Week 14 Reading Reflection

The biggest surprise for me, in this week's reading, was how extensive and far reaching corporate entrepreneurship can be. Previously I only considered corporate entrepreneurship to include the acquisition of other business in similar or different markets. I've now come to realize that internal development and production is a large part of corporate entrepreneurship and that by fostering an open and creative environment, any employee can bring an entrepreneurial idea to fruition.

After reading Chapters 3 and 4 of our textbook, I was most confused by one of the types f morally questionable acts detailed in Chapter 4. Here the author details Role assertion as a type of morally questionable act but does not give clear examples. How does "investing in South Africa" or "using nuclear technology in energy generation" represent morally questionable acts? Perhaps these examples refer to the South Africa of the past, when apartheid was present, but overall the examples don't seem to be very good.

If I had the opportunity to ask the author two questions, I would first ask if there are any business development workflows that allow entrepreneurial ideas to become most apparent. The company where I currently work employs a system of software development called the Agile/Scrum method in which departments are broken down into small groups of 4-7 individuals. Each group decides which tasks are of most importance and work together to deliver on business commitments after a set amount of time. Are there other models such as this one that can help in creating new concepts? I would then ask if there is a most efficient manner of allotting time for employees to work on innovation projects during the workday. Many companies are more focused on keeping employees busy during their hours of work but don't consider the benefits that a set amount of "innovation time" could provide.

I did not find the author to be incorrect with any of the points made. Overall, I found no problem with the concepts and ideas brought up in the reading.