Description
This book is a guide for both students and their supervisors, embedded in the authors thesis, with the objective to help in the interesting, but difficult and long way of obtaining a Doctorate in Business Administration by distance or presence learning. This book will guide you from your first step onwards. You will be required to pass the IELTS or TOEFL examinations After passing the language test, you will normally have one year of theoretical classes This will be followed by the choice of your research topic, you will start formulating your doctoral ‘research question’ and preparing your ‘research proposal’ Techniques for research methods such as ‘participant observation’, ‘interviews’ and ‘questionnaires’ are discussed in detail You will learn how to analyse the data you collected via Word, Excel or SPSS You will be shown how to pass the viva voce examination And in the end how to successfully apply for an academic job All the above points are important for your success in your doctoral studies. Ursula Schinzel, Doctorate in Business Administration, studied international business, management, human resources and economics in London (UK), Paris (France), Saarbrcken (Germany) and in the USA. Since nearly 20 years she held different positions in leading American and European multinational corporations in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. For the last 30 years she has been sports instructor with several sport clubs and since 20 years with Sports pour Tous, Ville de Luxembourg. Dr Ursula Schinzel publishes articles and books and delivers lectures at conferences in German, English, French, Italian and Luxembourgish.
