QUESTIONNAIRE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETENCES
TRAINED VIA PRACTICAL PLACEMENT
For Students and Graduates
Thank you for accepting to participate in our research on the entrepreneurial skills acquired during practical placement. Your opinion is valuable to us in order to have a comprehensive image of what is done and what should be improved in the future in this respect.
This questionnaire presents a series of questions related to the entrepreneurial skills and competences that result from the practical placement of the students.
For the scaled items from 1 to 16, please select the appropriate / best option in your judgment, using the following scale:
1 = none;
2 = weak;
3 = considerable;
4 = strong.
For the open questions from 17 to 23 please answer as you consider appropriate. The more information you give us, the more you help us.
Please answer all the questions.
THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF YOUR ANSWERS IS GUARANTEED.
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Skills and competences |
Importance
None-1;
Weak-2;
Considerable-3;
Strong-4 |
Level to which developed
by practical placement
None-1;
Weak-2;
Considerable-3;
Strong-4 |
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Competences to manage small enterprises or individual businesses |
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Understanding of market dynamics in a particular field |
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Capacity to identify possible opportunities for developing new products, markets, or business models |
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Capacity to evaluate perspectives for new ideas |
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Capacity to evaluate external environment |
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Capacity to understand customers needs |
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Capacity to make decisions under conditions of uncertainty |
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Capacity to establish productive relationships |
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Skills to develop new business ideas |
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Skills to make deals |
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Ability to gain social capital (professional networking) |
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Effective personal entrepreneurship behavior |
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Social skills for professional activity in multicultural environments |
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Business ethics |
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Other - specify (feel free to add new competences)
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Other - specify (feel free to add new competences)
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Do the hosting company/ enterprise promote an entrepreneurial culture?
a) Yes
b) No
If "yes", please explain how
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Do the hosting company/ enterprise encourage employees to try new ideas?
a) Yes
b) No
If "yes", please explain how
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Do the hosting company/ enterprise foster and sustain innovation?
a) Yes
b) No
If "yes", please explain how
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Please describe the way the company ensures the development of entrepreneurial competences and skills for the students in practical placement: |
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What are the changes you consider necessary the universities operate in their curricula in order to increase the graduates' employability? |
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What are the changes you consider necessary the universities operate in their practical placement policies in order to increase the graduates' employability? |
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Which could be the role of the companies/ enterprises in the development of the entrepreneurial competences of students? |
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| Demographics |
| Country |
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| Name of organization/ institution |
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| Field (please specify the area relevant to the enterprise sector you are referring) |
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| Age (in years) of the person answering
Gender:
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| Year of study (if you are a student)
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| Year of your graduation
Title of your present degree:
in
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| Present employment situation (if suitable, please mark the appropriate answer with X): |
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working in a position related with your degree |
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working in a position not related with your degree |
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further study |
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looking for your first job |
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unemployed, but have previously been employed |
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neither employed nor looking for employment |
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other (please specify)
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| Thank you for filling in the questionnaire! |
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