Proposal on:

Female Entrepreneurship

Submitted to:

Sir Sohail Saeed

Submitted by:

M.Sajid Rasool
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Female Entrepreneurship
TITLE : Female Entrepreneurship

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM : Challenges of Female Entrepreneurship

Proposed Location: Bahawalpur

Proponents: M. Sajid Rasool

Degree: Bs (Commerce)

Objective & Goals Of Research

After the problem has been defined carefully, the next step is to set objectives.
Research objectives guide entire research process. This research will help you in a
great deal to:

1. Create understanding of challenges of female entrepreneurs.

2. Reasons that why the female are not successful in their
own business.

3. Assess the extent to which motivation policies about Female Entrepreneurs

may need to be redesigned.

Introduction

The problems for female to start a new business is considerable a big challenge for
them. For this we conducted a research in Bahawalpur .For this purpose a
questionnaire was designed and a survey was conducted in Bahawalpur Daewoo
terminal ,banks and many other institutions and general public will also be
included in this survey.
The SPSS software was used for data analysis. 60 forms will be filled and
collected by these selected areas.
In this research we also include the secondary data which is related to our research
problem and also identify the different problem face by female.

In the end we also present Budget ant Time required for this Research.

Methods

 Conduct a literature review & articles on Challenges of Female

Entrepreneurship

 Our primary focus was on the interaction in data gathering. For the data
collection a questionnaire is designed which consist on 20 questions. These
20 questions are consist on 1 closed ended questions & 19 open-ended
questions.60 forms will be filled and collected by the selected areas.

The questionnaire will be like that:

1. Is your present business the first company that you own?
 Yes  No

2.Please state briefly how you have overcome any obstacles:

 Conduct a direct interview for filling this questionnaire from the respondent
who are work in the organizations or any other representative of the
organization & finally the the data will be inserted in SPSS software for
getting the result.

Staff/Administration

This is the individual research activity is given by the respectable teacher Sir
Sohail Saeed. So I will alone work on this research topic. The basic purpose of my
research will be to find the challenges of female entrepreneurship and also female
role in development of economy in Pakistan. I have selected the area of
Bahawalpur. I will research within this city, because the more female’s job in
banks, university, colleges and few have their own business. So, through this area I
can get better information about challenges of female in starting a new business.
For this research the more staff or helper for me is not required. I will try to work
better for this research with my own efforts.

Budget

Travel 4000

Telephone 1000

Materials 2500
preparation

Equipment 1500

Other expenses 2000

Timetable:
Prepare proposal by 15 April
Complete literature review by 25 April
Complete fieldwork by 30April
Complete analysis by 15 May
Give presentation on 22 June
Complete final report by 1st July

Limitations
 This research is conducted only for academic purpose.

 Data used for analysis is collected from Bahawalpur City of Pakistan. So,

findings are more accurately applicable only for the area of Bahawalpur.

 This study is conducted with limited time and resources so variation can be

occur in concluded data.

Women Entrepreneurship - Questionnaire for Aspiring

Entrepreneurs
We are making a quick study on the subject – “Women Entrepreneurship –
Problems & Prospects” and in this context we have framed the following
questionnaire. We are aware of your precious time, yet we venture to
request you to spare a few minutes & give us your responses to following
questions. Your responses are very valuable to us & will be extremely
meaningful for our study.

Thanks in anticipation.

M.Sajid
Rasool

Personal particulars:

Name: Present Profession:

1. Have you ever thought of becoming an ‘Entrepreneur’ & set up a

business venture of your own.
Yes Not Sure No

2. It is generally believed that Pakistani women give more emphasis to

their motherly role and family / home responsibilities rather than
venturing for a career / growth through ‘entrepreneurship’. If they
have to plan & settle for a career, they would at best prefer a safe
risk free job than setting up a business venture of their own.

I Agree Fully Partially Agree I Do Not

Agree

3. Women's family obligations also bar them from initiating &

becoming successful entrepreneurs.

I Agree Fully Partially Agree I Do Not Agree

4. Financial institutions are generally skeptical about the

entrepreneurial seriousness & abilities of women entrepreneurs. As
a result, the women entrepreneurs are suffering from inadequate
financial resources and working capital.
 I Agree Fully Partially Agree I Do Not
Agree

5. Although women managers & executives are proving to be more &

more effective at their work places, they are still not considered
efficient enough to handle Labour & logistic issues as efficiently in
self-owned business enterprises. They would prefer men to handle
such issues.

I Agree Fully Partially Agree I Do Not Agree

6. The overall male domination in the entire business &

entrepreneurship area also works as a hurdle for women
entrepreneurs.

I Agree Fully Partially Agree I Do Not Agree

7. It is believed that lack of proper knowledge about availability of raw

materials & low-level negotiation and bargaining skills are also
factors, which affect women entrepreneurs’ business adventures.

I Agree Fully Partially Agree I Do Not

Agree

8. Low-level risk taking attitude is another factor affecting women’s

decision to get into business.

I Agree Fully Partially Agree I Do Not

Agree

9. Educational Institutions & even Govt. agencies are doing little to

promote entrepreneurship amongst women particularly.

I Agree Fully Partially Agree I Do Not

Agree
10. Women would perhaps prefer to be active partner entrepreneurs
with their spouses & provide necessary support rather than
initiating & running a business enterprise entirely on their own.

I Agree Fully Partially Agree I Do Not

Agree

11. Larger number of women do not have much needed financial

independence that would enable them to conceive, plan & execute a
business plan independently.

I Agree Fully Partially Agree I Do Not

Agree

12. Would you like to start your own business?

Yes No

13. What are the main obstacles/problems you are facing now to
start a new business?

Combining family financial problems No obstacles

14. Did your family members help you to run the business.

Yes No

15. If you start a new business then you can independently

manage the financial and market affairs of your business:

Yes No

16. Are you satisfied with the present life?

Yes No

17. In future you will start a new business?

Yes No
18. Which of the following factors motivated you in conceiving the
idea to start a business of your own:
a. To gain higher social status
b. Independent employment
c. Encouragement by Family
d. Complying to family economic need
e. Incentives offered by the state / government

19. Which work you like to do?

Job Business

20.Any other views that you may like to share with me on “Women
Entrepreneurship”.

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