Przedsiębiorczość a umiejętność korzystania z pomocy

Abstrakt

This article is dedicated to the influence help may have on entrepreneurs and how it is perceived by them as affecting the effectiveness of their operations. This analysis is based on examples illustrating the various forms of assistance and how these are perceived by their beneficiaries. The article suggests criteria for judging whether a given activity is of a helpful nature, regardless of how a beneficiary may see it. It also attempts to explain the commonly observed phenomenon of entrepreneurs banishing from their minds all recognition of the fact that they are taking advantage of assistance, based on the well-known theory from social psychology called the „Theory of cognitive dissonance”. This points to the possibly negative effect of the tendency by the businessman to banish from his mind objective facts on the various aspects of his firm's operations, such as assessment of investment decisions or the fulfillment of obligations. This article also applies to practices applied by many organizations specializing in the distribution of assistance for entrepreneurs that fail to attach any importance to their beneficiaries understanding the assistance nature of their offer, thus fostering an incorrect and harmful interpretation by entrepreneurs.