Enterprise and innovation 1010 : challenge and opportunity - Assignment Booklet A

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Enterprise and Innovation 1010 1 Assignment BookletA
ASSIGNMENT BOOKLET A
ENTERPRISE AND INNOVATION 1010:
CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITY
SECTION 1 ASSIGNMENT AND SECTION 2 ASSIGNMENT
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Section 1 Assignment: Are You an Entrepreneur?
Entrpreneurssharemanysimilarpersonalcharacteristics. Byexaminingyour
personaltraits,youwilldiscoverthecharacteristicsyouhavethatareimportantfor
entrepreneurialsuccess.
1. Examineyourpersonalcharacteristicsandlistfiveinthechartthatfollows. For
eachcharacteristic, listabehaviour (activity) ofyoursthatsupportsthepersonal
trait.Anexampleisgivenforyou.
Note:Todoquestion 1,youcanusetheresultsfromtheassessmentactivitiesyou
completedinSection 1.
innovative find creative solutions for problenns, such
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as growing a garden when money is scarce.
Enterprise and Innovation 1010 2 Assignment Booklet A
/P\ 2. What areyourgoals, aspirations,dreams, liobbies, andinterests?
3. Summarize alltheentrepreneurialskillsyoupossessandexaminethe skillsyou
mayneedto improveordevelop, andindicatehov^youwilldothis. Forexample,
I amnotverygoodatpersuadingpeople. 1 couldjointhedebateteamorthedrama
clubtoimprovethis skill.
Enterprise and Innovation 1010 3 Assignment BookletA
4. Areyouinterestedinentrepreneurship asacareer?Whyorwhynot?
Enterprise and Innovation 1010 4 Assignnnent Booklet A
Section 2 Assignment: Ideas and Opportunities
Venturesstartfromcombininganideaandanopportunity.Withsomeventures,
theopportunitydevelopstheideas. Inothers,theideasaredevelopedfirstandthen
theopportunitiesarefound. EdwarddeBono'sthinkinghatsandRogervonOech's
characterrolescanbehelpfulwhengeneratingideas, analyzingopportunities, and
solvingproblems.
Whataretwoideasforventures?Thefocusisoncreativity.Youwillbemarkedon
theeffortyoushowin applyingstrategiestogenerate andassess ideas. Indicatethe
source ofyourideas andexplainit. Rememberthesourcesforideasgiveninthis
section.Trytoshowyourexercisesincreativeright-brainthinking.Youmayuse
youranswerfromthe "GuideforTurningYourInterestsintoIncome" inLesson 1
ofSection2foroneofyourventure ideas. Referto "QuickThoughtsforBusiness
Ideas" onpage63 oftheStudentModuleBookletorthe CreativeDepartment
graphiconpage66.
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/JqN 2. Analyzeyourtwo ideasfromquestion 1 byusingeitherEdwarddeBono'sthinking
hatsorRogervonOech'scharacterrolesorboth.
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3. Chooseaventurethatyouareinterestedinstarting. Explainwhyyouchosethis
venture.
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