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Doctor of Management - Project Management Concentration

The Doctor of Management with a concentration in Project Management is a 100-credit hour terminal degree in management. The program includes 40 credit hours of core management courses, 20 credit hours of project management concentration courses, 4 credit hours of symposium-related courses, and 36 credit hours of doctoral research. The research element will culminate in a dissertation.


The Doctor of Management is a terminal degree for management professionals. The program helps students prepare to think and act strategically and provides the opportunity to enhance their abilities to make positive contributions in their chosen area of management expertise. The concentration in project management is not a program designed to teach only project management. Rather, it is designed to leverage the student’s experience to develop expertise in the industry. Classes are intended to provide instruction in project planning, tracking, analyzing, and reporting, as well as the identification of scheduling time limits, tradeoff-analysis techniques, the measurement of accomplishments against plans, and early identification of problems so corrective actions may follow.

Doctor of Management Outcomes
  • Demonstrate fluency within the chosen discipline and demonstrate the ability to support business strategy and organizational missions in changing environments
  • Develop synthesis proficiencies for strategic planning and solution-generation in the context of internal and external managerial responsibilities
  • Integrate theories, models, skills, and competencies in support of organizational missions

Project Management Concentration Outcomes
  • Demonstrate the core competencies required to manage and lead complex projects in both a multinational organization and global environments
  • Analyze opportunities for improving organizational project management and performance
  • Apply project management methods (tools and techniques) through the lens of the triple constraint (scope, time, cost)
  • Evaluate, assess, and improve organizational project portfolio management
  • Examine the discipline of portfolio project management


Degree Requirements

Courses: Core

MGMT802Management Theory

4

MGMT808Management and Ethics

4

MGMT818Leadership Theory and Development

4

MGMT822Application of Action Research

4

MGMT824Strategic Thinking and Organizational Alignment

4

MGMT828Practice and Theory of Consulting and Intervention

4

MGMT832Organization Innovation and Scenario Thinking

4

RES804Principles of Research Methods and Design

4
RES812Qualitative Research Methods

4
RES814Quantitative Research Methods

4
RES860Doctoral Research I: Principles of Research and Writing

4
RES861Doctoral Research II: Annotated Bibliography

4
RES862Dissertation Research Process

4
RES863Doctoral Research III: Dissertation Literature Review

4
RES864Doctoral Research IV: Dissertation Methods

4
RES865Doctoral Research V: Dissertation Introduction

4
RES866Doctoral Research VI: Dissertation Findings

4
RES867Doctoral Research VII: Dissertation Discussion and Conclusion

4
RES868Doctoral Research VIII: Dissertation Conclusion

4
SYMP801Doctoral Symposium I

2
SYMP802Doctoral Symposium II

2
Total Credit Hours:80

Courses: Concentration

PM870Life-Cycle and Performance Management

4

PM872Portfolio & Program Management

4

PM874Special Topics in Project Management

4

PM876Risk and Quality Management

4

MGMT878Advanced Career Strategies for the Scholar-Practitioner

4
Total Credit Hours:20

Total Credit Hours: 100

Program Areas of Focus
The program emphasizes three areas of focus: Research and Writing; Leadership and Change Management; and the specific concentration discipline.

Graduation Requirements
In addition to the successful completion of 100 credit hours with an acceptable GPA, students must also satisfactorily complete their research proposal and final dissertation. The research proposal must be approved by the student’s Research Supervisor and University Reviewer. The dissertation, which must be approved by the student’s dissertation committee, is an extensive document that includes the research study. In addition, graduation requires presentation of the final dissertation.

Symposium
Doctoral programs at Colorado Technical University require a residential symposium. Additional information about CTU's doctoral symposium can be located in the Doctoral Symposium section of this catalog.

Program Accreditations and Alignments

The project management concentration is designed in alignment with the professional standards of the Project Management Institute.



Locations

  • Aurora (Denver Area)
  • Virtual Campus

Area of Study

  • Business & Management
  • Project Management

Degree Level

  • Doctorate