Strategic Enterprise Development
The Strategic Enterprise Development (PhDr.) program is a professional doctorate designed for senior managers, entrepreneurs, and sector leaders focused on scaling ventures, fostering innovation ecosystems, and driving sustainable organizational growth across Africa. This program is rooted in applied research, leveraging the candidate’s professional enterprise as the living laboratory for their doctoral project.
Program Overview and Goal
This PhDr. pathway is distinct from a traditional PhD. Its primary goal is to empower scholar-practitioners to generate practical, evidence-based strategies that lead to measurable and transformative impact on the enterprises they lead or advise. The focus is on translating advanced knowledge into:
- Scalable business models.
- Ethical and sustainable enterprise governance.
- Effective policy engagement for sectoral growth.
Key Program Features
- Work-Based Thesis: The capstone thesis is a Strategic Impact Project designed to solve a critical, complex challenge within your professional domain, contributing directly to enterprise development and policy.
- CDT–BEPS Framework: Training integrates Business, Research, Creativity, Evidential Skills, and Professional Practice to ensure holistic competency in enterprise strategy and execution.
- Dual Mentorship: Benefit from the Co-Supervision Model where an academic specialist guides theoretical rigor and a senior industry leader ensures strategic relevance and practical application.
- Blended Delivery: Program delivery utilizes a blended model combining intensive residential workshops, flexible virtual seminars, and continuous work-based engagement.
Program Curriculum
This outlines the core modular domains and specialized focus areas within the Strategic Enterprise Development PhDr. curriculum
Module 1: Strategic Foresight and Enterprise Modeling
Focuses on advanced strategic management, global value chains, and methodologies for modeling enterprise growth in emerging African markets. Includes systems thinking and scenario planning.
Module 2: Innovation Ecosystems and Digital Transformation
 Examines the role of disruptive technologies, digital governance, and organizational agility in fostering competitive advantage and scaling ventures. Covers building and navigating innovation hubs and value networks.
Module 3: Advanced Applied Research Methods for Organizational Change
Mastering qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods essential for organizational research. Emphasis on case study design, action research, and data-driven decision-making for enterprise solutions.
Module 4: Venture Scaling, Finance, and Ethical Governance
Deep dive into enterprise finance, securing venture capital, and implementing robust corporate governance frameworks. Focuses on ethical leadership and sustainability reporting for long-term viability.
Module 5: Doctoral Thesis: The Strategic Impact Project
Dedicated execution of the work-based thesis under dual mentorship. The project must produce a deliverable (e.g., a policy reform model, a new business unit strategy, or a validated scaling framework) with documented impact.
Policy Integration and Knowledge Translation
Guidance on effectively translating project findings into Policy Briefs and sector-specific strategy documents, positioning the graduate as a key voice in industry and public policy debates.
Student Testimonials
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