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Saybrook University prepares students to challenge conventional thinking in business, social structures, mental and physical health, and more. Through its innovative online and hybrid programs, students become part of a global community. Together, they are guided through certificate, master, and doctoral programs guided by renowned faculty. Graduates leave well-prepared to create systematic change in communities around the world.
At Saybrook University, MBA and DBA degree programs are built for the quadruple bottom line.
• People: Empower others within your organization
• Planet: Champion environmentally friendly solutions
• Profit: Increase profit with integrity
• And purpose: When business is guided by purpose, everyone benefits.
Saybrook MBA and DBA programs challenge conventional business practices in favor of disruptive innovation and sustainability.
ABOUT THE MBA AND DBA PROGRAMS AT SAYBROOK
• Built for leaders and life-long learners from diverse backgrounds
• Committed to a collaborative and inclusive people centered approaches to transforming the world through innovative, sustainable business solutions.
• Taught by scholar-practitioners with extensive experience in community and organizational systems as consultants, researchers, and thought leaders.
• Student-centered:  online-hybrid format, for working professionals where learning is action oriented: take learning into the workplace, test pilots and then, pivot back in the classroom.
• Residential Conference:  Learn from across University Programs, build a life-long network of mentors and identify and advance your leadership development from a whole-person perspective.
• International study opportunity and scholarships are available in partnership with students and faculty from other affiliated colleges.
Additional Program Information
Master of Business Administration
1 – 1.5 Years
100% Online
The Master of Business Administration explores leadership, sustainable business practices and innovation through a multidisciplinary lens, with knowledge areas including:
• Accounting, Finance, and Data Analytics
• Leadership and organizational behavior
• Economics and global business
• Human Resources Management
• Training, development and knowledge management
• Organizational systems analysis
• Technology, information systems, communications and marketing
This high impact MBA is designed to help professionals advance their careers as leaders, and entrepreneurs while promoting positive change at systemic levels of society. The MBA program incorporates team projects, adaptable learning activities, and culminates in multidimensional leadership development capstone. International engagements are available.
Doctor of Business Administration
3.5 – 4 Years
Online plus Short Residency
The Doctor of Business Administration program offers advanced studies leading to a doctorate in business administration focused on the following areas:
• Sustainable systems design and transformation
• Trends in global business
• Business development and entrepreneurialism
• Leadership strategies
• Innovations in sustainable businesses
• Organizational learning and development
The DBA program is designed for advanced students who are interested in gaining the cutting-edge theory on organizational and social systems change—concluding with a dissertation research in a thought leadership area of their choosing. Graduates emerge as confident, competent, and compassionate executives, consultants, researchers, and educators through close faculty and student mentorship.
Name of Institution
Saybrook University
Name of Business School or Program
Master of Business Administration, Doctor of Business Administration
Business School Dean
Charlotte Hamilton, PhD
Dean of College of Social Sciences
Year Institution was Founded
1969
Year Business School or Program was Started
2019
MBA Platforms Offered
Hybrid, Online, Cohort
MBA Areas of Emphasis Offered
MBA
Students will prepare to advance their careers as leaders and entrepreneurs while exploring decision making, system thinking and collaborative teamwork through an interdisciplinary lens, including the following areas of focus:
• Accounting, finance, and data analytics
• Leadership and organizational behavior
• Economics and global business
• People engagement
• Training, development, and knowledge management
• Organizational systems analysis
• Technology, information systems, communications, and marketing
DBA
Students in this program curriculum engage with the skills needed to align business strategies with humanistic principles, including the promotion of human dignity, wholeness, comprehensive knowledge, common good, stewardship, and sustainability actions. Graduates will be effective at evaluating and maximizing organizational performance in relation to positive community and societal outcomes.
Length of Programs
MBA is 12 to 18 Months
DBA is in 3.5 to 4 Years
Program Campus Options
MBA is 100% Online
DBA requires a 5 days of short residence in the Fall and Spring prior to dissertation research. This is virtual for Fall 2022.
Program Accreditations
WASCUC
Required Testing
None
Upcoming Information Sessions
Available monthly on-line
Application Deadlines
Year round:Â Fall, Spring, and Summer
Program Contact Information
Mary Kay Chess, Ph.D.
Department Chair for the Department of Business Administration
[email protected]
