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Entrepreneurial Motivation and Competencies
Entrepreneurial Motivation and Competencies
ENTREPRENEURIAL
MOTIVATION AND
COMPETENCIES
Assoc. Prof. Dr Nawawi B Mohd Jan
ENT/ETR300 – FUNDAMENTALS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ENTREPRENEURIAL MOTIVATION & COMPETENCY
Learning Outcomes
Entrepreneurial Motivation
• What make people responsive to
opportunity?
• What drive them to entrepreneurship?
• Answering these question entail the
examination of entrepreneurial motivation
• Motivation is defined as a drive that
cause a person to take some goal
oriented action.
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Entrepreneurial Motivation
• Motivational theories are based on the
idea that behavior is essentially purposeful
and directed towards the attainment of
certain goal.
• Thus entrepreneurial motivation is viewed
as the willingness of an entrepreneur to
sustain his or her entrepreneurial
behavior.
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Entrepreneurial Motivation
Motivation theorists have pointed out that
at least three general categories of social
motives as important determinant of
human behavior:
•The need for achievement (n Ach)
•The need for Power (n Pow)
•The need for affiliation (n Aff)
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Entrepreneurial Motivation
The need for achievement (n Ach)
• Achievement motive - drive to do well, strive for
excellence and overcome challenges and obstacles in
the pursuit of goal.
The need for Power (n Pow)
• Power motive - drive to control, influence and to have
impact on others and change the situations.
The need for affiliation (n Aff)
• Affiliation motive - drive to establish, maintain or renew
affective relationship with others.
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Entrepreneurial Motivation
Drive to achieve
• Internally driven self starter with strong desire
to:
• To compete with others
• To excel with self imposed standard
• To pursue and attain challenging goal
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Seeking Feedback
• They have strong desire to actively seek and
used feed back to know how well they are
doing and how to improve their performance.
• Most successful entrepreneurs are quick
learners
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Competence motivation
Besides the three social motives, a
successful entrepreneur should also have
the competence motivation
• Competence motivation Is a drive to do high
quality work.
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Competence motivation
• Competence motivated entrepreneur
– seek mastery in job or tasks that they are
undertaking,
– develop problem solving skill and
– strive to be innovative
• In general they tend to perform good work
because the inner satisfaction they feel and
esteem they gain from others due to their
competence.
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PERSONAL ENTREPRENEURIAL
COMPETENCIES (PECs)
The term "ENTREPRENEURIAL
COMPETENCIES" refers to the key
characteristics that should be possessed
by successful entrepreneurs in order to
perform entrepreneurial functions
effectively
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Entrepreneurial Competencies
McClelland and McBer (1985)
1. Initiative
The entrepreneur should be able to take actions that go
beyond his job requirements and to act faster. He is always
ahead of others and able to become a leader in the field of
business.
Examples
Does things before being asked or compelled by the
situation.
Acts to extend the business into new areas, products or
services
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Entrepreneurial Competencies
McClelland and McBer (1985)
Entrepreneurial Competencies
McClelland and McBer (1985)
3. Persistence
An entrepreneur is able to make repeated efforts or to
take different actions to overcome an obstacle that get
in the way of reaching goals.
Examples
Takes repeated or different actions to overcome an
obstacle
Takes action in the face of a significant obstacle
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4. Information Seeking
An entrepreneur is able to take action on how to seek
information to help achieve business objectives or clarify
business problems.
Examples
Does personal research on how to provide a product or service
Consults experts or experienced persons to get relevant
information
Seeks information or asks questions to clarify a client's or a
supplier's need
Personally undertakes market research, analysis or investigation
Uses contacts or information networks to obtain useful information
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Entrepreneurial Competencies
McClelland and McBer (1985)
Entrepreneurial Competencies
McClelland and McBer (1985)
6. Commitment to Work Contract
An entrepreneur places the highest priority on getting a
job completed.
Examples
Makes personal sacrifice or expends extraordinary effort
to complete a job
Accepts full responsibility for problems in completing a
job for customers
Pitches in with workers or works in their place to get the
job done
Expresses a concern for satisfying the customer
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Entrepreneurial Competencies
McClelland and McBer (1985)
7. Efficiency Orientation
A successful entrepreneur always finds ways to do things
faster or with fewer resources or at a lower cost.
Examples
Looks for or finds ways to do things faster or at less cost
Uses information or business tools to improve efficiency
Expresses concern about costs vs. benefits of some
improvement, change, or course of action
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McClelland and McBer (1985)
8. Systematic Planning
An entrepreneur develops and uses logical, step-by-
step plans to reach goals.
Examples
Plans by breaking a large task down into sub-tasks
Develops plans that anticipate obstacles
Evaluate alternatives
Takes a logical and systematic approach to activities
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Entrepreneurial Competencies
McClelland and McBer (1985)
9. Problem Solving
Successful entrepreneur identifies new and potentially
unique ideas to achieve his goals.
Example
Switches to an alternative strategy to reach a goal
Generates new ideas or innovative solutions
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Entrepreneurial Competencies
McClelland and McBer (1985)
10.Self-Confidence
A successful entrepreneur has a strong belief in self
and own abilities.
Examples
Expresses confidence in own ability to complete a task
or meet a challenge
Sticks with own judgment in the face of opposition or
early lack of success
ENT/ETR300 – FUNDAMENTALS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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Entrepreneurial Competencies
McClelland and McBer (1985)
11.Assertiveness
An entrepreneur confronts problems and issues with
others directly.
Examples
Confronts problems with others directly
Tells others what they have to do
Reprimands or disciplines those failing to perform as
expected
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Entrepreneurial Competencies
McClelland and McBer (1985)
12.Persuasion
An entrepreneur can successfully persuade or influence
others for mobilizing resources, obtaining inputs, organizing
productions and selling his products or services.
Examples
Convinces someone to buy a product or service
Convinces someone to provide financing
Convinces someone to do something else that he would like
that person to do
Asserts own competence, reliability, or other personal or
company qualities
Asserts strong confidence in own company's products or
services
ENT/ETR300 – FUNDAMENTALS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ENTREPRENEURIAL MOTIVATION & COMPETENCY
Entrepreneurial Competencies
McClelland and McBer (1985)
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