Entrepreneurial Characteristics
Course Purpose Developing individual entrepreneurial characteristics involves cultivating traits like creativity, leadership, and a proactive mindset. Methods to enhance an entrepreneurial profile include continuous learning, networking, seeking mentorship, and embracing challenges as opportunities for growth. What you’ll learn This unit …
Overview
Course Purpose
Developing individual entrepreneurial characteristics involves cultivating traits like creativity, leadership, and a proactive mindset. Methods to enhance an entrepreneurial profile include continuous learning, networking, seeking mentorship, and embracing challenges as opportunities for growth.
What you’ll learn
This unit standard is for learners who are required to identify and develop within themselves, the personal characteristics of an entrepreneur that ensure the successful operation of a new venture. The unit standard also introduces the learner to the economic, administrative and behavioural (psycho-social) barriers that contribute to the success in starting and sustaining an enterprise. The learner will develop strategies to work effectively in a group and set personal goals in an entrepreneurial context. Learners credited with this unit standard will be able to describe entrepreneurship, describe the characteristics of a successful entrepreneur, develop individual entrepreneurial characteristics and explain methods to enhance an entrepreneurial profile.
Duration: 1 Day
Curriculum
Curriculum
- 4 Sections
- 19 Lessons
- 1 Day
- Unit 1: Describe entrepreneurshipASSESSMENT CRITERIA5
- 0.0Entrepreneurship is discussed in terms of employment opportunities
- 0.1Entrepreneurial opportunities are identified and described within a specific economic area related to the interest of the learner
- 0.2An explanation is given of the advantages and disadvantages of entrepreneurship
- 0.3Reasons for business failure are identified and discussed with examples
- 0.4An explanation is given of the role of entrepreneurship in social development
- Unit 2: Describe the characteristics of a successful entrepreneurASSESSMENT CRITERIA4
- 0.0Examples of successful entrepreneurs are discussed in terms of their characteristics
- 0.1Skills, aptitudes, personality and values of entrepreneurial behaviour are clearly differentiated with examples
- 0.2The importance of each characteristic is analysed in the context of a specific new venture
- 0.3The technical, business, managerial and personal strategies required for establishing a successful venture are explained with examples
- Unit 3: Develop individual entrepreneurial characteristicsASSESSMENT CRITERIA6
- 0.0A base-line knowledge of self in respect of personality, interests and aptitude is established by the learner
- 0.1The characteristics of a successful entrepreneur are identified and listed in the individual`s own context
- 0.2Own strengths and weaknesses as an entrepreneur are determined with examples
- 0.3Strategies to address shortcomings are developed and implemented where possible
- 0.4Enabling programmes for the new entrepreneur are identified and explained in terms of their benefits and limitations
- 0.5Short term goals are articulated and discussed for self in entrepreneurial context, medium and long term goals are planned and determined in the context of sustainability
- Unit 4: Explain methods to enhance an entrepreneurial profileASSESSMENT CRITERIA4
- 0.0Methods of mind programming are explained within the context of career paradigm shift
- 0.1An understanding of mental laws is explained using applicable theories
- 0.2Techniques and principles to implement a paradigm shift from employment paradigm to entrepreneurial paradigm are described in the context of development of business opportunities
- 0.3Personal strategic plan is designed and developed in order to select a feasible and viable new venture
Requirements
- Grade 11
- NQF Level 3
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Course Features
- Lectures 19
- Quiz 0
- Duration 1 day
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 1095
- Assessments Yes