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Appendix - A

A Questionnaire for Entrepreneurship Development through

Management Education
(Students)
The data (Information) collected through this questioner will be kept confidential; and it will
be used exclusively for research purpose of University of Pune

Personal Details-
1. Name:
2. Address:
3. Contact No.: Email ID:
4. Age :
5. Sex: Male/Female
6. Educational Background:

Educational Background Specialization Year of Batch Age

1 Degree --------------------- ? ? ?
2 PG - ------------------------ ? ? ?
3 Other ----------------------- ? ? ?
4 ------------------------------ ? ? ?

7. Family Background: [Please Tick Mark ( )on appropriate option ]

Parents Qualification Occupation Annual Income In Lacks

Mother ? ? NIL/0.1-0.5/1-2/2-3/3-4/4-5/5 & Above
Father ? ? NIL/0.1-0.5/1-2/2-3/3-4/4-5/5 & Above
Caste ? Religion ?

8. Do you have Industry Experience before joining management program?

[Please Tick Mark ( )]

YES NO
? ?

If Yes, at what level

Management Level Junior ? Middle ? Senior ? Top ?

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Area of Experience –

Type of Area of Experience with Number of Years

Industry
E.g. – IT, Marketing Human Production System Finance Other if
Auto, etc. Resources (IT/Software) Any
? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Total ? ? ? ? ? ?
9. Do you have any business background i.e. anybody from your family has been into a business?
[Please Tick Mark ( )]

YES NO
? ?

If yes please mention the relation with the person (E.g. Father/Uncle Etc) ----------------------------
And also mention the type of business he/she is doing--------------------------------------- ------------
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10. What is your plan after finishing your Management Program?

{Please Tick ( ) on Any 0ne of appropriate option and the reason’s for choosing
the respective option}

Option – 1
To Get Salaried Job ?

Why - …….Reasons?
“Do you agree that you want to get salaried job because of the following reasons”
{Please Tick ( ) on Appropriate Box}

Reason because of – Strongly Agree Undecided Disagree Strongly

Agree Disagree
5 4 3 2 1
1 Bad experience of others in a ? ? ? ? ?
business
2 Difficulty in coping with risk ? ? ? ? ?
3 Ease and Comfort ? ? ? ? ?
4 Economic Problems to start a ? ? ? ? ?
business
5 Family resistance to start a ? ? ? ? ?
business
6 Family Responsibilities to Earn ? ? ? ? ?
constant source of Money
7 Fear of Failure in business ? ? ? ? ?
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8 Inability to bear Mental Pressure ? ? ? ? ?

of business
9 Lack of Information about ? ? ? ? ?
Business Operations
10 No Risk Taking Ability ? ? ? ? ?
11 Own Bad experience about a ? ? ? ? ?
business
12 To Earn Social Status ? ? ? ? ?
If any other Please Specify ? ? ? ? ?
13 ? ? ? ? ? ?
Option – 2
To Start Own Venture ?

Why -…….Reasons?
“Do you agree that you want to start your own venture because of the following reasons”
{Please Tick ( ) on Appropriate Box}

Reason because of – Strongly Agree Undecided Disagree Strongly

Agree Disagree
5 4 3 2 1
1 Cheesed of from present job if ? ? ? ? ?
working somewhere
2 Desire to Earn More Money ? ? ? ? ?
3 Dissatisfaction with previous job or ? ? ? ? ?
occupation if having work
experience.
4 Fear of Unemployment ? ? ? ? ?
5 Government policies and schemes ? ? ? ? ?

6 Influence and encouragement by ? ? ? ? ?

family members, friends and
relatives
7 More Career Advancement ? ? ? ? ?
8 More Exposure ? ? ? ? ?
9 Previous experience or association ? ? ? ? ?
with same or similar line of
business activity
10 To gain social prestige ? ? ? ? ?
11 To implement own business idea ? ? ? ? ?
12 To put the owns idle funds in ? ? ? ? ?
entrepreneurship
13 To secure self-employment or ? ? ? ? ?
independent living
14 To use technical or ? ? ? ? ?
professional knowledge and skills
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15 To utilize better opportunity in the ? ? ? ? ?

market
16 ? ? ? ? ?

11. If you want to start your own Business Activity what will be the most
preferred area from the following list.

{Please Rank your preference 1, 2 & 3; first for major sectors i.e. Manufacturing,
Trading & Service Industry and then rank for various sub options in it.}

Option – 1 ? Option – 2 ? Option – 3 ?

Manufacturing Trading Service Industry

1 Consumer goods ? 1 Distributorship ? 1 Hotels / Restaurants ?

2 Industrial Products ? 2 Stockiest ? 2 Tourism ?
? 3 Retailing ? 3 Entertainment ?
4 Event Management ?
5 Consultancy ?
6 Health Care ?

12. If you want to join paid/salaried job in corporate world what will be your top Five
Preferences?

Industry preferences (Rank it by entering numbers 1 to 5)

1 Agriculture ?
2 Banking and Finance ?
3 Biotechnology ?
4 BPO ?
5 Consultancy Organizations ?
6 Engineering ?
7 Entertainment ?
8 Event Management ?
9 FMCG ?
10 Health Care ?
11 IT/ITES ?
12 Pharmaceuticals ?
If any other Please Specify ?
13 ? ?
14 ? ?

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13. Do you agree that Present Management Education System require substantial change to
develop entrepreneurial qualities? [Please Tick Mark ( )]
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Strongly Agree Undecided Disagree Strongly

Agree Disagree
5 4 3 2 1
? ? ? ? ?
14. Do you agree that present Management Education System develops following qualities into
the students?

[Please Tick Mark ( ) on Respective Box]

Present Management Education
System develops following Strongly Agree Undecided Disagree Strongly
qualities into the students – Agree Disagree
5 4 3 2 1
1 Creativity and innovativeness ? ? ? ? ?
2 Dignity for labor ? ? ? ? ?
3 Flexibility ? ? ? ? ?
4 High self esteem ? ? ? ? ?
5 Initiative taking ability ? ? ? ? ?
6 Knowledge for commercial ? ? ? ? ?
and legal aspect of business
7 Need for achievement ? ? ? ? ?
8 Need for influencing other ? ? ? ? ?
9 Need for power ? ? ? ? ?
10 Optimism ? ? ? ? ?
11 Problem solving attitude ? ? ? ? ?
12 Risk taking ability ? ? ? ? ?
13 Strong willpower ? ? ? ? ?
14 Time management ? ? ? ? ?

15. Out of following teaching Methods/Techniques; which Method/Technique do you suggest for
the development of entrepreneurial qualities as mentioned below?

Methods/Techniques for Creating Code

entrepreneurial Qualities No.
Assignments and Projects 1
Business Games 2
Case Studies 3
Industry Academia Interaction 4
Psychological Counseling 5
Role Play 6
Structured Syllabus 7

Qualities – Please Tick Mark ( ) on Respective

Code Number of above methods
(Code No.1 to 7)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Creativity and innovativeness ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
2 Dignity for labor ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
3 Flexibility ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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4 High self esteem ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

5 Initiative taking ability ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
6 Knowledge for commercial and legal ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
aspect of business
7 Need for achievement ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
8 Need for influencing other ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
9 Need for power ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
10 Optimism ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
11 Problem solving attitude ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
12 Risk taking ability ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
13 Strong willpower ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
14 Time management ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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16. Rate the influence of following factors/barriers on development of Entrepreneurial activity on

the scale of 1 to 5.

[Please Tick Mark ( ) on Respective Box]

Influencing Factors –
More Somewhat Neutral Less Very Less
Influence Influence Influence Influence
5 4 3 2 1
1 Availability of Capital ? ? ? ? ?
2 Availability of Labor ? ? ? ? ?
3 Availability of Raw ? ? ? ? ?
material
4 Bad experience of ? ? ? ? ?
others
5 Bad experience of own ? ? ? ? ?
6 Caste ? ? ? ? ?
7 Corruption ? ? ? ? ?
8 Educational background ? ? ? ? ?
9 Environmental Conditions ? ? ? ? ?
10 Family background ? ? ? ? ?
11 Fear of failure ? ? ? ? ?
12 Friends ? ? ? ? ?
13 Government ? ? ? ? ?
Policies/Support
14 Logic ? ? ? ? ?
15 Practical values ? ? ? ? ?
16 Relatives ? ? ? ? ?
17 Religion ? ? ? ? ?
18 Social status ? ? ? ? ?
19 Society ? ? ? ? ?
20 Traditionalism ? ? ? ? ?
If any other Please ? ? ? ? ?
Specify
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21 ? ? ? ? ?
22 ? ? ? ? ?
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17. Do you think present Management Education System focus on Entrepreneurship
Development? [Please Tick Mark ( )]

YES NO Can’t say

? ? ?

18. What additional inputs are to be added in present Management Education System, give your
preference on the basis of importance you feel on five Point Scale in following table.

Additional Inputs – Rank the Importance of Following inputs on Five Point

Scale [Please Tick Mark ( ) on Appropriate Box]
Very Important Undecided Less Not at all
Important Important Important
5 4 3 2 1
1 Arranging Entrepreneurship ? ? ? ? ?
Development Program
2 Arranging more Interaction ? ? ? ? ?
with Entrepreneurs
3 Collaboration with Various ? ? ? ? ?
ED support Agencies (EDII,
DST, NIESBUD, VC, SIDO,
SISI, SSI, SIDBI, NSTEDB,
TCO, DIC, & MCCIA etc)
4 Creating ED Cell ? ? ? ? ?
5 Give more project ? ? ? ? ?
work/Assignments on
Entrepreneurship
Development
6 Give Specialization in ? ? ? ? ?
Entrepreneurship
Development
7 Include more syllabus on ? ? ? ? ?
Entrepreneurship
Development (Adding one
more Subject on ED)
If any other Please Specify ? ? ? ? ?
8 ? ? ? ? ? ?
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19. In subject of Entrepreneurship Development which topics are to be emphasized or more

important you feel; please rank your preferences on Five Point scale.

Topics – [ Please Tick Mark ( ) on Appropriate Box]

Very Important Undecided Less Not at all
Important Important Important
5 4 3 2 1
1 Business Games ? ? ? ? ?
2 Business Plan ? ? ? ? ?
3 Case Studies on Success and ? ? ? ? ?
Failures of Entrepreneurs
4 Historical Background of the ? ? ? ? ?
Subject
5 Marketing/Finance/HR/Operation/ ? ? ? ? ?
Analysis of Business
6 Project on Revival/Turnaround of ? ? ? ? ?
Sick Industries
7 Role of Government in ED ? ? ? ? ?
8 Role Play ? ? ? ? ?
If any other Please Specify ? ? ? ? ?
9 ? ? ? ? ? ?
10 ? ? ? ? ? ?
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20. Do you think; Present Management Education System develops business skills into students?
[Please Tick Mark ( )]

YES NO
? ?

21. Do you think; Present Management Education System trains the students to manage the
businesses of others? [Please Tick Mark ( )]

YES NO Can’t say

? ? ?

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22. Do you think following factors permit/allow you to start your own Business Activity in
present condition? [Please Tick Mark ( ) on Appropriate Option]

Influencing Factors Yes No Can’t Say

1 Caste ? ? ?
2 Educational background ? ? ?
3 Environmental Conditions ? ? ?
4 Family background ? ? ?
5 Family Income ? ? ?
6 Friends ? ? ?
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7 Government Policies/Support ? ? ?
8 Relatives ? ? ?
9 Religion ? ? ?
10 Society ? ? ?

23. What is your family expecting from you after completion of your Management Education?
[Please Tick Mark ( )]

To Get Salaried Job ? To Start Own Venture ?

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24. Please shows the extent to which you are agree with following statements on scale of 1TO 5
points.

[Please Tick Mark ( ) on Respective Box]

Outcomes of ED –
Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
Agree Disagree
5 4 3 2 1
1 Flourishing market, favorable ? ? ? ? ?
to get job is inducing
management students to opt
for salaried job instead of
starting their own venture
2 Regular visit/Interaction with ? ? ? ? ?
your alumni’s who have
become entrepreneur will
motivate other students to
become entrepreneur?
3 Vocationalisation ? ? ? ? ?
(Craftsmanship) of the
education at primary level will
create more number of
entrepreneurs

25. Can you name some of the IIM Students who have started their businesses?

?
?
?
?
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26. Can you name some of the Students from your Institute who have started their own
businesses?

Name Address/ Email / Contact No

? ?
? ?
? ?

Signature

Thank You!