Engineering Entrepreneurship (SEB725) -T2 2018

Assignment 1 – Engineering Entrepreneurship Research Paper

Due:

August 10 th 2018 11:59 pm Melbourne Time

Via CloudDeakin

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Pre-submission Checklist

□ Completion of the Task □ Submission report length (2500 ±10%) □ ONE .PDF file only □ Via CloudDeakin

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1.0 Introduction

This individual assignment is based on the task (as given in section 4) which students need to complete as per the requirements given in the following sections. Please read all instructions and requirements carefully.

2.0 Learning Outcomes

This assignment has been devised to allow students to demonstrate progress towards achieving the following Unit Learning Outcomes and Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes:

At the completion of this Unit, you will be able to:

ULO 1 Describe and discuss the theoretical frameworks and concepts which have been developed to explain entrepreneurial behavior in engineering context.

ULO 4 Analyse the roles of engineers in creating productive, economic, successful venture in a variety of engineering projects.

ULO 5 Demonstrate evidence of enhanced personal knowledge, skills and competencies relevant to the management of engineering entrepreneurship

This assignment will also help students demonstrate learning achievements towards many other unit learning outcomes. Students are encouraged to review all other learning outcomes to discover additional learning opportunities which will increase the quality of their submission and final results.

3.0 Weighting The assessment task represents 30% of the Unit’s grade.

4.0 Task Requirement All the world-famous entrepreneurs are unique in that they believed in themselves mostly since their childhood and worked towards that goal to success and recognition. They have demonstrated certain common characteristics and traits in their successful lives. Among them, you must choose two entrepreneurs/business leaders of your choice fulfilling the following criteria :

1. One entrepreneur should be from Geelong/Melbourne/ Australia. 2. One entrepreneur should be from your family background or your local region. 3. Both the entrepreneur/business leaders should have an engineering or technology

background

Your task is to do research on these two successful entrepreneurs in their respective businesses and submit a comprehensive research paper which can include a critical research reviews from variety of resources. You must use at least four different types of resources such as books, scholarly articles, reports and internet etc.Your contribution must be sensible, highly focused, feasible and precisely described and your response to this task should include :

• Literature review of common traits and skills of entreprenuers, an analysis and justification of the research

literature chosen while addressing the traits of entreprenuers based on the success stories. • Research and discussion on the life and work of the entrepreneurs of your choice and how she/he

demonstrated the entrepreneur’s characteristics/traits in her/his business compared to the identified trailts and skills from the literature.

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• How the different business approaches followed by these personalities contributed to their success or failures in their organization under different scenarios.

• In case possible, identify areas that you could recommend your selected entrepreneurs to improve their performance. • What is so inspiring about these entrepreneur and what did you learn from his/her work.

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5.0 Submission Requirements

Students must upload their Assignment Submission on Cloud Deakin under the Assignment 1 Dropbox link by Friday 10 th August, 11:59 pm (Melbourne Time).

• Report – Each student must submit a good quality research paper

of the above task of the length 2500 words (±10%). • File: Your file should be ONE .pdf file. • Please use IEEE double column format.

This assignment is to be undertaken individually by students.

• A written research paper is to be prepared using an appropriate style mentioned above (IEEE

double column format) and to include a list of references. Refer to Deakin’s Guide to Assignment Writing and Referencing, available online from Student Life for assistance on appropriate report styles and referencing.

• Read the Assessment Criteria guidelines to know how this assignment will be marked. • The word limit is 2500 words (+/- 10%) – not including the References section.

 Word count includes the first word of the first section heading to the last word of the last section in your report (but it does not including the References section).

 Both the entrepreneurs/business leaders should be discussed in equal detail.  A minimum of 8 references are required justifying TASK 4.

• The submitted research paper file format must be PDF only. • Don’t waste time with fancy layouts, colours, cover pages, and so on. A simple text-based

format is all that is needed with the report layout consisting of a few sections of text (with section headings). Use photos or diagrams sparingly and only if necessary and/or relevant to include in your report. Just use a basic and common text font such as Arial or Times New Roman with at least 10 point font size for body text. Single-spaced paragraphs are acceptable.

• There must be a Reference Section (Bibliography) in your submission. Marks will be deducted if it is omitted, not suitably formatted, or lacking the relevant/minimum citations mentioned above. Use a suitable and consistent referencing style such as the Harvard or IEEE or similar.

• Don’t be tempted to plagiarise. If you unsure what constitutes plagiarism, cheating, or collusion then refer to the academic honesty information provided for all units on CloudDeakin in the unit guide and information folder.

• Online and in-person resources and materials are available from Student Life for all students to assist with assignment writing and referencing skills. Student Life also provides online and in-person resources to assist with understanding plagiarism and how to avoid producing it in your academic work.

• Note : Student Academic and Peer Support Services is providing a session from 11.00 to 1.00 pm Monday July 30 for a drop in with a draft session in the library for you. Please check the library news feed on the unit website about the locations and extra times of this service. This is a free professional service.

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Late Submission Penalty A marking penalty will be applied where the assessment task is submitted after the due date without an approved extension as follows: a. 5% will be deducted from available marks for each day up to five days b. Where work is submitted more than five days after the due date, the task will not be marked and

the student will receive 0% for the task. ‘Day’ means working day for paper submissions and calendar day for electronic submissions. For more information, please visit:

https://policy.deakin.edu.au/view.current.php?id=00187

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Criteria Level 5 Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 Task Completion (15 Marks) As described in section 4.0

All components executed excellently, extends beyond the required tasks

Most of the parts treated very well, thorough, well linked to the task

All components dealt with in a competent way, with some done very well

Largely completed with some omissions, or parts poorly attended to, misunderstood, or omitted

Non-completion of majority of tasks

Organization (10 Marks) Eg: Is your work easy to follow? Have to followed the appropriate template?

Ideas, theory and evidence well linked throughout and integrated to form a coherent argument. Creative use of structure to develop clear understanding for the reader and new insights.

Logically sequenced and clearly presented with links made between section of the work and the argument

Logically sequenced and clearly presented with a line of thinking progressing throughout

Clear structure with a flow of argument understood by the reader

Poor structure without flow of information

Written Presentation (15 Marks) Eg: Referencing, illustrations, vocabulary and sentence composition

Appropriate citations with consistence referencing style with the required references from more than 4 different types of resources. Excellent choice of illustrations that truly enhance understanding of the topic. Sentences are well- phrased. Free of errors and word length is within the range specified

Appropriate citations with consistence referencing style with 8 references from more than 4 different types of resources. Good choice of illustrations, enhance understanding of the topic. Sentences are well-phrased. Occasional errors and word length is within the range specified

Appropriate citations with consistence referencing style with more than 6 references from at least 4 different resources.Limited citations, non- consistent referencing style. Illustrations support the topic. Sentences are well- phrased. Occasional errors and word length is within the range specified

Appropriate citations with consistence referencing style with more than 6 references from at least 4 different resources. Out of place illustrations with limited contribution to the understanding of the topic. Occasionally poor sentence compositions. Occasional errors and word length is beyond the range specified

Limited citations with consistence referencing style with less than 6 references. Out of place illustrations not relevant to the topic. Poor sentences, lack appropriate vocabulary. Frequent errors and word length is beyond the range specified

Research & Knowledge (30 Marks) Eg:Entrepreneurship and characteristics/traits of entrepreneurs? Why is this entrepreneur? What do other people say about it? Have you done a thorough analysis of your topic?

There is clear evidence that you have researched this topic thoroughly and comprehensively. You can present this evidence clearly and with authority.

You have a very good understanding of the topic but with few holes and a little vague in places.Moderate evidence is recognised.

You have a good understanding of your topic but should have dug deeper or rigorous research analysis is limitedly presented. Some obvious points missing perhaps.

You appear to only have a peripheral understanding of the topic.You present a very poor case and unable to demonstrate the required knowledge.

You appear to only have a poor understanding of the topic You present a very poor case and come across as not knowing what you’re talking about

Critical Thinking (30 Marks) Eg: Have you justified the inspiration and lessons learned from your choice? Your contribution? Implications of research analysis where ever required.

You have covered many different points of view with little or no bias from many different perspectives. Your critical analysis is sound and have clearly thought about the entrepreneur of your choice.

You have generally presented an unbiased view but only from few primary perspectives.

You can put together a solid case but with an obvious bias(Not every aspect is fully justified)

You have clearly not thought about the topic very much and only presented limited perspection.

You appear to only have a peripheral and basic understanding of the topic