COURSE TITLE: ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOR

CODE NUMBER: ENMA 3013

CREDIT: THREE (3) ACADEMIC UNITS
DURATION: 54 HOURS (ONE SEMESTER)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
At the end of the semester, students should be able to
enumerate and identify entrepreneurial traits, behaviors and
competencies. During the course, the students will be able to
perform self assessment to determine their level of
predisposition to entrepreneurs. This course will also include
personal entrepreneurial competencies, management styles,
business ethics, responsibilities and duties of an
entrepreneur.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the course, the student’s expected to:

1. To understand how and why people behave the way

they do in organization;

2. To know the different leadership traits essential in

the organization;

3. To be able to know the concept of employee

motivation;
 GRADING SYSTEM
Attendance & Character – 10 %

Recitation – 10 %

Reporting – 10 %

Quiz & Written Work – 15 %

Project/Final Requirements – 20 %

Midterm/Final Examination – 35 %

TOTAL: 100 %
2 LATE = 1 ABSENT
3 ABSENT = DROPPED
(case to case basis)
Prof. Joana Marie G. Bernardo, LPT
Contact No.: 0922-6822077
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION – BUREAU OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
 ORIGIN OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

The term entrepreneur or

entrepreneurship originated in
Europe sometime in the Middle Ages.
 ORIGIN OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

The word entrepreneur is of French

origin from the word entreprendre
which simply means to undertake.
Lloyd Shefsky defined entrepreneur
by dissecting the word entrepreneur
into three parts:

Entre means to enter

Pre means before and
Neur means nerve center
Joseph Schumpeter described
entrepreneurship as doing things
that are NOT generally done in
the ordinary course of business
routine.
 Entrepreneurship
 Is the process of starting a
business, typically a start up
company offering an innovative
product or service.
 Entrepreneurship
 Having profits from bearing uncertainty
and risk. (Knight 1921)

Dynamic process of vision, change

creation that requires an application of
energy and passion toward the creation and
implementation of new ideas and creative
solution. (Kuratco 2009)
 Entrepreneurship
An activity that involves the discovery,
evaluation and exploitation of opportunities
to introduce new goods and services, ways
of organizing markets, processes and raw
materials through organizing efforts that
previously had not existed. (Shane 2003)

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION – BUREAU OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

THE ELEMENTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Opportunity Resources

Entrepreneur
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the course, the student’s expected to:

4. To gain knowledge on process of communication and

information;

5. To appreciate the value of good relationship in an

organization; and

6. Develop character traits and behavioral patterns

that are conducive to efficient work performance.
 WHO IS AN
ENTREPRENEUR?
 Entrepreneur
The person who undertakes
entrepreneurial activities is
called Entrepreneur.
Entrepreneur is:
 someone who plans, organizes
and puts together all resources
required to bring a new
enterprise into existence and to
run and manage it on a long
term basis;
Entrepreneur is:
 Perceives business opportunities in
the environment;
Entrepreneur is:
Invest in his own or borrow
money to use in the
business;
Entrepreneur is:
Introduces innovations or
improvements to make business
better, more efficient and more
profitable;
Entrepreneur is:
Makes plans and decision
for the business;
Entrepreneur is:

Generates PROFIT for

the business.
 WHAT IS
BEHAVIOR?
 BEHAVIOR
the way in which one acts or
conducts oneself, especially toward
others

the way in which someone conducts

oneself or behaves
 WHAT IS
ENTREPRENEURIAL
BEHAVIOR?
INTRODUCTION:
Human behavior in an
enterprise is generally concerned
with the thoughts, feelings,
emotions and actions of the
people working in it.
INTRODUCTION:
It is rightly said that the
SUCCESS of any enterprise
primarily depends upon the
efficiency and the effectiveness of
the entrepreneur;
INTRODUCTION:
The effectiveness of entrepreneurs
depends primarily upon its human
skills and how well he understands
the needs and desires of the people
working in the enterprise.
MEANING OF ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOUR

“Entrepreneurial behaviour is a
subset of entrepreneurial activities
concerned with understanding, predicting
and influencing individual behaviour in
entrepreneurial settings.”
ROLE AND IMPORTANCE
OF ENTREPRENEURIAL
BEHAVIOR
1. Understanding human behavior: Entrepreneurial
behavior plays an important role to develop full
knowledge about the behavior of employees.

2. Predicting human behavior: Entrepreneurial behavior

also help in predicting the future employee behavior.
This would allow them to take preventive actions.

3. Control and direct behavior: Entrepreneurial behavior

assists entrepreneur to direct and control the human
behavior to build successful enterprise.
4. Entrepreneurial effectiveness: It helps in better use of
raw material and other resources to improve the
quality of work in the enterprises.

5. Motivation: Entrepreneurial behavior helps the

entrepreneurs to identify the needs and requirement
of the employees.

6. Better human relations: Entrepreneurial behavior also

help in maintaining cordial human relations in the
enterprise. It assists in find out causes of industrial
conflicts.
How to become more
ENTREPRENEUR?
Locate yourself in suitable environments
Get an entrepreneurial mentor
Become obsessed with opportunity
Take many small steps
Learn by failing fast and often
Develop your social capital
Do stuff you love
REPEAT....