Applied Doctoral Project

The Applied Doctoral Project (ADP) is an alternative to the traditional dissertation in the Doctor of Business Administration program. The ADP students are expected to expand and apply existing knowledge and research to existing problems in their professional field. It allows a student to apply theories, principles, and processes they have learned in the Taft DBA program to an actual problem in business or an issue of interest and relevance to them in their professional activities. The focus of the work in the ADP is on development of an extensive scholarly document that will provide a professional value to the student’s work.