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Entrepreneur Scan #OnlineSelfAssessment EERPF #EntEdOnline

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Entrepreneur Scan #OnlineSelfAssessment EERPF #EntEdOnline

URL https://entrepreneurscan.com/amp/

Launched

1997

Overview

The assessment is marketed as a business personality test to uncover an individual’s entrepreneurial potential. It does this by examining a range of skills and capabilities which it identifies as being part of an entrepreneurial profile and then allows respondents to benchmark themselves against a pre-defined norm. The website offers the online self-assessment with an accompanying profile, e-learning resources, a 360-degree feedback tool and a coaching platform.

Themes

Key themes are achievement, financial management, need for autonomy, need for power, social orientation, self-belief, endurance, risk taking, market awareness, creativity, flexibility, planning, leadership, financial management and need for autonomy.

Uses

The assessment is marketed as a set of tools primarily for professional coaches, advisors and teachers who are supporting people to develop as entrepreneurs.

Question Format

Note: a generic version of the assessment was reviewed here, customisable versions are now available for different audiences. The version we reviewed comprises some initial demographic data gathering, this was followed by 106 Likert scale questions ranging from (I absolutely Agree) to (I completely disagree). There were also 16 sorting questions which used a 4-point scale: 1 (most) to 4 (least).

No. of Questions

122

Cost

Price for one E-Scan assessment and report is 15Euros ex VAT.

Results

The 50-page individual report provides a semi-personalised explanation and analysis of the respondent’s results in comparison to the test’s general benchmark. The report is divided into sections which mirror the elements of the profile and each section also gives some semi-personalised guidance for self-development. The end of the report provides some general advice on entrepreneurial activity and a final conclusion the role of which is to prompt the respondent to act on the results. Data in the results is visualised in radar plots, bar charts and pie charts.

Author / Attribution

This guide was produced by EERPF Matt Draycott Mokuba Mave Dr Kelly Smith Dr David Bozward Vic Curtis Dr Chinthaka Jay Rob Moon (EERPF https://www.enterprise.ac.uk/develop/eerpf/). If you would like to contact the author, please use this email address:- matthew.draycott@rau.ac.uk or the team via twitter @DraycottMC @MaveAchille @KellyJS @bozward @chinthaka_Jay @viccurtis @RMadcyclist .