The new cohort of doctoral candidates
The candidates, 7 senior executives from 3 different countries, met at Korea University to embark on their 3-year journey towards completing their Doctorate in Business Administration.
These highly-qualified participants, hailing from leading international enterprises (including Sharp Electronics, Doosan, EAN Technology) as well as prominent national businesses and family-owned enterprises, bring a dynamic and diverse range of managerial experience to the EA-DBA, joining the 16 international executives making up the program’s inaugural cohort of participants who started in the 2015-16 academic year.
Numerous Faculty, Staff and Distinguished Guests were on hand at the programme's Opening Ceremony to welcome and encourage the new participants, including:
- Mme. Élodie FRANCO-RITZ, Attaché with the French Embassy in Korea, Responsible for Scientific and University Collaborations
- Dr. KWON Soo Young - Dean, Korea University Business School
- Dr. PARK Kyoung Sam - Associate Dean, Korea University Business School
- Dr. LEE Janghyuk - Professor of Marketing and Senior EA-DBA Faculty Advisor, Korea University Business School
- Dr. XU Xin - Professor of IT Innovation Management and Senior EA-DBA Faculty Advisor, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Faculty of Business
- Dr. Dwight Merunka - Associate Dean of DBA Programmes and EA-DBA Programme Director, Kedge Business School
The first Research Seminar wasted no time, diving into the task of training global business executives how to critically reflect on their careers through the application of theoretically-based, business and organizational research skills in a thoroughly international context.
The first seminar was an immediate introduction into how Business and Management Research is critical for understanding and analyzing causal relationships.
The participants of the Part-Time programme will travel to Hong Kong Polytechnic University in February to follow their second doctoral research seminar, dedicated to Qualitative Research Methods.
A second group of students will join the 2016-17 cohort in Shanghai in March, and the two groups will meet back in Seoul this May.
