An Organizational Perspective of Knowledge Communication in Developing Entrepreneurship Education for Engineering Students

This paper constructs a theory model in order to study how entrepreneurial traits affect entrepreneurial orientation among the student community. Creativity and innovativeness are among the most essential attributes of graduates and also of successful entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship, or the process...

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Published in:Procedia, social and behavioral sciences social and behavioral sciences, 2013-02, Vol.73, p.590-597
Main Authors: Sudharson, K., Ali, Ahmed Mudassar, Sermakani, A.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Entrepreneurial Orientation
Entrepreneurship Education and Ideas
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Summary:This paper constructs a theory model in order to study how entrepreneurial traits affect entrepreneurial orientation among the student community. Creativity and innovativeness are among the most essential attributes of graduates and also of successful entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship, or the process of starting a new venture, is one of the main roads to new technological innovations. This paper presents novel models of entrepreneurship education integrated in engineering curricula and geared towards students with entrepreneurial intentions. To expose all students to entrepreneurial ideas and to spark their entrepreneurial spirit, we also developed several entrepreneurship add-on modules for existing disciplines. All these programs have been developed and implemented at S.A.Engineering College, Chennai. Preliminary evaluation results are presented and discussed.
ISSN:1877-0428
1877-0428
DOI:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.02.095