DBA v PhD?

[ivandrago]

Have completed a BSc and an MBA years ago and I don't really need to study further but I actually enjoy it/miss it and would like to do a Doctorate part-time or online.

As far as I can tell, the main difference between the two is that the DBA would involve a thesis which is related to my area(s) of work, would be a bit shorter (no lit. review?), would not be published* and can be done a bit quicker. In addition, the DBA seems more costly.

Has anyone done a DBA on here or can offer some insight?

* When they say your thesis is 'published' as part of your PhD, where exactly is it published?

 

[ivandrago]

Just to follow up on this, I talked to a few institutionsa as well as a previous tutor from my MBA and I am veering towards a PhD for the following reasons:

- Time/duration – likely be similar whether I do a DBA or PhD, unless I do it at a less well known institution – I’d be doing it part-time.

- I’ve done some more research and the kinds of topics which would now be classed as a DBA have, in the past, been done as PhDs when DBAs were not offered in the UK.

- In terms of the kind of topics I am interested in, they seem to be classed as a PhD.

- As I do not need to do any further study to specifically further my career and I already have an MBA, a PhD would be a slightly different challenge as I enjoy the academic side of things including research.

- Cost! The DBA is much more expensive and I can't help but feel is being used as a cash generator in some instances.

Not 100% decided yet but hopefully this might help someone else.

 

[ivandrago]

I did research methods modules as part of my MBA so it's no biggie. Will see what the institution I go for suggests - at this level, it's more about the supervisor than the university itself.