• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Educating for an Entrepreneurial Career: Developing Opportunity- Recognition Ability
  • Beteiligte: Sardeshmukh, Shruti R.; Smith-Nelson, Ronda M.
  • Erschienen: SAGE Publications, 2011
  • Erschienen in: Australian Journal of Career Development, 20 (2011) 3, Seite 47-55
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1177/103841621102000308
  • ISSN: 1038-4162; 2200-6974
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  • Beschreibung: 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.