Could your healthcare organization benefit from a business consultant who is well versed in complex problem solving, leadership and research in the Home Health Care industry? Bring on a doctoral level student from the DeVoe School of Business at Indiana Wesleyan University to partner with you to develop actionable solutions. This doctoral student will devote approximately 1000 hours to researching academic and industry sources relevant to your specific business problem, developing several potential solutions to your problem, and providing a recommended solution with a high-level change proposal plan that will describe the implementation of the change proposal.

Additional program context:

The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) prepares students for business education, consulting, and business leadership careers. This program is designed to help students create new knowledge and skills applicable to the global workplace, specifically in strategies for advanced change management and complex business problems. Its problem-based learning model is unique to the DeVoe School of Business. The DBA student is a working adult of an average age of 44 and 10 – 15 years of work experience and 5+ years of management experience. The Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) program at IWU allows students to demonstrate their mastery in solving real-world business problems through an Applied Doctoral Project (ADP). While a dissertation is the capstone of a research-based Ph.D. program, the ADP serves as a capstone for the IWU DBA. The distinction of the ADP is that students integrate evidence-based scholarly research in a consultative manner aimed at identifying a significant problem, formulating a solution, and presenting a proposal to a real organization.

Deliverables may include:

• This student will act as a consultant to help you solve a significant organizational issue.
• This study will deliver a report that summarizes what is known about the problem at the beginning of the project, a detailed study of both academic and industry sources on the problem, a model of the problem, several potential solutions to the problem, the results of their research studying alternative solutions to the problem, and a recommended solution with a high-level change proposal plan that will describe the implementation of the change proposal.
• Finally, the student will supply an assessment and reflection that discusses what was learned and recommendations for further study.
• From the time the student begins to work with you, the project should last 1 – 1 ½ years.
• We are committed to ensuring privacy and anonymity throughout the duration of the project for all participants in the project.