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Progress Report

Business Administration
Dominic Lopez
RWS 1301
Joanna Hinojosa

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Introduction

My research is being based on my major which is Business administration. Investigating

this discipline has been very interesting. Meeting students who are striving to be successful and
professors who make it all possible. The strategies and tools that I am using to help me
investigate are interviews, surveys, site observations, and other reliable resources. These will
help me get details about my discipline. If I continue to use my resources and work on my
investigation I will definitely have this research paper ready when it is due.
What have you done?
So far I am about half way done with my research and everything should be
coming along soon. As I start to climb to the tip of the iceberg, all my information is going to
make my paper detailed and very informational to you. I have conducted two interviews with
professors and they both understood what I was doing. They cooperated well with me and have
given me great information about entrepreneurship. I have learned that students going in this
major need to an open mind, hardworking, and must network to have opportunities in the real
world.
The research questions that I have created are questions that will be answered once I have
gathered vital information about entrepreneurship. They will determine my research paper and
how well it will be written. These were the first to be finished because it is simple to make and
have them revised. They must make sense in order for them to be answered with good detail. If
they are not answered then I must have not try my best to get then answered, which will be
unlikely.
In the research proposal I explain what I am going to do to get my research all together.
This document will also help guide me through my investigation to make sure I stay on track
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with what I had proposed. Even all my methods are described in the document to help you
understand everything I am doing. I go into detail about my literary review/background, and my
methodology. I most certain that you will know what I am investigating snd how I will be doing
so by reading my research proposal.
Interviews have been one of the most essential tools for me to receive good details about
being in business administration. I have interviewed two professors, Denisse Olivas and Arturo
Diaz. I conducted these interviews two weeks ago. I recorded one interview and wrote good
notes from both of them. The first interview with Ms. Olivas lasted approximately 15 minutes
and the second interview was through via email because that was best for Professor Diaz. These
professors have been very informational in the interviews. I am thankful to have chosen them to
help with my research.
I have just completed creating my survey and it is very professional and simple for
business students to complete within five minutes. The survey will help me determine the
opinions about Entrepreneurship that students can share on this document. I have scheduled a
date and time for my survey to be viewed and completed. I am going to meet with Professor Diaz
on October 20, 2014 to have my survey passed out to his students. My confidence for this
method to be completed is high because it is very brief for it to be passed to business students
and completed. It will be finished on time for me to record the data and put together the
information into my research paper.
What are you missing?
I still need to do a site observation to be able to understand what it is to be in a class full of
business students. Also, my survey must be passed around in order to get an idea of how this

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discipline is from a business students point of view. The reason why I have yet to do these two
is because I have to meet with the professor. Once I have permission from a professor then I will
complete it. I will get this research in on time by doing these strategies in three to four days.
My document analyses is not complete, but we will be able to touch up on it soon in
class. Once we get to that in class I will have it completed as soon as I can. If I continue to keep
doing all of my research and keep completing my methods as they come, I will have it done in
time. I have full confidence that my document analyses will be well prepared for my research.
Everything that I have done to make this document possible will make it much easier for me.
Conclusion
I am very confident that all of my research will be put together on time for me to be able
to turn it in. I should have no excuse as to why I have not turned in my paper, even if I hit a road
block in the near future. If I do get stuck, I have back up plans to make it possible for me to still
turn in s successful research paper. I do anticipate some difficulties with time because if I do not
have time or I get pushed of track, then we have issues. Overall, I know for sure that I should
have a great amount of time to complete my research.

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Appendix
Research Questions
How can I engage in Business Administration to become an insider in its community and thus be
a successful student?
1. What do I have to do to become a successful student in Business Administration?
2. What general knowledge can I receive to become a successful student in Business
Administration?
3. What social relationship should I think about if I want to become a successful student in
Business Administration?

Survey
1. What is your academic classification?
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Junior

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Senior

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Graduate

2. How would you rate your experience in your very first Entrepreneurship class you had
during your college career?
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Excellent

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Good

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Fair

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Poor

3. How much knowledge have you gained from Entrepreneurship?

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A great deal

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Some practical knowledge

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None

4. How many hours do you study?

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0-2 hours

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2-4 hours

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4-6 hours
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6 or more

5. What is the most common teaching style your current professor uses?
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Hands-on

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Lecture

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Visual

6. Are you involved in Collegiate Entrepreneurship Organization (CEO)?

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Very involved

____

I want to be involved

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Not involved

7. Rate the level of difficulty in Entrepreneurship.

____ Very hard
____ Hard
____ Medium
____ Easy
____ Very easy
8. What overall rating would you give Entrepreneurship?
____ Excellent
____ Good
____ Fair
____ Poor
9. What advice would you give to an incoming freshman that wants to study
entrepreneurship?

Interview Questions
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What is the most challenging part of studying entrepreneurship?

What distinguishes good entrepreneur students?
What is your ideal student in this discipline?
Is there a student organization for entrepreneurs?
How can a student get involved in it?
What benefits can students acquire by being involved?
If you can change anything in this discipline, what would you make different?
What would you say are the top three skills needed to be a successful entrepreneur?
What motivates you to teach students about entrepreneurship?

Dominic Lopez