Entrepreneurial Motivations Self-Assessment
For this self-assessment, we are interested in your perspectives on how your background, education, experiences, etc. have influenced your entrepreneurial motivations.
In a first-person narrative of approximately 4 single-spaced pages (12 point, Times New Roman, 1″ margins), we ask that you explore each of the elements discussed in this Module (self-efficacy, cognitive motivation, and tolerance for ambiguity) with an orientation towards your historic decision-making.
In your narrative, be sure to integrate your findings from the interim evaluations (self-efficacy, cognitive motivation, and tolerance for ambiguity). As I am your primary reader, you may assume that I am very familiar with these topics and their importance to entrepreneurship (i.e. please do not provide definitions of the terms, avoid discussing their importance to entrepreneurship in a general sense, etc.). The narrative should focus on you and your decision-making to date.
The assignment is not to convince the reader that you have outstanding entrepreneurial motivations, but to honestly and measurably (with your three interim evaluations) explore your own entrepreneurial motivations. We will not be grading the “goodness” of your entrepreneurial motivations. Instead, grading is based on how comprehensively and rationally you connect your entrepreneurial motivations (as measured with the three interim evaluations) with your historic decision-making.
Our objective with this assignment is to help you baseline your entrepreneurial motivations today in route to enhancing them throughout our program.
I need my evaluation results posted below implemented into The paper!
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Tolerance of Change Scale
This measurement instrument is formally known as the “tolerance of ambiguity” scale.
Although it was developed 40 years ago, the instrument is still used today in research.
People with a high tolerance of ambiguity are comfortable with uncertainty, sudden change,
and new situations-characteristics of the hyperfast changes occurring in many
organizations today.
To calculate your score, we’ve assigned values to each statement as shown below. Your
results were then totalled to arrive at the tolerance of change score. Higher scores indicate
that you have a higher tolerance of ambiguity.
Strongly
Agree
Moderately
Agree
Slightly
Agree
Neutral Slightly
Disagree
Moderately
Disagree
Strongly
Disagree
For even-numbered statements 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
For odd-numbered statements 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Your score (from a maximum of 112) is 60.
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In this instrument you should put yourself in the position of someone who must gather and evaluate
information. The purpose is to investigate the ways you think about information you encounter.
There are no right or wrong answers, and one alternative is just as good as another. Try to indicate
the ways you do or would respond, not the ways you think you should respond.
Follow these instructions:
For each scenario there are three pairs of alternatives.
For each pair, select the alternative that comes closest to the way you would respond.
Answer each item. If you are not sure, make your best guess.
When you are finished answering all the questions, press the SCORE button at the bottom of
the exercise to tabulate your score.
Next, consult the scoring key in the The Cognitive Style Instrument Section of the answers page as a
basis for comparing your scores with others.
Please choose the appropriate alternative:
(Choose a. or b. for Questions 1-24)
Suppose you are a scientist in NASA whose job it is to gather information
about the moons of Saturn. Which of the following would you be more
interested in investigating?
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1. a. How the moons are similar to one another
b. How the moons differ from one another
2. a. How the whole system of moons operates
b. The characteristics of each moon
3. a. How Saturn and its moons differ from Earth and its moon
b. How Saturn and its moons are similar to Earth and its moon
Suppose you are the chief executive of a company and have asked division
heads to make presentations at the end of the year. Which of the following
would be more appealing to you?
4. a. A presentation analyzing the details of the data
b. A presentation focused on the overall perspective
5. a. A presentation showing how the division contributed to the company as a
whole
b. A presentation showing the unique contributions of the division
6. a. Details of how the division performed
b. General summaries of performance data
Suppose you are visiting an Asian country, and you are writing home to tell
about your trip. Which of the following would be most typical of the letter you
would write?
7. a. A detailed description of people and events
b. General impressions and feelings
8. a. A focus on similarities of our culture and theirs
b. A focus on the uniqueness of their culture
9. a. Overall, general impressions of the experience
b. Separate, unique impressions of parts of the experience
Suppose you are attending a concert featuring a famous symphony orchestra.
Which of the following would you be most likely to do?
10. a. Listen for the parts of individual instruments
b. Listen for the harmony of all the instruments together
11. a. Pay attention to the overall mood associated with the music
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b. Pay attention to the separate feelings associated with different parts of the
music
12. a. Focus on the overall style of the conductor
b. Focus on how the conductor interprets different parts of the score
Suppose you are considering taking a job with a certain organization. Which
of the following would you be more likely to do in deciding whether or not to
take the job?
13. a. Systematically collect information on the organization
b. Rely on personal intuition or inspiration
14. a. Consider primarily the fit between you and the job
b. Consider primarily the politics needed to succeed in the organization
15. a. Be methodical in collecting data and making a choice
b. Mainly consider personal instincts and gut feelings
Suppose you inherit some money and decide to invest it. You learn of a new
high-technology firm that has just issued stock. Which of the following is most
likely to be true of your decision to purchase the firm’s stock?
16. a. You would invest on a hunch
b. You would invest only after a systematic investigation of the firm
17. a. You would be somewhat impulsive in deciding to invest
b. You would follow a pre-set pattern in making your decision
18. a. You could rationally justify your decision to invest in this firm and not in
another
b. It would be difficult to rationally justify your decision to invest in this
firm and not another
Suppose you are being interviewed on TV, and you are being asked the
following questions. Which alternative would you be most likely to select?
19. How are you most likely to cook?
a. With a recipe
b. Without a recipe
20. How would you predict the Super Bowl winner next year?
a. After systematically researching the personnel and records of the teams
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b. On a hunch or by intuition
21. Which games do you prefer?
a. Games of chance (like Bingo)
b. Chess, checkers, or Scrabble
Suppose you are a manager and need to hire an executive assistant. Which of
the following would you be most likely to do in the process?
22. a. Interview each applicant using a set outline of questions
b. Concentrate on your personal feelings and instincts about each applicant
23. a. Consider primarily the personality fit between yourself and the candidates
b. Consider the match between the precise job requirements and the
candidates’ capabilities
24. a. Rely on factual and historical data on each candidate in making a choice
b. Rely on feelings and impressions in making a choice
After you have answered ALL 24 questions, please press the SCORE button to tabulate your
scores.
Press RESET to clear the page.
These are your scores on the two dimensions of cognitive style:
1. Gathering Information
Your
Score
Average
Males
Average
Females
Intuitive
Score
4 5.98 6.04
Sensing
Score
8 6.02 5.96
2. Evaluating Information
Your
Score
Average
Males
Average
Females
Thinking
Score
5 6.08 6.94
Feeling Score 7 5.20 5.06
Compare your score with the averages.
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To see how these scores were computed, you can go to The Cognitive Style Instrument Section of the
answers page.
“Developing Self-Awareness” exercises taken from Developing Management Skills by David A. Whetton and Kim S.
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Low self-efficacy
8-23
Below average self-
efficacy
24-27
Average self-efficacy
27-31
Above average
32-34
High self-efficacy
35-40
8 40
Your score was 34. The range of possible scores is from 8 to 40.
Interpreting your Score
Self-efficacy refers to a persons belief that he or she has the ability, motivation, and resources to complete a task
successfully. This particular scale is called a general self-efficacy scale because it estimates a persons self-
efficacy in a broad range of situations. The average general self-efficacy score varies from one group of people to
the next. For example, managers tend to have a somewhat higher general self-efficacy than young undergraduate
psychology students. The following table allows you to compare your general efficacy score to the range of scores
among undergraduate psychology students in the United States (77% female; average age 23).
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