How industry experience can help in the teaching of entrepreneurship in universities
The objective of this paper is to find out how industry experience can lend a hand in the delivery method for an Entrepreneurship course or subject. In this study, the method adopted is the focus group interview, wherein industry practitioners and entrepreneurs share their views on entrepreneurship...
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my.sunway.eprints.532012-10-15T07:52:43Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/53/ How industry experience can help in the teaching of entrepreneurship in universities Liew, Yoke Ying * HD28 Management. Industrial Management LB2300 Higher Education The objective of this paper is to find out how industry experience can lend a hand in the delivery method for an Entrepreneurship course or subject. In this study, the method adopted is the focus group interview, wherein industry practitioners and entrepreneurs share their views on entrepreneurship education and the possible contribution of industry to the universities in grooming entrepreneurs. The findings reveal that entrepreneurs can be trained to a certain extent; internship is the main contribution by industry; and students? attributes are important foundation stones for moulding the students into entrepreneurs. In addition, there is a call for early training of entrepreneurship from primary school and family encouragement from young. The implication to universities is that teaching entrepreneurship as a subject means sharing knowledge with students while teaching it as a course should entail actual opportunities for students to set up businesses. Universities have to go beyond teaching and researching entrepreneurship and turn collaboration with industry into the catalyst for economic growth (Carlsson 2005). Sunway University College 2008 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/53/1/teaching_entrepreneurship.pdf Liew, Yoke Ying * (2008) How industry experience can help in the teaching of entrepreneurship in universities. Sunway Academic Journal, 5. pp. 48-64. |
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The objective of this paper is to find out how industry experience can lend a hand in the delivery method for an Entrepreneurship course or subject. In this study, the method adopted is the focus group interview, wherein industry practitioners and entrepreneurs share their views on entrepreneurship education and the possible contribution of industry to the universities in grooming entrepreneurs. The findings reveal that entrepreneurs can be trained to a certain extent; internship is the main contribution by industry; and students? attributes are important foundation stones for moulding the students into entrepreneurs. In addition, there is a call for early training of entrepreneurship from primary school and family encouragement from young. The implication to universities is that teaching entrepreneurship as a subject means sharing knowledge with students while teaching it as a course should entail actual opportunities for students to set up businesses. Universities have to go beyond teaching and researching entrepreneurship and turn collaboration with industry into the catalyst for economic growth (Carlsson 2005). |
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