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Intrapreneurial competences of individuals as business asset

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Intrapreneurial competences of individuals as business asset

Intrapreneurial competences of individuals and teams are increasingly appreciated by organizations, since in business intrapreneurial competences are considered an important asset. In order to respond to the changing market environment, corporations have implemented programs to develop intrapreneurial behaviours at all levels in the organization. However, the intrapreneurial research field has had focus mainly on organizational structures, strategies and actions by the management, while the intrapreneurial behaviours of individuals and teams have been comparatively less explored. Intrapreneurial actions of individuals and teams can be supported and developed. The main research question of this Master thesis is how individuals can be supported to grow in terms of intrapreneurial competences. There is a target organization for this study. Since the development of competences is a social process, there was a high willingness from individuals to participate. Therefore, the selected method for the study was action research. Baseline circumstances of the target organization were evaluated via CEIA-survey. The aims of the actions were co-created with the management of the target organization, and the tangible actions were planned and executed with volunteers from the operational level. The main finding of the study was the role of peer colleagues’ behaviours as a factor to support individual intrapreneurial actions. The main outcome of the study is the profile of an ideally behaving colleague whose behaviours support the growth of intrapreneurship. Additional factors that support the intrapreneurship of individuals are social recognition, increase in curiosity via diversity and a well facilitated creation process. When the results are combined in one framework, the individuals of the organization are creating a ground for intrapreneurship. The organization is able to strive for intrapreneurship within the organization via establishing social recognition initiatives, organizing platforms for diverse interactions and establishing well facilitated creation processes. From an academic viewpoint this study provides indicators on how individuals can be supported in terms of intrapreneurship. These indicators are suggestive of a relatively novel knowledge in the field of intrapreneurship research. However, these indicators should be investigated in a broader and more systematic manner before a more general extrapolation is possible.

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