WOLAITA SODO UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT

MANAGEMENT

COURSE NAME: - RESEARCH METHODS FOR PUBLIC

ADMINISTRATION

THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF ENTREPRENEURIAL

DEVELOPMENT IN WOLAITA SODO TOWN IN WOLAITA ZONE

BY: - BUOM WAL DENG

ID No: - UGR/52213/13

ADVISOR: TATASHA TAKAYE (MA)

 Abstract
The researcher will be conducted study on the challenges and opportunities of entrepreneurial
development in wolaita sodo town of wolaita zone. For this purpose the researcher will be
selected respondent randomly from different groups i.e., stratified random sampling. To arrive at
the state and required objective, interview and questionnaire will be the dominate data collection
tools will be used for the study along with structure interview. Both primary and secondary data
from the entrepreneurs and small business enterprise office wolaita zone respectively will be
replenished the information need for the researcher for the completion of the study.

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 Table of Contents

Contents Page No
Abstract.............................................................................................................................................i
Table of Content….……………………….....................................................................................ii
CHAPTER ONE..............................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
1.1. Background of the study.......................................................................................................1
1.2. Statements of Problems.........................................................................................................2
1.3. Objective of the study...........................................................................................................3
1.3.1 General objective.............................................................................................................3
1.3.2 Specific objective............................................................................................................3
1.4. Research question..............................................................................................................3
1.5. Signification of the study......................................................................................................4
1.6. Scope of the study /delimitation of the study........................................................................4
1.7. Limitation of the study..........................................................................................................4
1.8. Operational definition...........................................................................................................5
1.9. Organization of the paper......................................................................................................5
CHAPTER TWO.............................................................................................................................6
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................6
2.1. Nature and Development of Entrepreneurship......................................................................6
2.2. Definition of entrepreneurial and Entrepreneurship.............................................................6
2.3. Form of Entrepreneurship.....................................................................................................7
2.4. Entrepreneurial Back Ground to Develop New Venture......................................................8
2.5. Characteristics of entrepreneurs............................................................................................9
2.6. Role of Entrepreneurship....................................................................................................10
2.7. Entrepreneur Education.......................................................................................................10
2.8. Sources of new idea for crating and development business................................................11
2.9. The future of entrepreneurs.................................................................................................11
2.10. Factors Affecting Entrepreneurial Development..............................................................12
2.10.1. Challenge of Entrepreneurial......................................................................................12

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 2.10.2. Business Operation Environmental............................................................................12
2.12. Empirical Frame Work......................................................................................................13
2.13. Conceptual Frame Work...................................................................................................13
CHAPTER THREE.......................................................................................................................14
3. METHODOLOGY....................................................................................................................14
3.1. Description of the Study Area.............................................................................................14
3.2. Research Design..................................................................................................................14
3.3. Sources of Data:..................................................................................................................14
3.4. Targets Population..............................................................................................................14
3.5. Sample and Sampling Techniques......................................................................................15
3.6. Methods of Data Analysis...................................................................................................15
3.7. Time schedule and Budget Cost.............................................................................................16
3.7.1. Time schedule..................................................................................................................16
3.7.2. Budget plan......................................................................................................................17
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................18

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 CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION
1.1. Background of the study

The terms entrepreneurship will be derived from the 17 th century French word “interpreted”. The
term stands to individual who will be under took the risk of new enterprise. In recent years,
“entrepreneurial ship” has been extended from its organs in business to include social and
political activities. The entire world currents in the mind of a new wave business and economic
development and entrepreneurial ship sprit that driven many of man kind’s achievement. These
are no universally accepted definition of entering but to include all types of entrepreneurial
behavior. Entrepreneurship is a process of creating some with value devoting the necessary time
and effort. Assuming the companying financial, physiological and personal satisfaction (Hisrich
and perte 1995, p 10).

Entrepreneur is the purpose full activities of an individual or group of associate individual to

imitate maintain and organize profit oriented business unit for the product or distribution of
economic good and services. Entrepreneurship that always searches for change responds to it and
export it as an opportunity. He believes increasing the value and consensuses satisfaction. Thus
professional management who mobilize resources and locate them to makes a commercial gain
from an opportunity is also an entrepreneur (cole, 2006, 4)

The entrepreneur who creates his own business who organizes operates and shares the risk of
business. Entrepreneurship is the aggressive catalyst for change in the world of business and is
independent thinkers who dare to be in back ground of common event (Warner 1996, 123).

Entrepreneur development has significant role in socioeconomically development. Especially it

can contribute a lot to the growth of income employment diversity export and expansion of
markets. Entrepreneurial development is thus an organization and systematic development. It is
now regarded as a tool of industrialization and a solution to employment problems (Munish V,
20016, 136)

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The Objective of Entrepreneurial development is to motivate a person for Entrepreneurial careers
and to make him capable and exploiting success full opportunity for enterprise (Thomas Z, 2005,
359)

In developing country like Ethiopia most of manufacturing enterprise falls in the categories of
small and medium scale which are handicapped by financial , technological which are
handicapped by financial technology constrains and their problem

Generally the problem faced by business of all size weather small, medium or large is similar.
Haw ever the magnitude and impact of the problems on various organization differs, the greatest
influence being in small scale business. Most entrepreneurs’ start their entrepreneurs start their
entrepreneurs cared by establishing small busies which is bombarded with my raid of problems
starting from birth. Given the limited financial resources and export knowledge the entrepreneur
will be per occupied with fighting the entire problems in order to salves the newly established
business (Arega and Ayalew, 2005)

Likewise, in wolaita zone as partly growing urban center residing many enter prunes. But much
is not known about the progress of failure of this development sector. Hence this study will
attempt to assess on the challenges and opportunity of enter prunes development in wolaita zone.

1.2. Statements of Problems

The modern world of business is feculent complex and need a constant attention and effort to
face the problem. The growth and development of Entrepreneurship from employment certain is
an established facts and generally recognized uncertainty still prevails when destining effective
ways and means of assisting them. It is known’s that the development of have a significant and
operating a new business involves considerable risks or opportunity to overcome the problems to
creates something new increasing and growing venture the objective enter prunes development is
to motivate a personal entrepreneurs cares enterprise assume the respondents and risk for its
development survival employment the corresponding rewards (Munish V, 2006, 93)

In development countries including Ethiopia the problems of Entrepreneurship development are

definitely complex it ranges from total absences of skilled and genuine enter prunes. In wolaita
zone many enter runs engaged in several activities and significant number of these enterprise

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faced difficulty I continuing their venture and some emerged successful. Therefore his study will
investigate he challenges and opportunities for enterprise development in the town.

1.3. Objective of the study

1.3.1 General objective

The general objective of this study is to identify the challenge and opportunities for
Entrepreneurial development in wolaita sodo town in wolaita zone.

1.3.2 Specific objective

 To describe the social, economic and political obstacle and barriers that face
Entrepreneurial development in wolaita sodo town in wolaita zone.
 To examine the provision credit of finance land for facilities, technical and management
training.
 To assess the contribution of profit oriented business for enter prunes in the wolaita zone.

1.4. Research question

 What are the social, economic and political opportunity obstacle and barriers that
entrepreneurial face in wolaita sodo town in wolaita zone?
 How do the Entrepreneurial obtain managerial and technical training and other facilities?
 What government support and action are for the development of the sector in the town?

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1.5. Signification of the study

The study may provide significance to decision makers and programs design to reconsider
entrepreneur development in the study area. The study will also help in development an
experience for the researcher such as research who wants to study further in the area and
provides possible remedies on the challenge of entrepreneurial development in the study area. it
will be serving as base line to provide a better insight to specific to specific problems and
challenge in study area.

1.6. Scope of the study /delimitation of the study

The study will be delaminated mainly to see the problems of the enterprise in wolaita zone. The
study also restricted to challenge and opportunities of entrepreneurs development in the study
area.

1.7. Limitation of the study

This study will be expected to face the following limitation. The study will be conducted under
time pressure lock of finance the research lacks expenses and some respondents may not be
interested to tail the open ended question on the questionnaires.

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1.8. Operational definition

 challenge :- is difficult tasks that test ability and skills

 opportunities :- is a chance/ a time when a particular situation makes it possible to do or
achieve
 Entrepreneurial: - is a skill that a person who makes this involves taking finical risks.
 Entrepreneurial development: - is process that growing or advancement that running
business activities.
 Development: - is the gradual growth of Entrepreneurial sectors so that it becomes more
advanced and stronger etc.

1.9. Organization of the paper

The study contains three chapters. The first chapter dealt with back ground of the study, the
statement of the problems, objectives of the study, researcher questions, significant of the study,
scope of the study, limitation of the study operational definition and organized of the paper. The
second chapter dealt with review of the related literature. The third chapter included research
methodology that is applied in the study.

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 CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1. Nature and Development of Entrepreneurship

Externship is a process of creating some with value developing the necessary time and effort
assuming the companying financial psychological and personal satisfaction (Hisrich and peter,
1995).

In the middle age the terms Entrepreneurial will be used to describe both an actor and a person
management large production project. The person would not take any risks but would merely
manage the major project using the resource product. A typical Entrepreneurial in the middle age
will be mealier the person in charge of great achievement cultural works such as castle and
fortification and public buildings. Richard cantilena atoned economist and authors in the 17 00’s
developed one of the early these of the Entrepreneurial as a risk taker seeing the merchant terms
crafts man and other properties but at a certain price and sell at uncertain price. Therefore
entrepreneurial are operating at risk (Hisrich and Peter, 1987).

In the middle of 20th centuries the nation of enter prunes and innovation will be established. The
function of enter renew is performs or revolutionize more generally an united technological
possibility for producing anole one in new way opening sources of supply of materials or a new
our let for products by reorganizing a new industry. The concept of innovation and newness as
an integral part of Entrepreneurship is at the heart of this definition. In deed innovation act of
introducing something news is one the most difficult tasks for the entrepreneurs. It takes not only
he ability to create and conceptual but also to understand all the force at working in the
entrepreneurial. The newness can be anything from a new distribution system to simply a new
organization structure (Histrich and Peter 1989).

2.2. Definition of entrepreneurial and Entrepreneurship

The concept and entrepreneurs is further refined when principal and terms from a business,
management and personal respective are considered. In particular , the aspect of entrepreneur
ship terms a personal and sociological perspective have been explored this exploration is
reflected I more recent definition of internship there is an agreement that we are taking about
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asking of behavior that includes initiative taking the organization of social / economic
mechanism to turn resources and situation to practical account. The acceptable of failure (Albert
1989, 187)

To an economist an entrepreneur is one who brings resources lab our materials and other
assistant the combinations that make their value greater than before and also one who introduce
changes, innovation and a new order. To psychology such as a person is typical driven by certain
force to scope authority to other. To business men Entrepreneurial appears as another business
the same Entrepreneurship may be annually, a source of a supply, a customer.

Entrepreneurship is the dynamic process of creating incremental wealth. The wealth created by
individual who assume the major the major risk in terms of equity time and career commitment
or producing voltmeter for some product of discovering evaluating and exploiting opportunities
which good on to verity them in the terms of new business venture.

By relating the definition of Entrepreneurship and term different books and interest it is obvious
to conceptualize entrepreneurs activity which is selected as a base stone for this research paper in
short entrepreneurs activities are activities which are performed by entrepreneurs (Ronstadwa
and Robert 1984)

2.3. Form of Entrepreneurship

The definitions given to Entrepreneurship focus on the individual entrepreneurs. An

entrepreneur’s point of a company, the benefits of having entrepreneurs is obvious.
Entrepreneurs introduce and produce new product process, and which in turn enable the
company to grow and profit. It is important to known those important factors about
entrepreneurship

The process followed by entrepreneurs is different from that followed by the independent by the
independent individual entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurial dent individual entrepreneur.
Entrepreneurial context is offered dependent of organization willing Entrepreneur. Ship often
takes place in organization that over all Entrepreneurship. In other world fail to create
environmental for Entrepreneurship. Thus entrepreneur are individual who often engage in
Entrepreneurial action in large organization without the blessing of their organization.

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The Entrepreneurial organization the Entrepreneurial function needs not to be embodies in
physical person. Every social environment has its own ways of the entering functional , a person
working in organic action have the potential for being an entrepreneurs a who those working
indecently to start their own business .

An organization can create an environmental in which the all of members can contribute in
some fashion there entrepreneurial function. An organization that create such as entrepreneurs
environment defined as Entrepreneurial organization (Hisrichond peter 1989.p18)

2.4. Entrepreneurial Back Ground to Develop New Venture

While a wide verity aspect of entrepreneurs back ground have been exported only a few have
differentiated the entrepreneurs from general populace or managers. The back ground area
exports includes childhood family’s environment personal and age works history

Childhood family environmental specific topic in the family environment of Entrepreneurial

includes births orders parent’s occupations and relationship with parents the impact of birth order
is his had conflicting research result since Henning and Jordan found that female executive
result in the childhood receiving special attention and there by developing more self-confidence
for example of 408 female entrepreneurs. Hisrich and Brush found 50 percent to be born.
However in many studies of male and different entrepreneurs. The first born affect has not been
present. In terms of the occupation of the entrepreneurs parents. There is strong evidence that
entrepreneurs Ur tend to have self-employed. Having fairer who is self I employed provides a
strong inspiration for the entrepreneurs or not is perhaps the most important aspect of the
childhood family environment in established the desirability of entrepreneurs activities for the
individual parents are supportive and encourage independence achievement and responsibly.
This support relation of the parent appears to be most important for entrepreneurs (Hisrich and
peter 1989).The education of entrepreneurial is received significant research attention. While it is
stated the entrepreneur are less education than the general population the research finding
indicates that this clearly is not the case education will be important in the up brining of
entrepreneur . Although a formal education is not necessary for darting a new business it does
prorated top the field of the venture.

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Personal values although many students indicates that person values are important for
entrepreneur. These studies tail to show entrepreneurs or even the population but personal values
scale for leadership as well as support aggressive benevolence conform creativity verticality and
resource seeking are important for identifying entrepreneurs. Age the relationship of age the
enter pruner carries process is also been carefully researched. it is important differentiate
between entrepreneurs age / the age of entrepreneurs reflected in the experience and
chronological age in 6terms of chronological age, most entrepreneurial initiated their
entrepreneur cares between the age of 22 and 55.Work history not only is agentive displacement
in the decision launch a new entrepreneurial is also important in the growing and eventual
success full of new venture while dissatisfaction with various aspect one’s job challenge.
Frustration and beer done often motivates he industry experience is important once the decoction
to launch have been made.

2.5. Characteristics of entrepreneurs

Need for achievement is ones of the characteristics of entrepreneurial it is measurable in a group

in individual measured by coding and individual spontaneous though for frequency will be thinks
about completing with a standard of excellent coordinating something better than bettor. People
different need for achievement and there is also a positive coordination between need for
achievements Entrepreneurial activities.

Innovation is the other characteristic of Entrepreneurial scull hammer and Karloff (1997 p. 14)
says that innovation skills can be developed and they regard Entrepreneurship and innovation as
the tasks that should be organized in a pure pose full and systematic way.

Willing takes risk is a center characteristic of entrepreneur a performance decision involving

risks that is neither very low. The risk that entrepreneur takes in starting and operating their own
business is varied.

All rounds behavior is need in enterprise characters it is a person with special knowledge or
ability who performs on activity from production up of selling goods and services. Motivation is
basically describes for entrepreneurs. The motivation for ventures out alone varies greatly the
reasons cited most frequency for becoming an enterpenerun is independent / not wanting to work
for anyone else.

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Money is the second reason for starting a new venture for male while job satisfaction,
achievement opportunity and money are the reason in rank order for women (Hisrich and peter
1989, p.s).

2.6. Role of Entrepreneurship

The role of Entrepreneurship in economic development involves more than increasing per capital
output and income it involves initiation and constituting changes in structure of business. This
change is accompanied by growth and increasing output which allows more table divided by the
various participants.

Internship facilities change developing through innovation and creativity once theories of
economic growth depot or services for marketing but also stimulating investment interest in the
new venture create. For bringing new products and services to the market.

These entrepreneur activities significant influence the economy of the area by building the
economic base and providing job (Hisrich and peter 1989, 150).

2.7. Entrepreneur Education

The education ratification of locks of understands of career paths are significance. While they are
in collage few future enterprises realize that they will pursue Entrepreneurship as major life goal.
Even in the minority that do relatively few individuals with start a business immediately after
graduation and even will prepare for new venture creating by working in particular potion or
industry. The mandate entrepreneur continually supplements their education through books
trade journal attending seminar course in the areas. Generally skills that need to be acquired
through seminar or cause include creativity opportunity identification venture evolution and
making (Hisrich and peter 1989. 14)

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2.8. Sources of new idea for crating and development business

There are many sources of idea for entrepreneurial. The more useful once customers’ existing
company distribution channeled government and research and development (Hisrich and peter
1989p59)
customers enter prunes are paying increasing attention to what will be the local. This can there
form monitoring ideas motioned on an informal bases or formals arranging for custom ores to
have an opportunities to expires their opinion existing companies entrepreneur should also
established more formal methods for monitor king and evaluating the product and services bring
offered by existing or new company government it would help full in finding and develop well
product in to two ways. The titles of a patient office contain numbers new product introduction.
New product idea comes from the government regulation.

Research and development the largest source for new ideas is the entrepreneur own research and
development of course formal research and development often better equipment to produce
succefull new products.

2.9. The future of entrepreneurs

As evidence by the many different definition the entrepreneur ship means different things to
different people and can views from different conceptual perspective in spite of the difference.
These are common aspects risk taking creativity independent and rewards. These are
commonalities will continue to be driving forces in the future for entrepreneur must be bighter
the age/ era of education institution government units society corporation. The governmental
unit’s society corruption. The governmental has to take increasing inserts in promoting the
growth Entrepreneurship individual is en courage to form new business and its provided
government understand that new enterprise create job and increase the economic output society
support of enterprise will also continue public support is critical in providing both motivation
and public support. Finally large company will continue to has interest in their special form of
entrepreneur ship in the future ((Hisrich and peter 1989. 19)

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2.10. Factors Affecting Entrepreneurial Development

There are various factors that can influence the enterer’s decision to engage in a competitive
industry. These factors are:- interest rate foreign exchange availability exchange rates and
inflation , promotional institution education training and development is=institution (munish V,
2006,101)”/

2.10.1. Challenge of Entrepreneurial

Entrepreneurial comfort several changes before or during operation of their business. The major
can strain problem faced by entrepreneurial to start and manage business include obstacle of
technology specific to the including. in adequate and high price or raw materials non availability
of quality staff and week marked non existing institutional support and in accessibility to
recourse (Arega and Ayalew 2005, 25).

For this research the government would have been both positive and negative impact on the
entrepreneur’s development. Because of it leaser developed and developing countries particular
in certain back emergence of entrepreneurial talent (Arega and Ayalew, 2005) disclosed that
given the limited financial resource and explored knowledge, the entrepreneurs will so can be pre
occupied height fighting the entire problem in order to save the newly established business.
However our financial resource skill and capability of influence (Arega and Ayalew, p. 11)

2.10.2. Business Operation Environmental

The macro environment can offer many opportunities for the enterprise, it include social
economic technology and political environment factor affect the entrepreneurs understand the
needs of culture deterring violable opportunity and when affecting recourses. Although the
capacity of entrepreneurs may play major role in determine the success of new venture
development (McMullan and LAN, 19909).

Technological environment the technological change that impacts existing business takes three
basic forms. New product may emerge that can take away the demand for existing product and
eventually make them absolute. Existing product may become involve in the creation of the
product or as serves.

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 Political environment general change in political attitudes can will an impact on existing
business, as well. Change can occurs in the priorities of government spending and in the
preference for regulation governing the activities within certain industry. Entrepreneurs must
expect and adjust to change in regulation directives and laws various levels of government and
governmental agencies (Histrich, Robert, 2002. P.92).

2.12. Empirical Frame Work

For this reason the government would have both positive and negative impact on the
entrepreneurial development. Because of it lesser developed and developing countries
particularly in certain back emergency of entrepreneurial talents (Arega and Ayalew, 2005).
Disclosed, that given the limited financial resources and explored knowledge, entrepreneur will
be pre occupied height fighting the entire problem in order to save the newly established
business. However, our financial resources export knowledge is very low in and management
skills and capability of influence (Aragua and Ayalew,2005).

2.13. Conceptual Frame Work

The challenge and opportunity of entrepreneurial development

Dependent variables Independents Variable

Entrepreneurial Development Challenge and Opportunity

Challenge and opportunity

Promotion Entrepreneurial Foreign exchange

institution Development

Exchange limitation

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 CHAPTER THREE

3. METHODOLOGY
3.1. Description of the Study Area

Wolaita sodo town is found in Wolaita zone of the southern nations, nationalities and people
regions. Its latitude and longitude or astronomical location is 6 059’ N and 370 52’ E with
elevation of 2050 meters above sea level. It is the administration center of Damot Gale woreda.
Based on figures from the central statics agency in 2007, bodit has an estimated total population
of 24, 133 of whom 12,225 are males and 11,908 are females. The 1994 national census reported
this town had a total population of 13,400 of whom 6,469 will be males 6,921 females.

3.2. Research Design

The study have both qualitative and quantitative design of description types of research because
description studies will be concerned worth arrangement summarizing and present numerical
data in the form of able that reader can understand easily.

3.3. Sources of Data:

In this study both primary and secondary data will be used. For the primary data collection the
research will be used both open and closed ended questionnaires to gather data from will be
conducted to collect primary data from employs working in micro small scale enterprise office of
Bodit town. Secondary data are adute which from sources that include books journals, magazine
and other documents of related to the topic will be used to enrich the paper with tangible fact.
Descriptive analysis will be used for interpretation; finally the research has made conclusion and
recommendation.

3.4. Targets Population

The target populations of this study will be 410 population, comprising men and women who
will be involved in entrepreneurial development in Bodit town.

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3.5. Sample and Sampling Techniques

The sampling techniques of this research use as stratified random sampling techniques to select
sample size from the total population 410 entrepreneurs which are grouped in to six. Namely:
trade, construction, wood and metal; textile industry, services delivery and restaurant. According
to their nature 5 respondents will be selected randomly from each groups of the enter pries. Then
12 questionnaires to each respondent group, in sum 60 questionnaires will be distributed.

The main reason of using stratifies random sampling is that the entrepreneurs engaged in
different kinds of business activities and are energy continued to the same geography.

3.6. Methods of Data Analysis

Analysis of data will be depending on the information gathering from different sources. The data
will be process and analyzing by using tables and percentage. The questionnaires will be
monaural sorted out by editing, classify and coding. In this simplicity and clearly to draw interne
although interpretation would undergo inch table through descriptive methods.

3.7 Ethical Considerations

The letter cooperation will be obtain from Wolaita sodo university department of public
administration to the respective study and informs consent will be obtained from
the manager of the concerned base by informing the purpose of the study. Concerning the right
to privacy of the respondents the study considers the confidentiality of the identification soft
each participant in all cases the names will be kept confidential.

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 3. Time schedule and Budget Cost
3.7.1. Time schedule
Table 4: 1 Time schedule

No Activities Monthly activities that will be carried

Mar Apr. May Jun. July Aug Sept Oct.
ch
1 Proposal writing, and
Presentation
2 Proposal approval,
submission, &
Literature review
3 Data collection from
Questioner
distribution &
Collection
4 Data analysis by
histogram, pie chart
5 Conclusion and
recommendation
6 Document printing and
Final presentation

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3.7.2. Budget plan
Table 4: 2: Budget plan

No Item Unit price Qty. Measured by Total price

(Birr)
1 Pen 25 10 No 250
2 Scandisk (flash) 300 1 No 300
3 A4 Paper 1 1000 Packet 1000
4 Print 5 90 1 proposal 450
doc.
5 30 1 final doc. 150
5 Transport 1000
Total cost 3150

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success.
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3. Hisrich and peter (1995). Entrepreneurship 6th edition Tata McDraw Hill publishing company
limited.
4. Hisrich and peter D. (2002). Entrepreneurship 5th edition.
5. Holt David H. (1992). Entrepreneurship new venture creation
6. Messinsen, Leonc. (2003). Small business management; an entrepreneurs guide book, 4 th
edition
7. Vohra, munish (2006). Entrepreneur development
8. Zimmerer, Thomas W. (2005). Essentials of entrepreneurship and small business
management.

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 APPENDIX I

WOLAITA SODO UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT

MANAGEMENT

I am conducting a senior essay on the challenges and opportunities of entrepreneur development

in wolaita zone. for partial fulfillment of BA degree Public Administration And Development
Management This questionnaire is prepared to collect data on the challenges and opportunities of
entrepreneur development.

There for, I kindly request you complete this questionnaire sincerely and honesty. The quality
and quantity of information you providing determining the reliability of the study. I would to
thank you in advance for your relentless co-operation infilling and returning this questionnaire.

Remember

- No need of writing your name

- This questionnaire has no other intention that the academic purpose and its confident ability
is maintained

- Please indicate your option by putting ‘’x’’ for close ended question

- Write your opinion for open-ended questions.

Part I Socio-Demographic characteristics of respondent

1. Sex A. Male B. Female

2. Age category A. 18-25 years B. 26-35years

C. 36-45years D. above 45years

3. Educational A secondary school B Diploma C preparatory complete

D MA/MSC and above E TVT graduate

4. Marital level A. married B. Unmarried C .Widowed

Part II Question related Basic information to the research

1 what makes you start business in Bodit town? A Market opportunity B Government
encouragement C Availability raw materials D Only for moral satisfaction

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2 How many is initial capital start up business? A. 1001-5000 B. 5001-10,000
C. 10001-20,000 D. above 10,000

3. What kind of business you are running now? A. Trade B. Construction

C. Wood and metal D. Textile industry E. Restaurant

4. Who manage your business? A. manager B. owner’s C. agents

5. Does your business get training which is relevant for your business? A. yes B.No

6. Is there any computation between the businesses? A. yes B. No

7. Is there any government support for your business? A. yes B. No

8. If the answer for question no 7”Yes” what support you obtained from government? ........

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

9 .Is the government influence on the activities of your business ? A Yes B No

10 .Are there any promotional activity in your business? A, Yes B, No

11 .what challenges did you faced in operating entrepreneur activities? More than one is possible

A, Lack of adequate finance B, Lack of startup capital C. shortage of raw

material D. Market related problem E. Lack of information and training

F, bureaucracy of financial institution G, Other (mease specity)

12, what will be the outcome of your business. A. Continuous success, expansion and progress

B. Subsistence income that is only used for lively hood support C. persistent loose

D. alternately of success and failure E. any other…………………………………………………….

13. What are the challenges that affect the growth of entrepreneur in bodit town?

A. shortage of raw material B. Lack of government support

C. Lack of market facilities D. other (please specify)……………………………………………………

14. Finally, if you have any comment or suggestion? .................................................................

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 APPENDIX II

1. What is the opportunity of entrepreneur office of Bodit town?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. What are the social, economic and political obstacle and barrier that face the entrepreneur in
Bodit town? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. How the entrepreneur conducted managerial and technical training?.........................................

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4. Basically, entrepreneurs need managerial skill, technical skill and marketing skills of run the
business effectively. Do you have this capability? If you don’t have the capability any of the
skills what is the means of fill the gap of the limitation? ………………………………………………………..
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5. What is the significance of entrepreneur in economic development? ........................................

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