Entrepreneurship in Hospitality and Tourism
What are entrepreneurs like? • Information seeking - Act on your own to get information to help reach objectives or clarify problems • Systematic planning - Develops and uses logical step-by-step plans to reach goals • Problem-solving - Identifies new and potentially unique ideas to reach a goal Entrepreneurial competencies Initiative - Entrepreneurs take actions that go beyond job requirements or the demand of the situation Sees and acts on opportunities - Looks for and acts on opportunities Persistence - Takes repeated actions to overcome obstacles that get in the way of reaching goals Self-confidence - Has a strong belief in self and own abilities Assertiveness - Confronts problems and issues with others directly Persuasion - Successfully persuades others Use of influence strategies - Uses of a variety of strategies to affect others Concern for high-quality work - Acts to do things that meet or beat existing standards of excellence Commitment to work contract - Places the highest pr...