Entrepreneurship, Creativity and organization: text, cases & readings

Entrepreneurs, people on fire with their ideas, have long fascinated me. Easy to recognize but hard to define, they are individuals whose zeal and passion make a difference. They almost willingly seek routes which put them in "harm's way." They frequently originate or catalyze the development of socially significant ideas. Their human qualities can be the decisive ingredients in the success of the organizations they create to sue their vision. create to pursue

I organizations, with their volatility and flux, have also cap Entrepreneurial orga tured my attention. There is much to observe and learn in entrepreneurial environments, where standard operating procedures are lacking and organizational structure, culture, and leadership style are created anew each day. Like the art of Japanese ink-brush painting, developing entrepreneurial firms re quires a sure and steady hand. They grow and evolve rapidly. A movement made too fast, and the ink will be too thin; too slow, and the ink will make an unsightly blot. The trick, simple to state but difficult to practice, lies in following the motion's natural course.