: Entrepreneurship

: Entrepreneurship Order Description Assume for the purposes of this assignment that you wish to enter the world of entrepreneurship through a direct route by buyin" rel="nofollow">ing an existin" rel="nofollow">ing busin" rel="nofollow">iness or buyin" rel="nofollow">ing a franchise. Your task is to analyse either: a) acquirin" rel="nofollow">ing an existin" rel="nofollow">ing busin" rel="nofollow">iness through outright purchase OR b) acquirin" rel="nofollow">ing an existin" rel="nofollow">ing busin" rel="nofollow">iness through the buyin" rel="nofollow">ing of a franchise. The purpose of this assignment is to see whether you have analysed the options for becomin" rel="nofollow">ing an entrepreneur. Use prin" rel="nofollow">inciples/concepts of entrepreneurship to write a report ensurin" rel="nofollow">ing that you: Provide a brief description of the in" rel="nofollow">industry and market you wish to enter. Explain" rel="nofollow">in why you are in" rel="nofollow">interested in" rel="nofollow">in becomin" rel="nofollow">ing an entrepreneur and in" rel="nofollow">include any relevant busin" rel="nofollow">iness, or other experience that is suitable, in" rel="nofollow">in your answer. Through analysis, consider the positionin" rel="nofollow">ing of your product/service in" rel="nofollow">in the market and the options for resourcin" rel="nofollow">ing the busin" rel="nofollow">iness. Provide recommendations as to whether or not you will acquire the busin" rel="nofollow">iness. The recommendations should follow logically from your analysis. With onlin" rel="nofollow">ine submission of your assignment, this means that you no longer need to in" rel="nofollow">include a cover sheet. However, all assignments (in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing Fin" rel="nofollow">inal Projects) must still in" rel="nofollow">include a title page, as outlin" rel="nofollow">ined with the Style and Assignment guides in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing: your name student ID number subject title AQF level Word count Important Assignment Instructions The required word length for this assignment is 2500 words (plus or min" rel="nofollow">inus 10%). In terms of structure, presentation and style you are normally required to use: - AIB standard report format; and - AIB preferred Microsoft Word settin" rel="nofollow">ings; and - Harvard style referencin" rel="nofollow">ing (which in" rel="nofollow">includes in" rel="nofollow">in-text citations plus a reference list). These requirements are detailed in" rel="nofollow">in the AIB Style Guide. Reference lists for AIB assignments / projects normally contain" rel="nofollow">in the followin" rel="nofollow">ing number of relevant references from different sources: 6-12 (for MBA assignments). All references must be from credible sources such as books, in" rel="nofollow">industry related journals, magazin" rel="nofollow">ines, company documents and recent academic articles. Your grade will be adversely affected if your assignment contain" rel="nofollow">ins no/poor citations and/or reference list and also if your assignment word length is beyond the allowed tolerance level (see Assessment Policy available on AIB website). Useful resources when workin" rel="nofollow">ing on your assignments in" rel="nofollow">include: - AIB Onlin" rel="nofollow">ine Library - AIB Assignment Guide - AIB Style Guide Select the lin" rel="nofollow">ink for the assignment assessment criteria - Please note that the new assessment criteria applies to all subjects startin" rel="nofollow">ing on or after the 23 October 2015. Academic Integrity: Avoidin" rel="nofollow">ing Plagiarism, Collusion and Other Issues It is important to adhere to high standards of academic in" rel="nofollow">integrity. Academic in" rel="nofollow">integrity refers to ethical, honest and responsible conduct in" rel="nofollow">in writin" rel="nofollow">ing and reportin" rel="nofollow">ing. Breaches of academic in" rel="nofollow">integrity in" rel="nofollow">include: Plagiarism – submittin" rel="nofollow">ing another person’s words or ideas as your own without appropriate acknowledgement and referencin" rel="nofollow">ing. Collusion – submittin" rel="nofollow">ing work as if it is one’s own when in" rel="nofollow">in reality it has been completed with others. Fabrication – submittin" rel="nofollow">ing work with results or data that do not exist and that have been made up. Double submission – submittin" rel="nofollow">ing the same piece of work for more than one subject or by more than one person. Please note that AIB checks assignments for plagiarism (usin" rel="nofollow">ing Turnitin" rel="nofollow">in text-matchin" rel="nofollow">ing software) and for other academic misconduct. AIB penalises work and/or people found to have been in" rel="nofollow">in breach of academic in" rel="nofollow">integrity. For more details please see Academic Integrity policy on AIB website.