Entrepreneurial Leadership Jerry M. Harper Strayer University The Business Enterprise BUS 508 Dr. John Mitchell January 18‚ 2011 Abstract Not unlike its sister field of leadership‚ entrepreneurship has long struggled to identify a coherent theoretical and conceptual framework capable of explaining the phenomenon known as “entrepreneurship” and more importantly the role of the “entrepreneur.” The focus of this paper is to examine similarities and differences between the fields of leadership
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of culture in modern corporations and how can it be managed effectively? People in every workplace talk about organizational culture and that mysterious word that characterizes a work environment. One of the key questions and assessments‚ when employers interview a prospective employee‚ explores whether the candidate is a good cultural fit. Culture is difficult to define‚ but you generally know when you have found an employee who appears to fit your culture. He just feels right. Culture is
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organizational culture in general‚ comment on the link between organizational culture and change. An organization’s current customs‚ traditions and general way of doing things are largely influenced by what has been done in the past and how successful it was in doing it. To adopt a new culture will definitely be a difficult task. Organization culture may become a barrier to change when the shared values are not in agreement with those entrenched culture in the organization. Each organization has its own
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QHT1 Objective 304.4.4-01 Why Entrepreneurial Organizations Seek Opportunities for Innovation An entrepreneurial organization is a business that provides time and space for employees to seek creative ideas‚ promotes those ideas‚ and supports those ideas by building the project. Innovation is the specific tool of entrepreneurs‚ the means by which to exploit change as an opportunity for a different or enhanced product or process. The definition of “entrepreneur” from Dictionary.com is “a person who
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Organizational Culture Survey Instructions: Circle the number that represents the extent to which the following statements apply to you: |To a very little extent |To a little extent |To some extent |To a great extent |To a very great extent | |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 | People I work with are direct and honest with each other. People
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Culture- Impact on Business Environment “Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.” Pt Jawaharlal Nehru. These are strong words indeed from the first Prime Minister of Independent India and as the borders across the globe become more and more irrelevant‚ understanding of one another’s culture has become a crucial aspect to succeed in this globalized world. From simply creating a web-site or physically opening a store in a foreign country‚ understanding local culture is often overlooked
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Boston College DEAN A. SHEPHERD‚ PhD Randall L. Tobias Chair in Entrepreneurial Leadership and Professor of Entrepreneurship Kelley School of Business Indiana University McGraw-Hill Irwin CONTENTS PREFACE vi PART 1 THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSPECTIVE 1 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE ENTREPRENEURIAL MIND-SET 2 Opening Profile: Ewing Marion Kauffman 3 Nature and Development of Entrepreneurship 6 The Entrepreneurial Process 7 Identify and Evaluate the Opportunity 7 Develop a Business Plan 9 Determine
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Entrepreneurial Leadership Abstract Entrepreneurial leadership helps develop and sustain elements of the organizational culture. Bergstrom (2004) interpreted that entrepreneurial leadership has three dimensions: 1) take more risk; 2) favor change to obtain the advantage; and 3) compete aggressively. We will discuss the common elements of different theories and philosophies as it relates to the new definition of entrepreneurial leadership. I will discuss my leadership style that I aspire to
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The Entrepreneurial Process Many successful entrepreneurs tend to follow a process to develop their businesses. This process contains four stages toward achieving their dreams. The processes are identifying an opportunity‚ developing a business plan‚ assessing the need for resources‚ and finally developing a management program designed to achieve success. The entrepreneur must develop an understanding of this process as an important step. Developing an understanding of the entrepreneurial process
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An entrepreneurial competence is an underlying characteristic of a person‚ which results in effective and /or superior performance in a business venture. It is an underlying characteristics of a person‚ in that it may be motive ‚traits‚ skills ‚aspect of ones self-image‚ a body of knowledge‚ set of skills and cluster of appropriate motives/ traits that an individual possess to perform in his business. Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies - The EMPRETEC Model Research by McClelland and McBer
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