NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

UNIVERSITY VILLAGE, PLOT 91, CASDASTRAL ZONE, NNAMDI AZIKIWE EXPRESS WAY, JABI, ABUJA.
FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
JANUARY 2021 EXAMINATION

COURSE CODE: ENT 408

COURSE TITLE: Entrepreneurship and Gender Issues

TIME ALLOWED: 2 HOURS 30 MINUTES

INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Attempt Question One and Any Other Three Questions

2. Question One Is Compulsory and Carries 25 Marks While Other Questions Carry 15 Marks Each

3. Present Your Answers in A Clear and Orderly Manner

1a. Put forth five arguments to justify the expansion of small-scale industries as a desirable strategy for industrial and technological development (10marks)

1b. Conduct an analysis of the entrepreneur and stress (10marks) 1c. Itemize five existing entrepreneurship theories (5marks)

2a. Outline the three essentials and linked attributes of entrepreneurs according to Walters (1989). (7.5marks)

2b. The United States Committee for Economic Development states that a small scale business should possess at least two of four characteristics. Outline three of those characteristics. (7.5marks)

3a. Briefly define the following three terms commonly used in entrepreneurship: (7.5marks) - Business magnate - Financier - Infopreneur

3b. Clearly outline three reasons why there is need for entrepreneurship in organizations (7.5marks)

4a. Explain the concept of Intrapreneurship (7.5marks)

4b. Discuss in detail who a technopreneur is viz a vis his characteristics (7.5marks)