INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS RESEARCH

Doctor of Philosophy in International Business

BUS 910

Breyer State University
Instructor: Kathleen Hargiss Ph.D., MBA, MA, BS

SYLLABUS

COURSE OVERVIEW: Welcome to BUS 910, a doctoral level course in the curriculum for the Degree, Doctor of Philosophy in International Business. I am pleased to offer you this course, which will cover International Business Research.

The International Business Research course will emphasize current events and show a relationship between the data collected and statistical results. What do these results mean in the overall thinking of operating an International business? How can an individual use this type of data in order to improve the overall revenues and profits of an international company?

Qualitative, quantitative and mixed research methods will be examined and used throughout the course. The types of research will include qualitative inquiry, participatory, and emancipatory approaches. The course will focus on identifying different types of research strategies, data collection techniques, and analysis procedures. Through studying these techniques and applications, you will be able to plan and conduct your own business-research study.

I know you will enjoy the combination of different types of research. Please remember, this is not a strict mathematical course. The main goal of the course is to offer you usable material that will help strengthen your conceptual understanding of different research techniques, applications and implementations as related to the international business arena.

TIME FRAME: This is a six hour course. The course is allotted ten weeks of time. You must complete all of the requirements for the course successfully by the end of the ten-week period. The first day of week one will begin the day that you register for the course, of the day which you notify me that your text book(s) have arrived and you are ready to begin your studies. Please be aware of the time frame. It is unusual that extensions of time are permitted, unless you have good justification. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be awarded six semester hours of credit.  

TEXTBOOKS: There is one text for this course.

Book 1: Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches. 2nd Ed. Creswell, J.W. Sage Publications. 2002: ISBN # 0761924426.

Recommended: Internet sites will be suggested in order for you to conduct research as you progress through the course.

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GRADING SCALE:  

90-100%    = A
80-89%      = B
70-79%     = C
Below 70% = Fail

COMMUNICATION: You are encouraged to communicate with me. I am available as a teacher, coach, and mentor to assist you in achieving your goals for this course. Primarily, communication is through e-mail. However, I am also available for conversation by telephone. Our classroom for this course has a "chat" room. I am also very willing to meet with you one-on-one in the chat room at your request. From time to time, depending on how many students are enrolled in this course at a particular time, we will have some scheduled group chats. You will receive more detailed information at the time such chat sessions are scheduled. Please keep my e-mail address in a convenient place so that you can contact me at any time. If during your time in this course you change your e-mail address, please be sure to notify me immediately.

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT:

A. You will be required to complete four papers on specific topics that will be assigned by me.

B. You will be required to conduct a research project and write a paper (consisting of 40-50 pages in length). The selected topic will be discussed with me for final approval. The paper will include mixed methods of quantitative as well as qualitative research. Please note, there is no examination planned for this course. Your energy and organized time should go into the planning and implementing of your research study.

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR: Kathleen M. Hargiss, Ph.D., M.B.A., M.A. Dr. Hargiss is the former Associate Dean and Chair for the Graduate School of Business at Florida Metropolitan University . In 2003, she was awarded the FMU Graduate Research Grant with entailed the development of a Web-based Instructor program.

Dr. Hargiss is formerly affiliated with Strategic Resource Consulting (SRC). SRC is a Tampa, Florida-based enterprise that provides consulting services to start-up, emerging and established firms in a variety of sectors with a concentration in biotechnology, medical device, information technology, and e-business. The firm also engages in providing business and organizational assessments to venture capital firms and accredited investors as a basis for investment consideration. Prior to her affiliation with SRC, Dr. Hargiss was a professor at both the University of South Florida and the University of Tampa . At USF she taught several health and wellness related courses through the University's department of Physical Education, Wellness, Sport Studies and the department of Adult Education and Human Resource Development. She also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Tampa , teaching a course in wellness industry dynamics. Her instructional expertise includes the design and implementation of courses for Wellness, Exercise Science, and Management degree programs encompassing communications, personality identifiers, learning styles, programming, and adult education principles.

Dr. Hargiss was the former director of an exclusive health spa in Houston , Texas . Responsibilities included management of a staff of twenty fitness and facility employees, advertising and public relations, accounting, budgets, marketing plans and forecasts, supervision of housekeeping and food preparation, and the design of fitness programs which included aerobic, weight training, stretching, and aquatics. She designed and conducted one-day spa programs, generating a new source of revenues while maximizing utilization of the physical plant.

Dr. Hargiss received a Ph.D. from the University of South Florida , an M.B.A. from the University of Miami with a specialization in International Business, an M.A. from Northwestern University (where she instructed for several years), a B.A. from the University of Illinois-Chicago, and has completed Post Graduate studies in Stockholm , Sweden . She also earned a private pilot license, EMT license, and a 2nd degree Black belt with national weapon awards in the martial arts.  

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

1). Become acquainted with economics and politics of international trade and investment.
2). Examine the functions of the global monetary system.
3). Become familiar with the strategies and structures of international business.
4). Assess the special roles of an international business's various functions.

REVIEW: Remember, this is a self-paced, independent study course, with one-on-one faculty mentoring, as well as occasional group chat sessions.

First, expedite the process by ordering or obtaining your textbook(s) for this course.

Second, after the text arrives, please start reading immediately.

NOTE: The class will proceed smoothly if you start right at the beginning to communicate with me. I am a real person with a life, but never without time for my students. See you in class!

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