First Sem-Week 1 Module 1-Entrep
First Sem-Week 1 Module 1-Entrep
First Sem-Week 1 Module 1-Entrep
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
First Quarter
August 03 – 09
Activity No. 1
Concept Notes:
FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES
are those specific behaviors desired for the effective performance of entrepreneurial duties
Accountancy
Finance
Marketing
Human Resource Management
Organization
Operations
Strategy
CROSS-FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES
Goal and action management (initiative, planning, information gathering,
result-oriented)
People management (persuasiveness, empathy, negotiation, etc.)
Analytical reasoning (theory building, conceptual thinking, pattern recognition, visioning, etc.)
A. Fill-in the missing letters to complete the words that will give you the 6 areas of
Entrepreneurial Competencies
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1. OPPORTUNITY 4. ORGANIZING
2. RELATIONSHIP 5. STRATEGIC
3. CONCEPTUAL 6. COMMITMENT
3. CONCEPTUAL COMPETENCY=> related to different conceptual abilities which are reflected in the
behaviors of the entrepreneur, i.e., decision skills, absorbing and understanding complex information, risk-
taking and innovativeness.
4. ORGANIZING COMPETENCY => related to the organization of different internal and external human,
physical, financial, and technological resources, including team building, leading employees, training and
controlling.
5. STRATEGIC COMPETENCY => related to setting, evaluating, and implementing the strategies of the
firm
6. COMMITMENT COMPETENCY => competencies that drive the entrepreneur to move ahead with the
business.
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B. In your personal life, where do you base your decisions?
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C. What competency do you thinks is a must-have for entrepreneurial innovations?
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CREATIVE THINKING
Regardless of definition of success, there are a great number of common characteristics that are shared by
successful entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurial process shows that creative thinking is a must have skill of an
entrepreneur for the creation of new ideas.
1. Cardo immediately rejected the offer of a new supplier because he knew that the supply manager was a longtime
rival.
2. Aliana decided to sell her company’s computer system because she thinks this is causing the poor performance of
her company.
3. Teddy decided not yet to pursue the poultry business because he first wanted to see valid information or data if
this type of business would succeed or not. 4. Flora has witnessed how her product’s sales declined in the past due to
the change in price. Now she wanted to know if the sales will boost this time by preparing three different product
strategies
Answers:
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2. _________________________
3. _________________________