Assessment Type: Critical analysis of an Australia-based entrepreneur presently active in small-medium sized enterprise - Individual Assessment – 2500 words +/- 10% report.
Purpose: This assessment is designed to allow students to critically evaluate an Australia-based entrepreneur producing primary data by personal interview against entrepreneurship theory to include text and article(s) provided. This assessment relates to learning outcomes a, b and c.
Value: 20%
Submission: Upload a soft copy - .doc or .docx to Moodle and Turnitin via the subject Moodle page. Topic: Analyse an entrepreneur for their characteristics and traits compared to entrepreneurship theory
Task Details: Students are advised to:
1) pay careful attention to class workshops 1, 2, 3 to especially include class discussion and any tutor-nominated article(s);
2) design questionnaire to use in interview with an Australia-based entrepreneur of a small-medium sized enterprise;
3) write a report (2500 words +/- 10%) comparing the traits and characteristics of their entrepreneur interviewed with entrepreneurship theory to include course text and any article provided plus other found by library research;
4) submit their report to Turnitin with interview questionnaire as an appendix. Remember appendices do not count in wordcount limitation.
Consider aspects such as personality traits; opportunity recognition approaches; attitude and approach toward risk; goals and aspirations; and reasoned judgement of your entrepreneurs adaptability skills.
Conclude your report with a brief but justified argument of the extent to which you think the person you’ve interviewed is or is not an entrepreneur as you’ve learned in this course and the degree to which you think this person will be successful in the future.
Research Requirements: Students need to support their analysis with reference from the course text and a minimum of eight (8) suitable, reliable, current and academically acceptable sources to include any article(s) provided – check with your tutor if unsure of the validity of sources. Students seeking credit or above grades should support their analysis with increased number of reference sources comparable to the grade they are seeking. Sources such as Wiki, scribed.com, docstore.com, etc. are not considered acceptable sources and should not be used – reliance on such sources will result in a heavily reduced grade.
The report should have the following components:
1) A Title Page (consider the design – it needs to look attractive and professional)
2) Executive Summary
3) Table of Contents
4) A series of suitable headings and sub-headings to reflect the individual elements being evaluated
5) Conclusions and Recommendations
6) A reference list identifying all sources used – these should also be found in the body of the report where used and referenced using Harvard - Anglia style referencing.
7) Attachments as required.
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