4 Key points

The important points this unit has covered include:

  • Defining the entrepreneur in terms of economic function and role.
  • Identifying the key characteristics of successful entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial firms.
  • Considering the role of entrepreneurial motivation in decision making and business behaviour.
  • Identifying leadership and management styles appropriate to an entrepreneurial firm
  • Considering the entrepreneurial team needed to support your idea.

Please note that this unit was taken from the OU course B722 which will be replaced by B322 in November 2007.

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