: EntrepreneurshipOrder Description
Assume for the purposes of this assignment that you wish to enter the world of entrepreneurship through a direct route by buying an existing business or buying a franchise.
Your task is to analyse either:
a) acquiring an existing business through outright purchase
OR
b) acquiring an existing business through the buying of a franchise.
The purpose of this assignment is to see whether you have analysed the options for becoming an entrepreneur.
Use principles/concepts of entrepreneurship to write a report ensuring that you:
Provide a brief description of the industry and market you wish to enter. Explain why you are interested in becoming an entrepreneur and include any relevant business, or other experience that is suitable, in your answer.
Through analysis, consider the positioning of your product/service in the market and the options for resourcing the business.
Provide recommendations as to whether or not you will acquire the business. The recommendations should follow logically from your analysis.
With online submission of your assignment, this means that you no longer need to include a cover sheet. However, all assignments (including Final Projects) must still include a title page, as outlined with the Style and Assignment guides including:
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 minus 10%).
In terms of structure, presentation and style you are normally required to use:
– AIB standard report format; and
– AIB preferred Microsoft Word settings; and
– Harvard style referencing (which includes in-text citations plus a reference list).
These requirements are detailed in the AIB Style Guide.
Reference lists for AIB assignments / projects normally contain the following number of relevant references from different sources: 6-12 (for MBA assignments).
All references must be from credible sources such as books, industry related journals, magazines, company documents and recent academic articles.
Your grade will be adversely affected if your assignment contains 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 working on your assignments include:
– AIB Online Library
– AIB Assignment Guide
– AIB Style Guide
Select the link for the assignment assessment criteria – Please note that the new assessment criteria applies to all subjects starting on or after the 23 October 2015.
Academic Integrity: Avoiding Plagiarism, Collusion and Other Issues
It is important to adhere to high standards of academic integrity. Academic integrity refers to ethical, honest and responsible conduct in writing and reporting. Breaches of academic integrity include:
Plagiarism – submitting another person’s words or ideas as your own without appropriate acknowledgement and referencing.
Collusion – submitting work as if it is one’s own when in reality it has been completed with others.
Fabrication – submitting work with results or data that do not exist and that have been made up.
Double submission – submitting the same piece of work for more than one subject or by more than one person.
Please note that AIB checks assignments for plagiarism (using Turnitin text-matching software) and for other academic misconduct. AIB penalises work and/or people found to have been in breach of academic integrity.
For more details please see Academic Integrity policy on AIB website.
