion, but we advise applicants not to contact potential supervisors without some preliminary research ideas.

Please note, it is not always possible to find a supervisor who is both suitable and available, and an applicant cannot be registered if there is no available supervisor for the proposed research at the GSB.

For a full list of GSB faculty and their research interests, check the  GSB website.

Read the guidelines for  PhD candidates and supervisors here . 

How do I present my research proposal?

Once registered in the PhD programme, you will have approximately six months to develop a full research proposal. This proposal will need to be presented formally to a committee consisting of at least three faculty members, including the supervisor. The key purpose of this presentation will be to a) assess that the student has been making adequate progress and b) provide some helpful feedback so that the student can improve her/his proposal prior to entering the field.

This process consists of the following:

• Each PhD student commits to a particular slot in the dedicated student presentation PRC sessions in the GSB Research Calendar. If possible, each two-hour slot will include proposal presentations that are broadly in a related theme. There will be three presentations in each slot. This commitment to a particular slot ought to happen as soon as possible. 
• Each proposal is assigned to an appraisal committee including at least three faculty members: the supervisor, the GSB Research Director (or her/his nominee), plus at least one additional faculty member with a pertinent background. The committee will be agreed upon by the GSB Research Director and the supervisor.
• Each student submits to the appraisal committee (via the Research Director) a digital copy of the proposal at least one week prior to the presentation.
• Each student has 20 minutes to present her or his proposal, followed by 20 minutes discussion.

The appraisal committee will provide formal feedback to the student in writing. The final appraisal could be summarised in one of the three categories, akin to those provided for in PhD final assessments, i.e. a) good as is; b) requires some changes; c) wholly unsatisfactory. If the verdict is "a" the proposal and the committee's recommendation are sent directly to the Higher Degrees Committee in the Commerce Faculty. If the result is "b" the student will need to make specific revisions to the satisfaction of the supervisor, after which it will be sent to the Higher Degrees Committee. Inadequate proposals that receive a "c" verdict will be considered on a case-by-case basis, but the likely outcome is that the student will not be allowed to re-register in the next year for a PhD.

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Will the PhD help me expand my network?

The GSB has an extensive network both locally and globally, and we frequently facilitate introductions for our students. 

During your research, you will have access to industry experts and key local and global specialists - from deep-content experts to market professionals working in the community. Their insight and feedback will help you to improve your solutions.

You will also have the opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals across different industries and build your network.

Once you graduate from the UCT GSB you will join our alumni network which is a dynamic forum that comprises more than 23 000 past GSB students in 68 countries worldwide. Many of the GSB’s alumni hold key positions in top companies or have started their own successful businesses. Alumni play a vital role in supporting and encouraging more recent graduates to follow in their footsteps and GSB students who find employment after graduation - particularly internationally - frequently do so through alumni contacts.

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JOSEPHINE MUSANGO

Josephine K Musango is a skilled resource economics and system dynamics professional and a transdisciplinary researcher. Josephine’s research interest entails using a systems approach in managing change and policy-related challenges in the energy transition, the green economy and urban African energy issues. She has worked with professionals in other academic disciplines, governments at multiple levels, industry and the community. She also teaches system dynamics and sustainable development.

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Terry Anderson, US journalist and Iowa State graduate held hostage in Lebanon, dies at 76

Terry Anderson, a U.S. journalist who was held captive by Islamist militants for almost seven years in Lebanon and came to symbolize the plight of Western hostages during the country's 1975-1990 civil war, died on Sunday at age 76, his former employer the Associated Press said.

Anderson was a journalism graduate of Iowa State University.

Kept in barely lit cells by mostly Shi'ite Muslim groups in what was known as The Hostage Crisis, and chained by his hands and feet and blindfolded much of the time, the former Marine later recalled that he "almost went insane" and that only his Roman Catholic faith prevented him from taking his life before he was freed in December 1991.

Anderson's ordeal began in Beirut on the morning of March 16, 1985, after he played a round of tennis. A green Mercedes sedan with curtains over the rear window pulled up, three gunmen jumped out and dragged Anderson, still dressed in shorts, into the car.

The pro-Iran Islamic Jihad group claimed responsibility for the kidnapping, saying it was part of "continuing operations against Americans." The abductors demanded freedom for Shi'ite Muslims jailed in Kuwait for bomb attacks against the U.S. and French embassies there.

It was the start of a nightmare for Anderson that would last six years and nine months during which he was stuck in cells under the rubble-strewn streets of Beirut and elsewhere, often badly fed and sleeping on a thin, dirty mattress on a concrete floor.

During captivity, both his father and brother would die of cancer and he would not see his daughter, born three months after he was seized, until she was six years old.

"What kept me going?" he asked aloud shortly after release. "My companions. I was lucky to have people with me most of the time. My faith, stubbornness. You do what you have to. You wake up every day, summon up the energy from somewhere. You think you haven't got it and you get through the day and you do it. Day after day after day."

Fellow hostages saw Anderson as tough, but he also felt frustrated, neglected

Other hostages described Anderson as tough and active in captivity, learning French and Arabic and exercising regularly.

However, they also told of him banging his head against a wall until he bled in frustration at beatings, isolation, false hopes and the feeling of being neglected by the outside world.

"There is a limit of how long we can last and some of us are approaching the limit very badly," Anderson said in a videotape released by his captors in December 1987.

Marcel Fontaine, a French diplomat who was released in May 1988 after three years of captivity, recalled the time cell mate Anderson thought freedom was near because he was allowed to see the sun and eat a hamburger.

In April 1987 Anderson was given a suit of clothes that his captors had made for him. "He wore it every day," Fontaine said.

A week later, however, Anderson's captors took the suit back, leaving him in despair and certain he was forgotten, Fontaine said.

Many worked for his release; Iowa State held annual ceremony

Scores of journalist groups, governments and individuals over the years called for Anderson's release, and his Oct. 27 birthday became an unofficial U.S. memorial day for hostages.

Anderson said he considered killing himself several times but rejected it. He relied heavily on his faith, which he said he had renewed six months before being kidnapped.

"I must have read the Bible 50 times from start to finish," he said. "It was an enormous help to me."

His sister, Peggy Say, who died in 2015, was his fiercest advocate during captivity.

She worked tirelessly for her brother's freedom. She visited Arab and European capitals, lobbied the pope, the Archbishop of Canterbury and every U.S. official and politician available.

Each year on the anniversary of Anderson's kidnapping, Iowa State University held a ceremony in which carillonneur Richard von Grabow struck a toll for each month Anderson had been in captivity, according to Register archives. On the sixth anniversary, in March 1991, the carillon sounded 72 times.

At the ceremony, legendary journalism professor Jack Shelley recalled Anderson from his days on campus in Ames. Shelley, who taught Anderson in several classes and served as his academic adviser, said Anderson was mature and a very good student.

Under pressure from the media and the U.S. hostages' families, the Reagan administration negotiated a secret and illegal deal in the mid-1980s to facilitate arms sales to Iran in return for the release of American hostages. But the deal, known as the Iran-Contra affair, failed to gain freedom for any of the hostages.

Longtime KCCI-TV anchor Kevin Cooney covered the release of U.S. hostages from Lebanon, which included Anderson as well as Thomas Sutherland, who earned his master's degree and doctorate in animal science at Iowa State. During a news conference, Anderson recognized Cooney from his days at Iowa State and from working at KCCI and hugged him on camera, the Register reported.

A native of Ohio, Anderson worked as an AP reporter around the world

Born Oct. 27, 1947, in Lorain, Ohio, Anderson grew up in Batavia, New York. He graduated from Iowa State and spent six years in the Marine Corps, mostly as a journalist.

He worked for the AP in Detroit, Louisville, New York, Tokyo, Johannesburg and then Beirut, where he first went to cover the Israeli invasion in 1982.

In that war-torn city, he fell in love with a Lebanese woman, Madeleine Bassil, who was his fiancée and pregnant with their daughter, Sulome, when he was snatched.

Anderson and fellow hostages developed a system of communication by tapping on walls between their cells. Always the journalist, Anderson passed on news of the outside world he had picked up during captivity to Church of England envoy Terry Waite, being held hostage in an adjacent room in September 1990 after years of solitary confinement.

"Then the world news: the Berlin Wall's falling, communism's demise in eastern Europe, free elections in the Soviet Union, work toward multiracial government in South Africa. All the incredible things that have happened since he was taken nearly three years ago. He thought I was crazy," Anderson wrote in his 1993 book "Den of Lions."

After his release, Anderson taught journalism at Columbia University in New York, Ohio University, the University of Kentucky and the University of Florida until he retired in 2015.

Among businesses he invested in were a horse ranch in Ohio, and a restaurant. He unsuccessfully ran for the Ohio state Senate as a Democrat in 2004 and sued Iran in federal court for his abduction, winning a multimillion dollar settlement in 2002.

(Reporting by Alistair Bell and Daniel Trotta; editing by Diane Craft)

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Israel hit Iran with a half-ton supersonic 'Rampage' missile, report says

• Israeli media reported that Israel used a "Rampage" missile in its strike on Iran.
• The supersonic missile is designed to strike ground targets such as military bases.
• However, officials and independent analyses are giving a range of other possibilities.

Israel used a long-range, supersonic missile in its strike on Iran last week, Israeli broadcaster Kan reported, per The Times of Israel .

US officials said Israel carried out a missile strike on a military base near the city of Isfahan on Friday.

Israel has not confirmed the reports, while Iran has sought to downplay the incident, only referencing small drones used in the attack, which, in an interview with NBC News , its foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said were "like toys our children play with."

While it remains unclear what weapons were used in the strike, Israel's national broadcaster Kan reported that Israel used a "Rampage" air-to-surface missile, claiming it was identified in photos and that damage caused by the attack was consistent with a Rampage strike, per The Times of Israel.

The Rampage was designed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for use against targets such as "communication and command centers, air forces bases, maintenance centers and infrastructure," according to the company's website.

The company describes the missile, which weighs 1,250 pounds, as "a long-range, air-to-ground, seekerless, precision strike weapon."

Other reports, however, have pointed to another type of missile being used in the attack.

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Analyses by the BBC and the Financial Times , based on images of wreckage that landed in Iraq, suggest that the attack involved Israel's Blue Sparrow missile.

The wreckage was likely the missile's booster system that detached mid-journey, Justin Crump, a veteran and risk intelligence CEO, told the BBC.

Israel's Sparrow missile is an air-launched ballistic missile with a range of up to 1,240 miles, per the FT. It is normally used to test Israel's air defenses, per The War Zone .

A person briefed on the situation, who was not named, said that the Pentagon also believes the Blue Sparrow may have been involved, the FT reported.

Two Western officials said that the Israeli strike on Iran, which was launched in response to Iran's attack on Israel last week, was intended to show Tehran that it easily could evade its air-defense systems, The New York Times reported.

A much larger attack was considered, but was scaled back after discussions with President Joe Biden and British and German foreign ministers, the newspaper reported.

This was done to encourage Iran not to respond in kind, but still send a message about Israel's abilities, officials told the outlet.

Business Insider contacted the IDF and the IAI for comment.

It was reported last year that the UK's Royal Air Force was considering buying Rampage missiles to replenish its missile stocks after having donated many of its own Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Ukraine.

The Rampage is considered an economical alternative, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars each, compared with the $3 million price tag of each Storm Shadow, according to The National .

The missile has the ability to fly at 1,250 mph with a range of up to 190 miles. It can be fired from an aircraft or as a stand-alone system and uses GPS/INS guidance navigation and anti-jamming capabilities, according to the company, and has a blast fragmentation or general-purpose warhead.

A video shared on the company's YouTube channel simulates a strike by the missile.

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