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Competency Research And Application Of Successful Entrepreneurs With Bachelor Degree Of Science Or Engineering Education Background

Posted on:2014-09-21Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y XiangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2267330401465414Subject:Applied Psychology
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Competency is a term used to describe the essential potential psychologicalcharacteristics individuals must have in order to be better qualified for a job, Theconcept of competency originated in the United States, it was a term belong tomanagement area at the beginning, and later became the subject of extensive research ofother disciplines, such as psychology and other disciplines.The research includes two parts, in the first study, we took the successfulentrepreneurs with Bachelor degree or above in Chengdu, after the literature research,this study composed "Successful Entrepreneurial university Graduates InterviewOutline""Successful Entrepreneurial University Graduates Interview Guidance","Successful Entrepreneurial University Graduates Interview Record" sheet. Usedinterviews, then analysis and investigated the causes, what makes the universitygraduates to success in business competency.In the second study, both successful entrepreneurs with Bachelor degree or aboveand undergraduate individuals with entrepreneurial intention were token as the researchobjects. Based on interviews and literature research,"Competency of SuccessfulEntrepreneurial University Graduates Questionnaire" was composed, and then, gave thetest on the two types of research objects, obtained the differences in understanding ofentrepreneurial competency, and gave recommendations in training college students ofbetter competency.The first study results show that the group of Successful entrepreneurial universitygraduates agreed the competency factors included: the ability of perceiving andgrasping opportunities, high need for achievement, professional and technicalknowledge, self-confidence, tolerance of uncertainty, mobility, tenacity, optimism,firmness and flexibility.The second study showed college students emphasis more on interpersonal skills,professional and technical knowledge, the ability of perceiving and graspingopportunities, initiative, optimism, intelligence, perseverance, communication skills, personnel management ability and emotional intelligence. The result of Successfulentrepreneurial university graduates conformed to the interview result. Comparativestudies showed that there were different perceptions of the importance of the successfulentrepreneurial competency between undergraduate individuals with entrepreneurialintention and successful entrepreneurs. The two groups only agreed on three features:opportunities perceived ability, professional and technical knowledge and optimism,while all of the others were different. What distinguishes most was that students valuedrelationships, while successful entrepreneurs put more attention to the entrepreneurialattitude. Thus, we believe that the promotion of competency can raise the success rate ofentrepreneurship. According to the research results, suggests were given to schools inundertaking entrepreneurship education, attention should be paid to the following threeaspects: First, attentions should be paid to the development and promotion of collegestudents venture competency when carrying out entrepreneurship education. Second,under the premise of valuing the professional development of knowledge and skills,emotional intelligence and attitude of the various types conducive to entrepreneurshipshould also be improved. Third, the schools may try to implement entrepreneurshipeducation together with successful companies, so that students may able to grow inentrepreneurial combat environment.Results of this study may provide a targeted reference of training program for thedevelopment of entrepreneurship among university students; provide constructivecomments on school offered entrepreneurship education courses to improve studentsentrepreneurial ability; also provide a certain guidance and help to individual studentswith entrepreneurial intention.
Keywords/Search Tags:college students, graduates, successful entrepreneurs, competency
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