3.

2 ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETENCIES
As noted in the introduction, every career draws on the competencies of an
individual. Some of these competencies may be general and some peculiar to
the chosen career. You may understand competencies to mean abilities and
skills. However, we would desist from calling these as personality traits as
such a conceptualization only reinforces the mistaken belief that entrepreneurs
are born rather than made. We believe that recognition of these competencies
as abilities and skills makes entrepreneurship as a teachable and learnable
behaviour. In this section we orient you towards a set of entrepreneurial
competencies developed by the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of
India (EDI) Ahemdabad. These competencies were identified by a thorough
research procedure based on critical analysis of the case studies of the
successful entrepreneurs. We also annex a questionnaire that you can use to
evaluate your score on each of these competencies. We would also suggest
how you might improve on your scores.

_____________________________________________
3.2.1 ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETENCIES
IDENTIFIED BY THE EDI
(i) Initiative- acting out of choice rather than compulsion, taking the lead
rather than waiting for others to start.
3
(ii) Sees and Acts on Opportunities- A mindset where one is trained to
look for business opportunities from everyday experiences. Recall
‘oranges’ example.
(iii) Persistence- A ‘never say die’ attitude, not giving up easily, striving
Information seeking continuously until success is achieved.
(iv) Knowing- Knowing who knows, consulting experts, reading relevant
material and an overall openness to ideas and information.
(v) Concern for High Quality of Work- Attention to details and
observance of established standards and norms.
(vi) Commitment to Work Contract- Taking personal pains to complete
a task as scheduled.
(vii) Efficiency Orientation- Concern for conservation of time, money and
effort.
(viii) Systematic Planning- Breaking up the complex whole into parts, close
examination of the parts and inferring about the whole; e.g.
simultaneously attending to production, marketing and financial
aspects (parts) of the overall business strategy (the whole).
(ix) Problem solving-Observing the symptoms, diagnosing and curing.
(x) Self-confidence- Not being afraid of the risks associated with business
and relying on one’s capabilities to successfully manage these.
(xi) Assertiveness- Conveying emphatically one’s vision and convincing
others of its value.
(xii) Persuasion- Eliciting support of others in the venture.
(xiii) Use of Influence Strategies- Providing leadership.
(xiv) Monitoring- Ensuring the progress of the venture as planned.
(xv) Concern for Employee Welfare- Believing in employee well being as
the key to competitiveness and success and initiating programmes of
employee welfare.

PROJECT
 IN

T.L.E

Submitted by: jean Pauline

Morcoso

Vengeance is not ours it's God's

Alms, alms, alms. Spare me a piece of bread. Spare me your mercy. I am a child so
young, so thin, and so ragged.
Why are you staring at me? With my eyes I cannot see but I know that you are all
staring at me. Why are you whispering to one another? Why? Do you know my
mother? Do you know my father? Did you know me five years ago? Yes, five years
of bitterness have passed. I can still remember the vast happiness mother and I
shared with each other. We were very happy indeed.
Suddenly, five loud knocks were heard on the door and a deep silence ensued. Did
the cruel Nippon’s discover our peaceful home? Mother ran to Father’s side
pleading. “Please, Luis, hide in the cellar, there in the cellar where they cannot find
you,” I pulled my father’s arm but he did not move. It seemed as though his feet
were glued to the floor.
The door went “bang” and before us five ugly beasts came barging in. “Are you
Captain Luis Santos?” roared the ugliest of them all. “Yes,” said my father. “You are
under arrest,” said one of the beasts. They pulled father roughly away from us.
Father was not given a chance to bid us goodbye.
We followed them mile after mile. We were hungry and thirsty. We saw group of
Japanese eating. Oh, how our mouths watered seeing the delicious fruits they were
eating,
Then suddenly, we heard a voice call, “Consuelo. . . . Oscar. . . . Consuelo. . . .
Oscar. . . . Consuelo. . . . Oscar. . . .” we ran towards the direction of the voice, but it
was too late. We saw father hanging on a tree. . . . dead. Oh, it was terrible. He had
been badly beaten before he died. . . . and I cried vengeance, vengeance,
vengeance! Everything went black. The next thing I knew I was nursing my poor
invalid mother.
One day, we heard the church bell ringing “ding-dong, ding-dong!” It was a sign for
us to find a shelter in our hide-out, but I could not leave my invalid mother, I tried to
show her the way to the hide-out.
Suddenly, bombs started falling; airplanes were roaring overhead, canyons were
firing from everywhere. “Boom, boom, boom, boom!” Mother was hit. Her legs were
shattered into pieces. I took her gently in my arms and cried, “I’ll have vengeance,
vengeance!” “No, Oscar. Vengeance, it’s God’s,” said mother.
But I cried out vengeance. I was like a pent-up volcano. “Vengeance is mine not the
Lord’s”. “No, Oscar. Vengeance is not ours, it’s God’s” these were the words from
my mother before she died.
Mother was dead and I was blind. Vengeance is not ours? To forgive is divine but
vengeance is sweeter.
That was five years ago, five years. . . .
Alms, alms, alms. Spare me a piece of bread. Spare me your