- Title
- Managerial aspects for the engineering entrepreneur
- Creator
- Khota, Irfaan Abubakr
- Subject
- Entrepreneurship, Engineering - Management
- Date
- 2012-08-13
- Type
- Thesis
- Identifier
- uj:9096
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10210/5555
- Description
- M.Ing., This dissertation aims to identify the skills, characteristics and management principles necessary for engineers who are involved in entrepreneurial activity. The dissertation covers the fundamental concepts influencing engineering managers; the marketing skills and processes which serve as a basis for successful entrepreneurship; training and development of entrepreneurial engineers; the engineer's function within the entrepreneurial environment; consulting engineering as a facet of entrepreneurship; business planning and financial controls, and finally a case study to correlate theory and practice and to provide a reference for future study. The primary objectives of the research are: to assess the realm of entrepreneurship; to determine what the engineering management principles required are in order to become a successful entrepreneur; to discuss the engineering process from an entrepreneurial perspective; to assess the engineering population in order to determine the potential for entrepreneurship and to formulate a proposal for successful entrepreneurial engineering. This study aims to serve as a reference for engineers who may decide to enter into an entrepreneurial at some point in their career.
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- Prof. L. Pretorius
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