1. Introduction

This assignment is based on the task which students need to complete as per the requirements given in the following sections. Please read all instructions and requirements carefully.

2. Learning Outcomes

This assignment has been devised to allow students to demonstrate progress towards achieving the following Unit Learning Outcomes and Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes:

At the completion of this assignment, you will be able to:

- Describe and discuss the theoretical frameworks and concepts which have been developed to explain entrepreneurial behavior in engineering context.

- Apply various techniques for creating business opportunities in engineering context.

- Develop the ability to build and present a business plan for a new engineering ventures, including; financial, supply chain, development team, marketing and production.

- Communicate: use oral, written and interpersonal communication to inform, motivate and effect change

- Apply critical thinking: evaluate information using critical and analytical thinking and judgment

This assignment will also help students demonstrate learning achievements towards many other unit learning outcomes. Students are encouraged to review all other learning outcomes to discover additional learning opportunities which will increase the quality of their submission and final results.

3. Task Requirements

All of the world famous entrepreneurs are unique in that they believed in themselves mostly since they were kids and worked towards that goal to success and recognition. Among them, below are the two entrepreneurs/business leaders from two different domains and at top of their fields.

1. Henry Ford - Founder of Ford Motor Company

2. Andreas Von BechtolSheim Co-founder of Sun Micro systems

Your task is to do research these two successful entrepreneurs in their respective businesses and submit a comprehensive research paper which can include a critical research reviews from variety of resources. You must use at least four different types of resources such as books, scholarly articles, reports and internet etc.

Your response to this task should include:

• An analysis of the characters of entrepreneurs based on their success stories.

• A justification of the research literature chosen.

• Your contribution must be sensible, highly focused, feasible and precisely described.