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Entrepreneurs |
Intrapreneurs |
Traditional Managers |
1.   Primary Motive | Independence, opportunity to create and money | Independence and ability to advance in the corporate rewards | Promotion and other traditional corporate rewards such as office staff |
2.   Time orientation | Survival and achieving 5-10 years growth of business | Between entrepreneurial and traditional managers, depending on urgency to meet self-imposed and corporate time-table. | Short-term meeting quotas and budgets, weekly monthly, quarterly and the annual planning horizon. |
3.   Activity | Direct involvement | Direct involvement more than delegation | Delegates and surprises more than direct involvement |
4.   Risk | Moderate risk-taker | Moderate risk-taker | Careful |
5.   Status | Not concerned about status symbol | Not concerned about traditional status symbols— desires independence | Concerned about status symbol |
6.   Failure and mistakes | Deals with mistakes and failures | Attempts to hide risky from view unless ready | Tries to avoids mistakes and supervises |
7.   Decisions | Follows dreams with decisions | Able to get others to agree to help achieve dreams | Usually agrees with those in upper management position |
8.   Family history | Entrepreneurial small business, professional or farm background | Entrepreneurial small business, professional or farm background | Family members work for large organisation |
9.   Who serves | Self and customers | Self, customers and Sponsors | Others |
10. Relationship with others | Transactions and deal- making as basic relationship | Transaction within hierarchy | Hierarchy as basic relationship |
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