Ignite Academy: Subject: (Class Notes)
Ignite Academy: Subject: (Class Notes)
Ignite Academy: Subject: (Class Notes)
Subject:
SWOT analysis and Entrepreneurship Development
(Class Notes)
Practice Question
Which is not a direct method of testing?
1) Tests
2) Essays
3) Surveys
4) Presentations
SWOT ANALYSIS
• SWOT analysis consists of evaluating an institution's internal strengths and weaknesses and its external
opportunities and threats.
(a) Strengths:
Strength is a resource, skill, or other distinctive advantage in relation-to the competition.
Some strength which you can look for could be as follows:
The size of the institution relative to others
Cash flows
Perception of ,the institution products (students)
Perception of the institution
(c) Opportunities:
An opportunity is a major favourable situation in an institutional environment.
While conducting a SWOT analysis, following opportunities you can look for:
New markets for products
New technologies which can be adopted
Changes in regulations
Internal efficiencies
(d) Threats:
A threat is a major unfavourable situation in an institutional environment. It can act as a key impediment to
institution's current and/or desired future position.
These threats could be both internal as well as external.
Some possible threats which institutions can have are as follows:
• Internal obstacles
• Financial constraints in an institution.
• Technological advances in the institution (if it is not keeping pace).
By finding internal weaknesses, the possible area which needs improvement according to the need can be
specified.
Some of the examples, which could be a weakness for an institution, may include less staff and faculty
morale; poor building infrastructure; sub-standard laboratory' and workshop facilities.
Practice Question
1. A SWOT analysis consists of all of the following elements except __________
1) Organisations 2) Strength
3) Weakness 4) Threat
Types of Entrepreneurship
i) Opportunity based entrepreneurship:
Person who chooses his/her career based on the opportunity available and knowledge acquired from the
society is called as opportunity based entrepreneur.
This is the real entrepreneurship as the idea and interest has initiated from himself.
This is not generated by external forces through compulsion.
Hence, in this type, entrepreneur will be innovative, enthusiastic and able to do things differently with their
own creative thinking.
Non-technical entrepreneurs:
Not concerned with the technical aspects of the product produced.
They focus more on marketing and distribution strategies and less on production.
Professional entrepreneurs:
Focus more on establishing a business but not in managing or operating it.
Sell out the running business and start another venture with the sales proceeds.
Induced entrepreneurs:
Induced to take up an entrepreneurial task due to the policy measures of the government like assistance,
concessions to start a venture.
Spontaneous entrepreneurs:
Start the business by natural talents.
Self motivation makes them to undertake entrepreneurial activity.
Trading entrepreneurs:
Undertake trading activities but not concerned with the manufacturing work.
Identify potential markets, stimulate demand for its product line and creates a desire and interest among
buyers.
Industrial entrepreneurs:
Essentially manufacturers who identify the potential needs of the customers and tailors a product or service to
meet the marketing needs.
Corporate entrepreneurs:
Demonstrate the skill in organizing and managing corporate undertaking.
Follow the regulations and requirements of the corporate
Agricultural entrepreneurs:
Undertake agricultural activities like raising and marketing of crops, fertilizers and the inputs of agriculture.
i) Sole proprietor:
The entrepreneur is the single person who has the ownership right over the enterprise.
He/she is the sole person responsible for the profit and loss. Most of the time, all the activities are done by a
single person.
For example, selling dried fish in which all the activities are not so complicated, which can be managed by the
single person.
This type or form of organization is better known as individual entrepreneurship.
ii) Partnership:
This form is established by two or more persons who have joined together to establish an enterprise.
The profit and loss can be shared between the members i.e., partners. In this form, co-ordination and trust
between partners are essential for the success.
For example, value added fish products such as fish pickle and fish cutlet producing units can be established
by partnership by utilizing large resources and finance from the partners.
Leadership is the process of influencing and supporting others to work enthusiastically towards achieving
objectives.
It is a critical factor that not only helps an entrepreneur to identify his/her goals but also motivates and assists
him in achieving the stated goals.
Leadership is one of the primary traits of an entrepreneur by which he/she can influence others to voluntarily
seek defined objectives. Leadership, thus, is the catalyst that transforms potential into reality, problems into
opportunities, heading towards the achievement of objectives.
The term ‘entrepreneur’ was first introduced in economics by the early 18th century French economist
Richard Cantillon.
In his writings, he formally defined the entrepreneur as the “agent who buys means of production at certain
prices in order to sell the produce at uncertain prices in the future”.
Practice Question
2. In economics, which of the following is not a function of the entrepreneur?
1) Risk-taking
2) Provision of capital and organisation of production
3) Innovation
4) Day to day conduct of business
3. Which of the following attitudes is not generally associated with successful entrepreneurship
1) Investing in R and D
2) Live your business day by day
3) Innovate and improvise continually
4) Produce as per customers’ requirements
4. An individual who starts, creates and manages a new business can be called as _________________
1) A leader 2) A manager
3) A Professional 4) An entrepreneur
5. _____________ is the process through which individual perceives opportunities without regard to
resources they possess.
1) Start-up Management 2) Entrepreneurship
3) Financial Analysis 4) Feasibility Planning
Entrepreneurial Development
• The process of starting a new venture is embodied in the entrepreneurial development process. The process
has four distinct phases.
1) Identification and evaluation of the opportunity
2) Development of the business plan
3) Determination of the required resources
4) Management of enterprises
4) Management of Enterprises:
After resources are identified, the entrepreneur must employ them through the implementation of the business
plan.
A control system must be established so that problem areas can be carefully monitored.
The object of entrepreneurship is lawful business. It is important to take note of this as one may try to
legitimise unlawful actions as entrepreneurship on the grounds that just as entrepreneurship entails risk,
Innovation:
From the point of view of the firm, innovation may be cost saving or revenue-enhancing.
If it does both it is more than welcome. Even if it does none, it is still welcome as innovation must become a
habit!
Organisation of Production:
Entrepreneur, in response to a perceived business opportunity mobilises these resources into a productive
enterprise or firm.
It may be pointed out that the entrepreneur may not be possessing any of these resources; he may just have the
‘idea’ that he promotes among the resource providers.
Risk-taking:
As the entrepreneur contracts for an assured supply of the various inputs for his project, he/she incurs the risk
of paying them off whether or not the venture succeeds.
SVO Analogy
Intrapreneurship
The term intrapreneurship refers to a system that allows an employee to act like an entrepreneur within a
company or other organization.
Intrapreneurs are self-motivated, proactive, and action-oriented people who take the initiative to pursue an
innovative product or service.
An intrapreneur knows failure does not have a personal cost as it does for an entrepreneur since the
organization absorbs losses that arise from failure.
An intrapreneurship creates an entrepreneurial environment by allowing employees to use their
entrepreneurial skills for the benefit of both the company and the employee.
Practice Question
Intrapreneurship often takes the form of
1) A semi-autonomous group (e.g. an internal venture team), operating within the overarching structure of the
parent organization.
2) A spinout venture from a university to commercialize a new invention.
3) A subsidiary of a large corporation developing a new product.
4) A semi-autonomous group operating outside the overarching structure of the parent organization.
It aims to generate employment opportunities in rural as well as urban areas of the country through setting up
of new self- employment ventures/projects/micro enterprises.
The maximum cost of the project/unit admissible under manufacturing sector is `25 lakh and under
business/service sector is 10 Lakh’.
It is implemented by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) functioning as the nodal agency at
the national level.
At the state level, the scheme is implemented through State KVIC Directorates, State Khadi and Village
Industries Boards (KVIBs), District Industries Centres (DICs) and banks.
Both existing and new enterprises are eligible under the scheme.
It was introduced to mobilise funds from banking institutions for filling the gap between the actual fund
requirements and availability of funds from budgetary sources.
Under this Scheme, credit at a concessional rate of interest of 4% per annum for working capital, is made
available as per the requirement of the institutions.
The Khadi institutions, having valid Khadi certificate and sanctioned khadi programme are eligible under this
programme.
Such activities are also organized in ITIs, Polytechnics and other technical institutions/business schools,
where skill/talent is available to motivate them towards self-employment.
Youth and other people interested to set up their own industrial/business/self-employment venture can apply.
The financial assistance provided for any specific project shall be subject to a maximum of Rs 8 crore to
support Soft, Hard and Thematic interventions.
Non-Government organizations (NGOs), institutions of the Central and State Governments and semi-
Government institutions, Private sector by forming cluster specific Special Purpose Vehicles, Corporates and
corporate Responsibillity foundations can apply.
Hard Interventions: Common Facility Centres (CFCs), Raw Material Banks (RMBs), Up-gradation of
production infrastructure, tools and technology up-gradation etc.
Thematic Interventions: brand-building and promotion campaigns, new media marketing, e-Commerce
initiatives etc.
It aims to increase income/returns to workers, entrepreneurs, exporters and other stake-holders of the industry.
It is set up to provide professional support to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Entrepreneurs adopt
applicable business practices and leverage the Stand Up India initiative.
The Hub is being implemented by the National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC), a public sector
undertaking under the administrative control of the Ministry of MSME.
The Hub operates from the National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) headquartered in Delhi.
The scheme is implemented by Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance, Government
of India.
It facilitates bank loans between Rs 10 lakh and Rs 1 Crore to at least one Scheduled Caste (SC) or
Scheduled Tribe (ST) borrower and at least one woman borrower per bank branch for setting up a greenfield
enterprise.
In case of non-individual enterprises at least 51% of the shareholding and controlling stake should be held by
either an SC/ST or woman entrepreneur.
SC/ST and/or woman entrepreneurs, above 18 years of age is eligible under this scheme.
Green field signifies, in this context, the first time venture of the beneficiary in the manufacturing or services
or trading sector.
The Government through this initiative aims to empower startups to grow through innovation and design.
Fund of Funds
A 'fund of funds' of INR 10,000 crores to support innovation driven Startups has been established which shall
be managed by SIDBI.
It is the apex regulatory body for overall licensing and regulation of micro, small and medium enterprise
finance companies in India.
SIDBI has launched the ‘Udyami Mitra’ Portal to improve accessibility of credit and handholding services
to MSMEs.
The bank will classify its clients into three categories and the maximum allowed loan sums will be based on
the category:
Shishu : Allowed loans up to ₹50,000
Kishor : Allowed loans up to ₹5 lakh
Tarun : Allowed loans up to ₹10 lakh
It aims to set up a network of technology centres and to set up incubation centres to accelerate
entrepreneurship and also to promote startups for innovation in agro-industry.
The planned outcomes of ASPIRE are setting up Technology Business Incubators (TBI), Livelihood Business
Incubators (LBI) and creation of a Fund of Funds for such initiatives with SIDBI.
Practice Questions
1. What is the Objective of Standup India mission?
1) Establish Entrepreneurs
2) Give loans above Rs. 5 lakh to Rs.10 lakh
3) Help SC & ST and women minorities
4) Set up greenfield businesses
2. Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana, - Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency (MUDRA)
gives loans upto a sum of __________
1) Between Rs 10,000 to Rs.10 lakh
2) Rs.50,000/-
3) Upto Rs.50 lakh
4) None of these
In the New World version of the tool, Level 2 also measures what they think they'll be able to do differently as
a result, how confident they are that they can do it, and how motivated they are to make changes.
This demonstrates how training has developed their skills, attitudes and knowledge, as well as their
confidence and commitment.
Imagine that you're assessing your team members after a training session. You can see little change, and you
conclude that they learned nothing, and that the training was ineffective.
It's possible, however, that they actually learned a lot, but that the organizational or team culture obstructs
behavioral change.
If a team member uses a new skill effectively, highlight this and praise him or her for it – this was included in
New World Kirkpatrick Model.
Your biggest challenge will be to identify which outcomes, benefits, or final results are most closely linked to
the training, and to come up with an effective way to measure these outcomes in the long term.
Practice Question
1. According to Kirkpatrick there are 4 levels of evaluation. Of these, _________ focuses on knowledge,
skills and attitude changes.
1. Reaction 2. Learning 3. Behaviour 4. Result