An Investigation in Intrapreneurship

Abstract

This paper has as its aim a description of the entrepreneurs as the "main source of change" and "change factor" in administrative organizations. First, the principle of entrepreneurs will historically be explain and then differences between entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs in view of some recent researches in applied entrepreneurship theory will be discussed. Then we will refer to some categories in entrepreneurship schools and theories. We will briefly describe these entrepreneurship schools, in telation to the applied research of entrepreneurship. These schools and theories include: the great person school, psychological characteristics school, classical school, management school, leadership school and the intrapreneurship school. We will describe the intrapreneurship school in detail and determine the positions of the mentioned schools and their central attention in the life cycle of organizations. Factors such as survival, rising productivity and effectiveness against changes and threats demand that administrative organizations adapt and coordinate themselves with the environment as a result of the intrapreneurship activity of those who work in administrative organization. We explain the process of development and improvement of .organizations and the way entrepreneurs become managers. Characteristics of these entrepreneur managers, the way we may identify and employ them and recognize their significant position in the administrative organization will he discussed. Finally, ways or creating a favorable intrapreneurship activity environment and certain strategies resulting in intrapreneurship spirit will also be discussed.