Week 14 Reading Reflection

Chapter 3: The Entrepreneurial Mind-Set in Organizations: Corporate Entrepreneurship

1) The part that stood out the most to me was the list of five important practices for establishing innovation-driven organizations. Other than the basic knowledge of getting feedback and such, my favorite part was about failure. As a kid, I assumed that with failure, came punishment. Fail a class, get grounded. This book tells me that I should not punish failures, but learn from them.

2) One part of the reading that was confusing to me was about the corporate entrepreneurship strategy. The integrative model that is shown for it is over-complicated. The four main boxes are easy, but the others make the model go haywire.

3) Question 1: How do you feel about entrepreneurs using the skunk works organization for those wanting to innovate as a side-job? I want to know because this is potentially how I want to run my business.
Question 2: Other than the examples given on developing its own philosophy of corporate innovation, do you have any extra questions to provide an enterprise? I want to know because any additional questions can serve useful to an enterprise.

4) I disagree when the author talks about time availability. Not all enterprises require a vast amount of time like the author implies. Some can take up a very minimal amount of time in a person's life.


Chapter 4: Social Entrepreneurship and the Ethical Challenges of Entrepreneurship

1) The part that stood out the most to me was ecopreneurship. This concept was quite interesting to learn about and it is exciting that in the midst of entrepreneurship, our ecosystem is still taken into account.

2) The confusing part I found within this chapter was about bottom-line measures of environmental performance. I am confused on how they compare one severity to another within the realm of pollutants and consumption.

3) Question 1:In addition to recycling, how else would you eliminate the concept of waste? I want to know because I am interested in reducing waste.
Question 2: How do you think society is doing when it comes to putting the ecosystem into perspective within entrepreneurship? I want to know because I am curious to whether or not our society cares about the environment.

4) I disagree with the author when saying that it is obvious from the preceding... entrepreneurial thinkers. How is the preceding information "obvious"? That is not a word an author should use in a textbook.