Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

Thomas Alva Edison is a
successful entrepreneur

Characteristic traits and skills of Thomas Edison and
different from business manager
• Thomas Edison leading business like great businessman , Thomas
Edison motivate their employees to achieve goals in their business.
• Thomas Edison leading their business any ways ,and they hold every
working of business.

Multi-tasking

• The Thomas Edison are all rounder they are mange all the
functionality of their business.
• Thomas Edison having multiple projects at same time and mange
properly.
• They handled all the employees according to their working skills.

Decision making
• Thomas Edison having all the crucial decision about the organization.
• Thomas Edison also takes those decision who are beneficial for the
business.
• Thomas Edison have ability ton maintain all the important decision
about the organization.

Motivation

• Thomas Edison have to motivate their employees for work.
• Thomas Edison also respect all the employees in organization and
motivate for their working skill and for hard work.

Business development skills
• Thomas Edison have skills to increase their business.
• Thomas Edison have skills to develop their business and growing
them.

Leadership

• Thomas Edison have ability to leading huge business and increase
them.
• Thomas Edison is great leader ,he handled all the responsibilities vey
carefully.

Effective communication skills
• Thomas Edison have interpersonal communication skills that interact
employees to work hard.
• The Thomas Edison understand the clients requirement and fulfil
them.

Reference
• Espíritu-Olmos, R. and Sastre-Castillo, M.A., 2015. Personality traits
versus work values: Comparing psychological theories on
entrepreneurial intention. Journal of Business Research.68(7)
pp.1595-1598.
• Sahut, J.M. and Peris-Ortiz, M., 2014. Small business, innovation, and
entrepreneurship. Small Business Economics. 42(4). pp.663-668.