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INTRODUCTION:
Human behaviour in an enterprise is generally
concerned with the thoughts, feelings, emotions
and actions of the people working in it. It is
rightly said that the success of any
enterprise primarily depends upon the
efficiency and the effectiveness of the
entrepreneur and 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 directly
concerned with the understanding,
prediction and control of human behaviour
in enterprises.
Definition
“Entrepreneurial behaviour is a subset of
entrepreneurial activities concerned with
understanding, predicting and influencing
individual behaviour in entrepreneurial
settings.” -Callahan
Characteristics of Entrepreneurial behaviour:
1. Behavioural approach to management : Entrepreneurial behaviour
represents the behavioural approach of management. It emerged as a
distinct field of study because of the importance of human behaviour
in enterprise.
2. Cause and effect relationship: Human behaviour is generally taken in
terms of cause and effect relationship. It provides generalisation that
entrepreneurs can use to anticipate the effect of certain activities on
human behaviour.
3. A branch of social sciences: Entrepreneurial behaviour is greatly
influenced by other social sciences viz., psychology, sociology and
anthropology.
4. Three levels of analysis: Entrepreneurial behaviour is the study of
three levels of analysis i.e. individual behaviour, inter-individual
behaviour and the behaviour of organisations.
5. A science as well as an art: The systematic knowledge about human
behaviour is a science and the application of behavioural knowledge
and skills is an art.
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