Project Specification: Omani Women Entrepreneurs in Muscat Barriers

This project specification form outlines a research project focused on the factors affecting Omani women entrepreneurs in Muscat when establishing their businesses. The project aims to identify the barriers they face, including educational background, access to capital, business ideas, ICT knowledge, and family support. The study will investigate the correlation between capital, family support, background knowledge, and training with the intention to start a business. The research will also analyze the impact of societal attitudes towards women entrepreneurs. The methodology includes reviewing relevant literature, formulating hypotheses, and conducting correlation analysis on collected data. The findings are expected to inform strategies to support Omani women entrepreneurs, promote economic development, and improve their position in society by addressing the lack of understanding of key issues that are guiding the suppression of entrepreneurship ability in the women.

Appendix C: Project Specification Form
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Project Specification Form (PSF)
Name:
Student ID:
Title: Factors Affecting Omani Women Entrepreneur In Muscat in Establishing Their
Businesses
Supervisor:
A. Title:
Factors Affecting Omani Women Entrepreneur In Muscat in Establishing Their
Businesses
B. Brief description on project background.
(. i.e. problem context, rationale, description of problem area, nature of challenge)
There are various barriers that have been identify in Oman that are affecting
entrepreneur women on establishing their business in Muscat, barriers such as
Educational background, Business ideas, ICT knowledge, family support and capital.
Understanding the factors that are impacting the orientation of the women
towards or away from business is important as it can guide the government to bring
appropriate change in the education mechanism. It will help in improving the position of

women in the society of Oman. It has been found that the lack of understanding of the
key issues that are guiding the suppression of entrepreneurship ability in the women is the
major challenge that needs to be handled. These key issues that warrant the investigation
of this research topic is the call for urgent attention to understand the barriers affecting
the Omani women in Muscat as an entrepreneur to be able to establish their own
businesses in Muscat.
C. Brief description of project objectives.
(i.e. scope of proposal, constructs used, limitations and significance).
The objective of this study is:
1. To identify barriers affecting entrepreneurs Omani women in Muscat.
2. To identify if capital is a barrier affecting Omani women in Muscat to establish
their businesses.
3. To identify if family support is a barrier affecting Omani women in Muscat to
establish their own businesses.
4. To identify if background knowledge is a barrier affecting Omani women in
Muscat to establish their own businesses.
5. To investigate and analyse the problems faced by Omani women in Muscat on
establishing their businesses.
6. To suggest strategies to effectively overcome these barriers.
D. Brief description of the models/theories/concepts that will be used in this
proposal.

(i.e. consumer behaviorism model, CSF and etc.)
Theories associated with women empowerment, entrepreneurship, societal change,
impact of society, motivation, and such aspects associated with the research paper has
been referred to in this proposal. Theories such economic or cultural modernity has been
considered briefly along with the research results of various other researchers to meet the
research goal.
E. Academic research being carried out and other information, techniques being
learnt.
(i.e. literature - what are the names of books you are going to read / data sets you
are going to use)
There are various research papers that have been studied for the conduction of this
research. Some of the books that have been studied to are “Essentials of entrepreneurship
and small business management (Zimmer et al, 2005)”,” Effective small business
management”, and others. Some of the journals referred for the academic research are
“African Journal of Business Management”, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice”,
“Monthly Labor Review”, and others.
There are various other research papers that have been referred to conduct this study.
Most of them have been associated with entrepreneurship, women education, orientation
of the society towards the women and other such factors that are directly or indirectly
associated with the topic of research.

G. Brief description of the evaluation and analysis proposed for this project.
(i.e. project deliverables and hypothesis, correlation test etc.
Hypothesis of this research are:
Hypothesis #1: There is a significant correlation between capital and intention to set up
business among Omani women.
Hypothesis #2: There is a significant correlation between family support and intention to
set up business among Omani women.
Hypothesis #3: There is a significant correlation between the background knowledge and
intention to set up business among Omani women.
Hypothesis #4: There is significant correlation between the trainings provided to the
women in the country and the intention to set up business among Omani women.
Hypothesis #5: There is significant correlation between the hostile orientation of society
towards women entrepreneurs and the intention to set up business among Omani women.
Correlation analysis conducted on the data collected from the respondents.
H. Illustration of how this project will benefit the future employability
The current research paper is likely to help in understanding the situation of the women
entrepreneur and the orientation of support they are getting from the society and their
individual families. These aspects are likely to support in in making right decisions

related to supporting the women entrepreneur which is likely to open a new business
opportunities.