Abstract:
Despite the domination of entrepreneurship approach in individual, organizational
and national levels and because of global environmental competition,
industrial/manufacturing firms and corporations especially in the developing countries
seem to be unable to follow up this approach in their own organizations. A relevant
research in 130 Iranian industrial firms in 2000, examined the entrepreneurial
barriers in such firms in the form of structural and behavioral obstacles as
inter-organizational and environmental elements.
This article based on the results of this field study, attempts to review organizational
entrepreneurship and explain the research methodology as well as analyze the
scientific findings by applying statistical methods and provide suggestions to remove
the barriers in the way of corporation entrepreneurship.
Machine summary:
"The present article, based on the findings of a field study, attempts to examine some structural, behavioral and environmental barriers to entrepreneurship in Iranian industrial corporations and provide guidelines for entrepreneur ship development in such corporations.
05 confirmation with corporations' goals tions were identified and represented in the following table: Although statistical analysis of most hypotheses indicated that in many corporations, structural elements are the main obstacles of entrepre neurship development inside the firms, utilizing modern technologies and some positive structural characteristics such as the low rate of for mality and complexity, inter alia, prepare the ground for entrepreneur ship development.
The managers of industrial corporations should have the following characteristics which indicate entrepreneur ship support by management to create entrepreneurship culture in their own corporations: Accepting the responsibility of entrepreneurial initiatives Risktaking as a positive characteristic Appraising idea owners Supporting small pilot projects Financing new projects Adaptability of management philosophy and values with entrepre neurship Appraising risktakers Believing in shared management Enduring derivation from the rules Applying employees' new ideas In order to facilitate employees' thinking in organization, we should create an environment where different ideas/thoughts are freely expressed.
To pro mote rational and systematic risktaking for developing organizational entrepreneurship, the following guidelines are considered: Since risktaking is the most important characteristic of entrepreneurs, it is necessary for an organization to create an environment for attract ing managers and employees and improving their entrepreneurship motivation."