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INTRODUCTION: Human behaviour in an enterprise is generally concerned with the thoughts, feelings, emotions and actions of the people working in it. It is rightly said that the success of any enterprise primarily depends upon the efficiency and the effectiveness of the entrepreneur and the effectiveness of entrepreneurs depends primarily upon its human skills and how well he understands the needs and desires of the people working in the enterprise. Meaning of entrepreneurial behaviour Entrepreneurial behaviour is directly concerned with the understanding, prediction and control of human behaviour in enterprises. Definition “Entrepreneurial behaviour is a subset of entrepreneurial activities concerned with understanding, predicting and influencing individual behaviour in entrepreneurial settings.” -Callahan Characteristics of Entrepreneurial behaviour: 1. Behavioural approach to management : Entrepreneurial behaviour represents the behavioural approach of management. It emerged as a distinct field of study because of the importance of human behaviour in enterprise. 2. Cause and effect relationship: Human behaviour is generally taken in terms of cause and effect relationship. It provides generalisation that entrepreneurs can use to anticipate the effect of certain activities on human behaviour. 3. A branch of social sciences: Entrepreneurial behaviour is greatly influenced by other social sciences viz., psychology, sociology and anthropology. 4. Three levels of analysis: Entrepreneurial behaviour is the study of three levels of analysis i.e. individual behaviour, inter-individual behaviour and the behaviour of organisations. 5. A science as well as an art: The systematic knowledge about human behaviour is a science and the application of behavioural knowledge and skills is an art.
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