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The GET2 test defines an enterprising tendency as the tendency to start up and manage projects - highly enterprising people
do this more often and are more innovative in their approach. This self assessment test aims to give you an idea of your
enterprising potential, although it is important to note that there is much academic debate about the most important
characteristics of enterprising people, and there is a role for education and training in helping people develop their potential.
Your responses to the test suggest the following results:

 GET2 Test Enterprise Rating

Highly enterprising

The overall GET2 test score of 85% suggests that your enterprising tendency is high. This means that you have a
tendency to start up and manage innovative projects. This could be your own business venture, within your
employing organisation or in your community. You may recognise the following qualities in yourself:
You have a strong need for achievement and use resources effectively to achieve challenging goals
You like to be in charge and do things your own way
You will seek out opportunities for innovation
You believe that you possess or can gain the qualities and competencies to be successful
You are willing to take a calculated risk to achieve your goals successfully.

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Highly enterprising people tend to set up and manage projects more often and are more innovative and growth-
oriented in their approach. This suggests that enterprising people are opportunistic and good at utilising resources
and capabilities, including human, technological, material and organisational resources and capabilities. However,
even with a high enterprising score, there is much you can learn and do. Several universities, such as The Open
University offer free courses online which may help you to build up your business knowledge and skills (see
http://openlearn.open.ac.uk (http://openlearn.open.ac.uk)). There are also many MOOCs (Massive Online Open
Courses) freely available on the FutureLearn platform (https://www.futurelearn.com
(https://www.futurelearn.com)) to help you to learn about technology, business and the economy, learn languages
and so on.

 Need for Achievement

Your need for achievement score of 100% is high. This means that you may have the following qualities:
An orientation towards the future
Reliance on your own ability
An optimistic rather than a pessimistic outlook
A strong task orientation
Effective time management
An orientation towards achieving results, which applies to managing yourself and others
A restlessness, a strong drive and high energy levels
Opinionated with strong opinions and ready to defend your ideas and views
A determination to ensure your objectives are met even when difficulties arise
Responsibility and persistence in pursuit of your aims
A goal–orientation, setting challenging but realistic goals
A willingness to work long and hard when necessary to complete tasks.

With a high need for achievement, you may need to be careful about maintaining your work life balance and in
particular taking care of your health and the important relationships in your life.
Your results suggest you are both highly enterprising and that you have a high need for achievement, suggesting
that you are interested in considering business or enterprise ideas with potential for growth, which could involve
expansion in global as well as local contexts. Your high need for achievement gives you the drive to accomplish
great achievements in the career path of your choice.

 Need for Autonomy

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Your need for autonomy (or independence) scored 100% which is high. This means that you may have the
following qualities:
Independence, preferring to work alone especially if you cannot be top dog
Strong self expression, feeling a strong need to do your own thing your way rather than work on other
people'sprojects
A distinctive individualism, being able to stand alone even when pressurised by people and groups
A leadership orientation, preferring to be in charge and disliking taking orders
Unconventional,being prepared to stand out as being different to others
Opinionated, having to say what you think
Determination, being strong willed and stubborn about pursuing your interests.

A high need for autonomy score suggests that you like to take charge of projects that you are involved with, and
you may not like working for other people. However, you may need to work at developing good relationship skills
with clients, employees, suppliers and authorities since this is important even in very small business or
enterprises.

 Creative Tendency

With a score of 83%, your creative tendency is high. This means that you may have the following qualities:
A strong imagination and an inventive or innovative tendency to come up with new ideas
Strong intuition, being able to synthesis ideas and knowledge and make good guesses when necessary
Change-orientated, preferring novelty, changes and challenges with a dislike of being locked into routines
Versatilty, being able to draw on personal resources for project management and problem solving
Curiousity and interest in new ideas.

A high creative tendency score suggests that you are a person with strong creative tendencies that may be
expressed through artistic, innovative or inventive activities. While not all creative people have to be enterprising, it
is nonetheless a characteristic of the most enterprising.
Your results suggest you are highly enterprising, and that you have high creative tendencies. This suggests that
you are likely to be innovative in your enterprises, that is you would probably create new products (goods and
services) or systems, and may need to consider ways to protect your intellectual property. You may also need to

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be careful about over-extending yourself and following up on too many opportunities. It may be important to
develop skills in evaluating ideas to assist with decisions about which ideas to prioritise for investment and
development.

 Calculated Risk-Taking

Having a medium score of 67%, you may recognise yourself as being somewhat decisive and able to calculate
whether your decisions and actions are likely to be successful. It might be that you prefer to take your time and
gather a lot of information before coming to decisions. However, you may be happiest with tried and tested, less
risky enterprising ideas, or business ideas where a partner takes the risks even if that might include sacrificing
some of the potential rewards.

 Locus of Control

You scored highly in having an internal locus of control at 83%. This means that you may have the following
qualities:
Opportunism, seeking and taking advantage of opportunities
Self-confidence with the belief that you have control over your destiny and you make your own luck, rather
than being controlled by fate
Proactivity, taking personal responsibility to navigate through problems that arise to achieve success on
your terms
Determination, expressing a strong will and seeking to exert control over your life
Self belief, where you equate the results achieved with the effort you make.

Having an internal locus of control means that you confidently seek to exert control over your life, drawing on your
inner resources rather than depending on others. You strongly believe that your personal qualities and efforts will
determine your success in life.

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 General Enterprising Tendancy (GET2) Test Result Summary

The radar plot and chart show the characteristics of your GET2 test scores graphically. You can print the report off so
that you can compare your chart with somene else‘s chart, or you can compare your own chart with a new chart if you
decide to re-take the test on a future date.

Ach = Need for Achievement | Aut = Need for Autonomy | Cre = Creative Tendency
Ris = Calculated Risk-taking | LoC = Locus of control

GET Score 85%

Achieve 100%

Autonomy 100%

Creative 83%

Risk taking 67%

Control 83%

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We hope this report helps you understand the nature of your tendencies for general enterprise and that you recognise in
the report some of your own traits. However, the author cannot accept any liability for the report or for these
interpretations, which are offered in good faith. If you would like to know more about this test and how to improve your
score, see the FAQ (index.html#faq). If you would like further information on the test, please consult the GET2
bibliographic references (index.html#academic). Please don‘t forget to leave us your feedback (get2feedback.html).
The report can be printed if required.

Report date: Tue Sep 24 2024

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