Doctor of Management

The Doctor of Management program at Colorado Technical University is designed to encourage the professional development of managers through mentoring, action research and practical projects, enabling them to make key leadership contributions in their area of expertise.

Program Outcomes

  • Attain familiarity with the body of knowledge in current management theory.
  • Become a subject-matter expert in a specialized area of management.
  • Develop a leadership style based on ethical and philosophical consideration.
  • Effectively manage change through strategic design and research.
  • Predict future trends through effective research and qualitative methods.
  • Contribute to management literature via literature reviews, practitioner articles and research articles.
Each year of the DM program is designed to provide candidates with the theoretical, research and application capabilities necessary to pursue a successful career in their chosen field. The organization of each year is described below.

Year 1: The Foundation

The beginning of the program is all about research. Each student will spend the first year learning about classic and current management literature and forming the ability to think critically and creatively. There is also a research apprenticeship during the first year (working with a third-year student) that will enable the student to prepare a literature review article.

Year 2: Acquisition of Knowledge

Once the foundation is in place, year two is where the student chooses an area of specialization and begins to form a personal understanding of the management research and methods used in that area. This deeper level of understanding will result in two articles for submission to practitioner journals.

Year 3: Leadership and Professional Advancement

The final year is where leadership skills and the ability to manage change are developed. Students will use qualitative methods and strategic processes to be able to predict future trends, furthering a mastery of a specialization. The final year will result in two projects: a proposal for programmatic research to be submitted to an organization, and a research article to be submitted to an academic journal.

The DM program includes twelve 5-credit classes, one per term for three years. These are taught using the Professional Learning Model™ in an executive format. Each combines an active online component with an intensive residential session, lasting four days at our Colorado Springs campus. These are graded classes, and you must maintain and average of 3.3 out of a possible 4.0 in these classes.

There are also 12 Research and Writing courses that produce four publishable projects during the program. These are independent study with the assistance of a faculty mentor. Each project must receive a grade of "satisfactory" in order to complete the degree.

Doctor of Management Course List


Course Title Hours
MGMT800 Critical and Creative Thinking 5
MGMT801 Research and Writing I 3
MGMT805 Classic/Contemporary Management 5
MGMT806 Research and Writing II 3
MGMT810 Action Research 5
MGMT811 Research and Writing III 3
MGMT815 Qualitative/Ethnographic Methods 5
MGMT816 Research and Writing IV 3
MGMT820 Quantitative Methods 5
MGMT821 Research and Writing V 3
MGMT825 Research Methods & Design 5
MGMT826 Research and Writing VI 3
MGMT830 Science, Values & Ethics 5
MGMT831 Research and Writing VII 3
MGMT835 Process Consulting and Intervention 5
MGMT836 Research and Writing VIII 3
MGMT840 Leadership 5
MGMT841 Research and Writing IX 3
MGMT845 Strategic Thinking 5
MGMT846 Research and Writing X 3
MGMT850 Strategic Organization Design 5
MGMT851 Research and Writing XI 3
MGMT855 Futuring and Innovation 5
MGMT856 Research and Writing XII 3
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