Applying Competency based Approach for Entrepreneurship education

Mojab, Farnaz; Zaefarian, Reza; Azizi, Abdol Hadi Dazian

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.02.054

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“…The availability of financial capital to support venture formation and growth has been proven a key contingency (Ahmad et al, 2014). Accordingly, to confront the difficulties of building and managing a company in its entirety, many scholars substantiate the need to recount engineering, economic and managerial skills (Mojab, 2011). The ability to learn is essential in developing entrepreneurial capabilities (Rae & Carswell, 2000).…”

Section: Entrepreneurial Skillsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards Entrepreneurial Learning Competencies: The Perspective of Built Environment Students

Kissi¹,

Matthew²,

Samuel³

2015

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This paper sought to discuss entrepreneurial learning competencies by determining the outcome of entrepreneurial learning on the views of built environment students in the university setting. In this study, three relevant competencies were identified for entrepreneurial learning through literature, namely: entrepreneurial attitude, entrepreneurial skills and knowledge of entrepreneurship. On this basis, questionnaire was designed and administered to graduate students in built environment. In all, a total of 124 questionnaires were administered to respondents. Out this, 84 were retrieved representing a response rate of 68% and were further subjected to analysis using Relative Importance Index (RII). The findings from the study highlighted on competencies factors that have great impact on entrepreneurs in dealing with tasks and problems related to entrepreneurial learning processes. These key entrepreneurial competencies as perceived by the built environment students were ranked as: entrepreneurial attitude, knowledge of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial skill. The findings may help stakeholders in the building industry including up-coming graduate students. Thus, it could help in their journey into entrepreneurial terrain affiliated to advancement of their career, as a way to increase private wealth and the pursuit of a more balanced life.

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Section: Entrepreneurial Skillsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards Entrepreneurial Learning Competencies: The Perspective of Built Environment Students

Kissi¹,

Matthew²,

Samuel³

2015

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“…Within the context of the student in higher education, (Mojab, Zaefarian, & Dazian Azizi, 2011) stated that academic competence gained through the process of learning and teaching at the university, furthermore personal competence obtained from student's social environments, and by developing a relationship with their surroundings. (Mojab et al, 2011) also stated that social network which is obtained through developing a relationship with the surroundings or the environmental factors refer to attributes of the environment / social networks that exist around the individual.…”

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Does the Social Network Relate With the Entrepreneurship? An Empirical Content Analysis

Nugroho

Sihite

2017

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“…Aspects included in a typical enterprise education course or module include idea generation, market research, product and process development, communication, negotiation, conflict management, project management and people management (Birdthistle et al 2007). Recently, amid calls for more experiential approaches to the teaching of entrepreneurship education, authors in the field have begun to focus on teaching elements including action learning (Rasmussen & Sørheim 2006;Hytti & O'Gorman 2004), career-orientation (Rae 2007), interdisciplinary teams (Lüthje & Prügl 2006), competencies (Mojab et al 2011) and learner-centric approaches (Jones 2006). While these all help the subject to evolve, the most popularly reported pedagogical practices employed remain to be the use of business plans and teamwork (Hytti & O'Gorman 2004).…”

Section: Entrepreneurship Education and Teamwork In Eementioning

confidence: 99%