Doctor of management

The Doctor of Management (D.M., D.Mgt. or DMan) is a doctoral degree awarded on the basis of advanced study and research in the science and practice of management.

The D.M. was introduced at Case Western Reserve in 1995, and several universities have since developed their own programs. In the UK, the Doctor of Management (DMan) was introduced at the University of Hertfordshire in 2000. The D.M. program is an alternative to a PhD in management and is academically equivalent in research and training. In addition to research, it is focused on developing the talents, skills and abilities of organization executives and experienced management professionals. The doctor who holds this degree may practice within this professional academic discipline at universities, public or private research facilities, or as private-practice professional consultants. Primarily, however, the doctor practices applied management research for practical purposes within organizations of all types and sizes (industry, academia, public/private business organizations, multinational corporations, non-profits, government, or military): Compare Doctor of Business Administration.

The D.M. provides a critical ability and power to analyze problems and opportunities, as well as to coordinate and correlate data from a number of allied fields in such fashion as to serve the progress of ideas in those fields. The doctoral candidate must show his or her ability to make an original contribution to the knowledge of their chosen field through the dissertation, and give evidence of the ability to work ethically and independently at this level. This professional doctor's degree represents a mastery of the subject-matter and techniques of a professional field to a stage of competence parallel to that required for the PhD. Although the work for this professional doctor's degree may extend the boundaries of knowledge in the field through this scholar’s academic and scientific research, it is primarily directed towards distinguished practical performance for business purposes. As a practitioner and social scientist, the doctor is a professional practice subject-matter expert who applies both science and industry knowledge in the associated field of practice. This expert is considered a practitioner-scholar due to the ability to interchange methods of practice with theory and research and vice versa.

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