http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/181 2026-05-15T15:00:28Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/318 The Intrapreneurial Drive Debnath, Kanish The process of innovations within organizations and the act of motivating employees to perform better is an age-old phenomenon. Entrepreneurship as a process outside organisations is well established but within them it continues to be transient and illusory. This paper is an attempt to understand the intrapreneurial drive through various schools of thought. The concept of intrapreneurial personality is looked at through Personality Spectrum Theory advocated by Lessem in 1988, then with the Five Factor Model of personality proposed by Costa and McCrae in 1992. The role of experiences in organisations is examined under Upper Echelons Theory proposed by Hambrick and Mason in 1984. Apart from personality and organisational experiences facilitating intrapreneurship, it is conceptualised that organisational commitment will moderate it. The Three Component Model of organizational commitment advocated by Allen and Meyer in 1990 is discussed along with possible implications. Employees within organizations today have more autonomy and support to perform effectively. Theories and metaphors on human motivation have been brought in to cogently assess intrapreneurial drive. It is recommended that organizationsmust gear up further to encourage and incentivise intrapreneurial talent in order to stay competitive. 2013-02-20T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/317 Prioritizing the Success Factors in Fostering Intrapreneurship in an Organization Mishra, Onkar Nath; Ruchi, Kumari The ever increasing global competitive pressure and constantly changing environmental conditions such as changes in consumer behavior, technology etc. have been enforcing organizations to think beyond the conventional way of doing business. Intrapreneurship is considered as a major competitive factor for achieving business excellence by organizations. Although there are several factors that support intrapreneurship in an organization, choosing how and where to allocate organizational resources and give prime management concern to these resources is a critical issue. This study tries to identify the various support factors and their sub factors required for successfully implementing intrapreneurship in an organization. Further, the study also attempts to prioritize these support factors and their sub factors that are essential for implementing intrapreneurship in any organization. AHP is applied to explore the relative weighted importance of each of these success factors and their sub factors. A questionnaire was prepared and top and middle managers of the MNCs were asked to give relative importance weight age to these success factors and their sub factors. After collecting the questionnaire, Super Decisions software was used to calculate the importance weight of the experienced managers’ judgments. This approach provides a useful tool for prioritizing different factors in successfully fostering intrapreneurship in any organization. 2013-02-20T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/316 Intrapreneurship: An Effective Tool for Organizational Sustainability Kulkarni, Sharad R The current status of the business environment has been observed with the increasing pressure on organizations in terms of their sustainable existence and development. The businesses of any type and any size have recognized the reality that past economic achievements do not provide assurance for success in the future .Organizations are taking many steps to withstand in the tough competition. One of the ways in this direction is to encourage intrapreneurial urge among the workforce for enhancement in productivity and performance at his job. Intrapreneurship is judged as the most significant way to curb weaknesses of enterprises, as it helps organizations to obtain a better competitive position. It also contributes to strengthen the economy of the nation. In this context, the study was carried out to identify the organizational parameters which are significantly correlated with improvement in total performance. Attempts were made to recognize the suitable ecosystem which is conducive for the intrapreneurial behaviour of the workforce. It would support innovativeness in the culture which could ultimately be transformed into a long term sustainable growth of the organization. Conclusions were deduced from the study of 30 SMEs working at Sangli District in South Maharashtra. 2013-02-20T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/315 Customer Orientation and Learning Orientation among Intrapreneurs in Indian Service Provider Organizations Jain, Ravindra; Ali, Saiyed Wajid The present study was carried out with two objectives: first, to examine Customer Orientation and Learning Orientation in the selected service provider enterprises of India; and second, to ascertain the relationship between Customer Orientation and Learning Orientation in the selected enterprises. The findings of the study revealed that small and medium size service provider organizations of India have high customer orientation and also have highly favourable learning orientation. High degree positive correlation was found to exist between customer orientation and learning orientation; and learning orientation was found to have significant impact on customer orientation in the study-organizations. Growing globalization of the markets has made customer orientation across the cultures inevitable and therefore keeping various international contexts in view, it needs to be nurtured on a continuous basis.Mobilizing of knowledge-based resources throughout the enterprise may enhance innovation performance in all types of markets. 2013-02-20T00:00:00Z