SUBMITTED TO MRS.

SULOCHNA SYAL PROFESSOR OF RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

SUMITTED BY

SUSHMA SHARMA

SADAK AHMED

VIRENDER PAL

SHIVALI AGGARWAL

NITIKA

PRASHANT

APPROVED BY .. MRS. SULOCHNA SYAL

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We would like to express my special thanks to my teacher Mrs. Sulochna Syal who gave us the golden opportunity to do this wonderful project on the topic Social and Personal Problems of Women Entrepreneurs, which also helps us doing a lot of research and I came to know about so many things.

DEDICATION
This project of report is dedicated to our professor Mrs. Sulochna Syal and all the members of our group understanding and emotional support.

CERTIFICATE
It is certified that this project report Social and Personal of Women Entrepreneurs is the bonafied work of Sushma Sharma, Sadak Ahmed, Virender Pal, Nitika, Prashants,Shivali who carried out the project work under the supervision of Mrs. Sulochna Syal

SIGNATURE NAME: HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT/SUPERVISOR STUDENTS NAME: SUSHMA SHARMA SADAK AHMED VIRENDER PAL NITIKA PRASHANT SHIVALI

CONTENTS
1) 2) 3) 4)

INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

OBJECTIVES TYPES OF ENTERPRENUERS RESEARCH DESIGN 4.1) QUESTIONNAIRE METHOD 4.2) INTERVIEW METHOD 4.3) SAMPLE DESIGN

5) 6) 7)

ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION CONCLUSION SUGGESTIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

chapter 1
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

The present report is an overview on the results of the survey that was carried out in the frame of the project Women in Business The main aim of the survey was to find out what problems hinder women - in this case women entrepreneurs - from taking part in economic decision making processes Women entrepreneurs were also questioned about the problems they faced when starting up an enterprise and problems they face in the day-to-day running of their businesses. More general questions about the size of their enterprises, their family background and their qualifications were raised in order to complete the picture. The present report is an overview on the results of the survey that was carried out in the frame of the project Women in Business The main aim of the survey was to find out what problems hinder women - in this case women entrepreneurs - from taking part in economic decision making processes Women entrepreneurs were also questioned about the problems they faced when starting up an enterprise and problems they face in the day-to-day running of their businesses. More general questions about the size of their enterprises, their family background and their qualifications were raised in order to complete the picture. The main problems she faced when creating her enterprise were financial questions and combining work and family. In the daily running of the businesses, these problems appear to remain, liquidities and financial issues being a major concern, as well as the reconciliation of work and family. There does not appear to be an easy solution to the reconciliation issue, whereas financial issues can be overcome with a loan from the bank or alternative finance sources (family or savings).

CHAPTER 2

OBJECTIVES
The main objective of the study has been to understand the socio-economic back-ground of women entrepreneurs, and their problems in running their enterprises efficiently and profitably.

The main objectives of the survey as below:-

1) 2) 3) 4) 5)

To study the personal and professional problems of women of day-to-day life. To study that how they face the challenges related to their business. To study that how to manage their personal and professional life. To study the reasons behind their decision to start business. To study that how they are fulfilling their daily needs, demands and requirements etc.

CHAPTER 3

Types of enterprises
The enterprises visited by us are as following:1) Shops and showrooms:Under this survey we goes to shops and different showrooms in Shimla and Solan and asked women workers and owners about their experience related to their job and business.

2) Roadside stands:-

After shops and showrooms we all visited to road side stands. They are the most hard-working women under the category of women entrepreneurs.

3)

Parlors:- During this survey our team goes to some beauty parlors to collect the
data and asked them about their experience related to their daily job.

4)

Hospitals:- In this research we also goes to hospitals to know the experience of

female doctors , nurses and also female peons that how they perform their job to facilitate the hospital and patients.

CHAPTER 4 Research design

To complete this survey our team used two types of methods:-

1) Interview survey method.

2) Questionnaire survey method.

i)

Interview survey method:- In this method researcher collected

information and data from the respondent by face-to-face interaction and wrote down the answers in a notebook and recorded their videos.

ii)

Questionnaire method:- In this method researcher collected the

information and data by questions from the respondent to complete the research. Under this method researcher gave a questionnaire format to every respondent and asked them to fill it according to their job experience.

3)

SAMPLE DESIGN:- Researcher collected data by random sampling method and the
sample deign is 45 and analysis is done by percentage method and formula is as bellow:-

4. Formula :- %
Observed respondents/total no. of respondent 100

CHAPTER 5 ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

1.

Which of the following best describes your work?

WOMEN ENTERPRENEURS
5 15 20 60 office employee shops and showroom roadside stand

2) What is the size of your business?

80 60 40 20 0 MICRO SMALL MEDIUM OTHERS SIZE OF BUSINESS Series 2 Series 3

3.) Which is the area of operations of your business?

BUSINESS AREA
0 NATIONAL EU OTHERS 100

4)What is the sector of activities of your business?

SECTOR OF ACTIVITIES
2 15 20 JEWELLERS SHOW ROOMS 7 2 6 48 COSMETICS AND TOYS VEGETABLES AND FRUITS CLOTHS

5.) What is your present labor situation?

LABOUR SITUATION
80 60 40 20 0

LABOUR SITUATION

9. Which of the following best describes your company situation?

COMPANY SITUATAION
6 5 MY SELF FAMILY BUSINESS BOUGHT BUSINESS

89

10.

When you started your business, what were the main obstacles/problems you faced?

OBSTACLES AND PROBLEMS

16 9 9 31 3 32 NO OBSTACLES START UP FINANCE LACK OF INFORMATION AWARENESS

11)Please state briefly how you have overcome any obstacles:

OVERCOME OF OBSTACLES
55 FAMILY COMFIDENCE 60 SELF CONFIDENCE DAILY JOB 30

12. WHAT MADE YOU START YOUR OWN BUSSINESS ?

REASON BEHIND STARTING BUSINESS

1.4 15 PROFIT MAKING DID NOT WANT TO WORK 80 OTHERS

15.

A. If you were in a position to give advice to other women entrepreneurs in Shimla and Solan, what would be your recommendation for: B. HOW MANY HOURS PER WEEK DO YOU DEDICATE TO YOUR BUSINESS?

ADVISE ABOUT WORK

3 NEVER THINKS ABSOLUTE FOR SUCCESS

HOURS PER WEEK

02 18 PART TIME JOBS (40 HOURS) ROAD SIDE STAND ( 6070) HOURS SHOW ROOMS ( 70+)

80

97

16. HOW WELL DOES WORKING IN SOLAN AND SHIMLA MEET YOUR
EXPECTATION?

EXPECTATION
20

27 POOR QUITE GOOD GOOD 53

21. WHAT IS YOUR EDUCAIONAL BACK GROUND..?

EDUCAIONAL QUALIFICATION
10 30 40 20 NILL PRIMARY SECONDARY GRADUATE

22. WHAT IS YOUR AGE CATEGORY?

AGE CATEGORY
2 15 35 27 21 UNDER 20 20 -29 30-39 40-49

23. DO YOU HAVE A CHILD?

HAVING CHILD
10 YES NO 90

BY QUESTIONNAIRE METHOD:-The researchers conducted the survey

by questionnaire method. Under this method researcher asked questions from 30 respondents. The questionnaire includes 23 questions but most of the respondents does not filled the tables related to comparison or with anything. By studying the responses researcher observed that approx. 90% of the respondents are shopkeepers and showroom owners. 10% of these respondents are workers in offices (private or govt.) , in parlors and in hospitals. From this 60% (of 90%) of respondents are road side stand owners and especially on Solan Mall and in Shimla Lower Bazaar . 20% of the respondents are having their own big shops and showrooms and they are settled in their business. Rest 10%of the respondents are workers or private employees in shops and showrooms.

BY INTERVIEW METHOD:-

Under this method researcher studied 15

respondents and asked face-to-face questions from them. According to their responses researcher observed that from all of them approximately all are having their own shops and they migrated from Tibet and Nepal and from some other states of country like Chandigarh, Gujarat, Bihar, U.P etc.

Problems faced by women enterpreneurs:When starting the business

Financial problems No family support No facility provided by government Low income Domestic work

Socio personal problems

Managerial problems: Which are due to lack of knowledge.

Day-to-day life problems:- In the day to day life there are

many problems mainly face by roadside stand owner are: Committee and police torched Low sale an income No particular place provided by committee and govt. for their business

CHAPTER 6

CONCLUSION
We conduct a survey in Shimla and Solan and discuss the problem by taking interviews and questionnaire methods. The main problems faced by woman are:-

.No family support .Lack of Education and knowledge .No govt. support .Torched by committee and police and .Financial problems The most formidable problem that women normally faced is the problem of entrepreneurship among them is resistance, apathy, shyness, inhibitions, conservatism, poor response-all governed by cultural traditional, value system and social sanction.

CHAPTER 7

SUGGESTIONS

. At the district level, a separate womens organization can be formed so as to help women
entrepreneurs in fulfilling their requirements of financial assistance, marketing aid, obtaining subsides, concessions, technical know-how, raw material assistance, conduct of market surveys to asses the feasibility counseling, follow up guidance etc.. Finance should be made available to women entrepreneurs at a reduced rate of interest. Collateral security should be done away with in the case of women applicant of small-scale industry. Margin money for women entrepreneurs should not be more than ten percent. The procedures and formalities of bank should be simplified and the required documents should be minimized. Moreover all the documents shall be in the regional language.

BIBLIOGRPHY
GOOGLE SEARCH:1) http://www.ilo.org 2) http://www.kauffman.org 3) http://www.emeraldinsight.com INTERVIEWS AND QUESTIONNAIRE http://www.wikipedia.com