I teach various business classes at Santa Ana College - Bus. 100, Intro to Business, Bus. 105, Legal Environment of Business, Ent. 100, Introduction to Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Bus. 106 Culture and International Business.  I teach Bus. 105 and Bus. 100 in class, and Bus. 100, Entr. 100 and Bus. 106 online.  I also teach Entr. 120, Intro to Freelancing and Entr. 125, Launch Your Freelance Business in our freelancer program.  Entr. 120 and Entr. 125 are both online. Our freelancer classes are only offered the fall semester of every year.

I was originally hired 21 years ago to create an International Business program at SAC.  We now have the largest and most successful international business program at a community college in the United States.  A number of SAC students have taken and passed a national exam (CGBP) for competency in international trade. See the video link below for more information on the SAC International Business program.  

I also created the freelancer program at SAC.  I also work as the Faculty Liaison for Entrepreneurship and Small Business for the Orange County Deputy Sector Navigator, and therefore work with community college faculty in Orange County to create entrepreneur programs.  I also work with the DSN for Global Trade. 

I work with faculty outside the Business Division.  I work with faculty in theatre arts, dance, personal training, TV production and fashion design and merchandising to integrate business and entrepreneur skills into their programs.

I recently had a grant on how to use open education resources, videos and web articles, to replace college textbooks.  

I have been writing a book on how to be BRILLIANT since 2008 and I now use chapters from the book in my classes.  If you would like to see my BRILLIANT, the second link below is to my Twitter profile and home page.  

Before SAC I owned an international trading company and lived and worked in Indonesia.  I have taught in MBA programs and law schools. From 1981 to 1996 I was a business attorney. I have owned and managed several law firms.  I have also been the managing partner of some real estate limited partnerships.

In college I majored in English Literature at the University of Texas. I also studied film production in London.   I went to law school at the University of Georgia.

When I was growing up, my dad was in the military, so I moved around a lot within the United States. I have travelled to 18 countries and enjoy that very much  -  Mexico, Canada, Cuba, England, Ireland, France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, South Africa, Japan, Indonesia, India, China and  Singapore. I don't speak any other languages fluently, but I really enjoy different cultures.

 I have two daughters, five grandchildren and a great wife. I like sports especially the Lakers and Texas Longhorns.

 I like art, hiking and playing the guitar. 

 Take care

Professor Doolittle

Link

Link-  BRILLIANT Twitter Profile and tweets

Course Description: Business 106 is a culture and international business class that provides a cultural orientation to the different business cultures around the world. It also introduces you to global economies. My goal is excite you about the different ways business is done globally and to ground you in the current economic realities of different countries. Once you know about the basic dimensions of culture you can apply those dimensions to whatever country you do business with. Once you learn about the impact of the “world economy” you will be able to follow it yourself and adjust and change your behavior as needed. Even if you never travel outside of the United States you are part of the global economy. You buy goods made all over the world and whatever business you are in is affected by what goes on in other countries. We will also try and have some fun learning about the world. 

Textbook Information:  

Required Books:

Cultural Intelligence: A Guide to Working With People in Other Countries, Brooks Peterson, Intercultural Press, 2004.

Kiss Bow or Shake Hands: The Bestselling Guide to Doing Business in More Than 60 Countries, second edition,

Morrison and Conaway, Adams Media, 2006.

Course Objectives: 

1. To understand what culture is and why it is important in business
2. To understand what it means to be culturally intelligent
3. To be able to apply cultural intelligence in your daily life and work
4. To know your individual cultural style
5. To increase your cultural intelligence
6. To give you a basic understanding of some of the most important countries in the world economy
7. To help you understand and analyze the global financial markets

Student Learning Objectives:   

At the end of the class, the student will be able to interact with people from other cultures in a way that is business appropriate.