Workshop on Entrepreneurship Skills Attitude and Behaviour Development

FXEC, Tirunelveli | 23 Jan,2023

On 23.01.2023 a Workshop on “Entrepreneurship Skills Attitude and Behaviour Development” was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and IIC in association with the Department of MBA under the activity code ACT/22-23/01077. The session was handled by Mr.V.Benni Livingston, TAX Manager – Athen group, Nagercoil. The students from I year MBA and faculties of MBA department participated in the program. The program was coordinated by Mr. P. Selvakumar, EDC Coordinator, AP/MBA, FXEC. The guest speaker enlightened the students with immense knowledge on entrepreneurship by sharing his experiences and highlighting varied skills and competencies required to be a successful entrepreneur. The speaker also threw light on how the attitude and behaviour of a person affect their entrepreneurial development. In the First Half of the session, the speaker highlighted some of the key characteristics of an entrepreneur such as development of strategic thinking and scenario planning skills, as well as the ability to make intuitive decisions based on little knowledge, Stimulating a variety of entrepreneurial behaviours such as seeking for and seizing opportunities, networking, taking initiative, convincing others, and making intuitive decisions. In the second session of the workshop, the resource person discussed many success stories of entrepreneurs and also carried out desk activity. The session highlighted the aspects of Challenges of 1st Generation Entrepreneur, Goal Setting, and Women Entrepreneur. He demonstrated various business ventures which stood up in “Start-up India ''like Business Life Cycle, Validation of Business Ideas and Market Research.The students of the commerce department participated with full zeal and enthusiasm in the session. Student’s showed keen interest in entrepreneurial activities as many of them have an objective of having their own start-ups in future. The workshop was highly interactive. This workshop helped students in gaining knowledge about crucial entrepreneurial skills. This will help them to develop their skills, competencies and behaviour to successfully select and start their own entrepreneurial venture. Students learnt the importance of knowing self and others as a first step to develop required skills and competencies which are essential for being an entrepreneur.