PERSONAL ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETENCIES (PECs)

ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETENCIES

It refers to the key characteristics that a successful entrepreneurs should have in order to be successful.

Entrepreneurial Competencies McClelland and McBer (1985)

  1. Use of Influence Strategies The art of planning and establishing influence among the customers or the public.

  2. Self-Confidence A person who has confidence in himself or herself and in his or her own abilities.

  3. Persuasion Merriam Webster : "the act or process or an instance of persuading Persuade " to move by argument, entreaty, or expostulation to a belief, position, or course of action".

  4. Assertiveness Confident in style or behavior

  5. Problem Solving English Oxford:"to engage in the actions or thoughts necessary to discover solutions to problems".

  6. Information Seeking Wikipedia: "Information seeking is the process or activity of attempting to obtain information in both human and technological contexts".

  7. Systematic Planning Wikipedia: "Systematic planning is a planning process that is based on the scientific method and includes concepts such as objectivity of approach and acceptability of results".

  8. Sees and acts on opportunities Cambridge Dictionary : "opportunity an occasion or situation which makes it possible to do something that you want to do or have to do, or the possibility of doing something".

  9. Concern for High Quality of Work refers to the favorable or unfavorable of a job environment for the people working in an organization.

  10. Commitment to Work Contract Answer.com: "an entrepreneur always delivers his promise promptly and he values his reputation"

  11. Persistence English Oxford: "the fact of continuing in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty of the opposition".

  12. Efficiency Orientation Course hero: "A successful entrepreneur always finds ways to do things faster or with fewer resources or at a lower cost ".

  13. Initiative English Oxford: "The power or opportunity to act or take charge before others do". "An act or strategy intended to resolve a difficulty or improve a situation; a fresh approach to something".

 
 
 

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