Educating for an Entrepreneurial Career: Developing Opportunity-Recognition Ability

Autor/inn/en	Sardeshmukh, Shruti R.; Smith-Nelson, Ronda M.
Titel	Educating for an Entrepreneurial Career: Developing Opportunity-Recognition Ability
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Career Development, 20 (2011) 3, S.47-55 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1038-4162
Schlagwörter	Careers; Entrepreneurship; Higher Education; College Students; Teaching Methods; Business; Planning; Classroom Techniques; Experiential Learning; Models; Self Management + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Career; Karriere; Unternehmungsgeist; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Collegestudent; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Business studies; Wirtschaft; Betriebswirtschaft; Ablaufplanung; Planungsprozess; Klassenführung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Analogiemodell; Selbstmanagement
Abstract	Entrepreneurship as a career option has become increasingly desirable, and there is a real need to develop an opportunity-oriented entrepreneurial mindset among tertiary students. Current entrepreneurship education heavily relies on the linear process of business planning and rarely encourages the complex and non-linear thinking patterns necessary for entrepreneurial careers. Based on a theory-driven understanding of the nature of opportunity recognition, we propose a two-pronged approach combining classroom exercises with experiential exercises to enhance opportunity-recognition ability. Our model is not limited to new business creation, and it lends itself easily to self-managed, opportunity-driven, entrepreneurial approaches to careers. Links between entrepreneurship and self-managed careers are discussed. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10