Tutorials

UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN (UTAR)

FACULTY OF ACCOUNTANCY AND MANAGEMENT (FAM)

OCTOBER 2015 TRIMESTER

UKTE 2013 ENTREPRENEURSHIP

TUTORIAL QUESTIONS

TUTORIAL 1

The Nature and Importance of Entrepreneurship

Briefing

* Self introduction by tutor and students.

* Open discussion about entrepreneurial process and its development in general.

* 1 short question to be answered and discussed by the students in class.

* Handout of tutorial topics and questions will be given to students in advance for subsequent weeks

* Simple entrepreneurialism test to assess readiness of student to be an entrepreneur

Simple Entrepreneurialism Test

Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Can you be the next towering Malaysian and rank yourself alongside the likes of Syed Mokhtar, Robert Kuok, Anandakrishnan or Lim Goh Tong? Test yourself with this short test, called the Guessing Test, which assesses your reaction towards particular circumstances.

You will be given a series of situations (15 questions in total) involving a businessperson and his associate(s), and all you have to do is guess which one, out of the 2 possible conversations, takes place.

The test takes less than 3 minutes, and answers and evaluation are at the bottom. Each ‘correct’ answer is awarded 1 mark. You will need a pen/pencil and a paper to record your answer. No cheating, i.e. you must answer honestly, according to your most convenient judgment.

1. A businessman is showing a machine to his friend. What would have been said by the businessman to his friend?

a. “I am going to fine tune this machine.”

b. “I hope this machine works, otherwise it will affect my profit.”

2. Few businessmen are having a discussion shortly after meeting a couple of government officers. What are they discussing about?

a. They’re discussing on how to prove themselves right, though the government officers has given a solid proof that they’ve disobeyed some...