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Entrepreneur Education:
It is not about theories,
it is about doing things.
Prof. Samuel van den Bergh
Definition:Entreprendre (French) = undertake
An Entrepreneur is someone who makes things happen and does (creates, builds, initiates, achieves running an enterprise or organization).
An Entrepreneur is NOT someone who watches, observes, analyses or describes
(after: Kirby (2006)
Entrepreneurial Mindset:
Imagination and creativity = innovator
Intuition = enabler / designer
Authority = leader
Willpower = achiever, opportunity seeker and risk taker
(after: Lessem (1986)
Education Kills Creativity:
Sir Ken Robinson, TED Talk 2006
Example: Divergent thinking (essential capacity for creativity) In preschool: 98%, at age 8-10: 50%, at age 13-15: 40%
Ineffective Methods
LECTURE = Acronym. It stands for „Lengthy Endless Continuous Torture with Unending Repetition of Explanations.“
Theories = cognitive development
Effective Methods
Applications in real or simulated projects = affective development
Contests, working in teams, business games
Regional and global cooperation
Cooperation with industries, smes
Example:
Panasonic received an Award from UM for academia-industry cooperation program: “From Cradle to Career” this Monday, 12/12/2011
It was initiated by a former AEI student:Ravinther Kunju Raman
The program offers every year 50 first year students training and coaching in industry relevant soft skills and on-the-job training. The students are being trained until their final year.
Why?
Help students to develop entrepreneurial mindsets
Help industries to connect to future employees during their education
Help academics to relate to business needs
What?
Creativity skills, especially divergent thinking, problem solving
Communications skills, especially persuasion, negotiation
Critical thinking and assessment skills
Leadership and social networking skills
Time management skillsafter: Ray (1997)
Born or Bred?
To some, entrepreneurs are born not bred
It probably takes a certain personality – yet the environment can indeed enhance entrepreneurial skills by experiencing real life examples at schools or at home
Ravi’s Daughters
The older one designs badges, first for her colleagues, now also for Ravi’s clients
The younger one runs a business by selling her father’s colored paper to friends
The Swiss System
Universities and Universities of Applied Sciences
CTI: Commission for Technology and Innovation
CTI
• CTI helps to optimize knowledge and technology transfer through the use of thematic and regional networks and platforms.
CTICTI lends support to:
• Market-oriented R&D projects. Sponsers: 50% government and 50% industries.
• Creation and development of start-up companies;
• Knowledge and technology transfer.
Literature:• Kirby, David A. (2006), Entrepreneurship education: can
business schools meet the challenge? International Entrepreneurship Education. Issues and Newness. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 35 – 54.
• Lessem, R. (1986), Entreprise Development, Aldershot: Gower.
• Ray, D.M. (1997), „Teaching entrepreneurship in Asia: impact of a pedagogical innovation“, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, 6(3), 193-227.
• Robinson, Sir Ken , TED Talks 2006http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.htm
• CTI, (Swiss) Commission for Technology and Innovationhttp://www.kti.admin.ch/index.html?lang=en