MGT602 Entrepreneurship GDB Fall 2013 Solution Required

Entrepreneurship (MGT 602)                                             Fall 2013

GDB No.01

Due Date: 10-11-2013

Marks: 30

TOPIC: The Importance of Educational institutes in stimulating

             Entrepreneurial propensities among students

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: The prime objective of this discussion is to make students explore role of educational institutions in stimulating entrepreneurial propensities among students with reference to Pakistan.


To make students explore the pitfalls of educational institutes in the development of an entrepreneur

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

After attempting this assignment, the students will be able to know:

• The role of educational institutes in bringing up valued entrepreneurs among business students.
• Identify the causes due to which educational institutions fail to stimulate entrepreneurial intensions among business students.
• The need for creation of enterprise and new business environment in Pakistan
• How to startup their own careers

Scenario

In Pakistan there is mushroom growth of universities from which a large number of business graduates pass out every year. It has been observed that most of the students graduating from these universities prefer jobs over business. Most of the students might be getting jobs of their own choice and the rest of students then think for doing something else for earning money. It might be of doing various kinds of business activities but percentage of these students is least observe as compared to those who give preference to jobs. It is inferred from the situation that universities have failed to promote business propensities among students. There might be multiple reasons behind this but the universities are somehow greatly responsible for not stimulating the business propensities. At present Pakistani economy is growing at the average of 4 to 5 percent every year. Thus employment creation process is very slow. Right now universities have to create job creators rather than job seekers.


 

Point of Discussion:

Keeping in mind the present scenario, what are the different factors due to which our universities are failed in stimulating entrepreneurial intentions (Provide at least 6 reasons to enrich your discussion)? (30 marks)

Student’s Guide 

1.      Keep your discussion with the mentioned scenario and irrelevant answers and material will not be graded.

2.      Be careful from those blogs who are promoting cheating culture among our students and killing their creativity and critical thinking. Answers copied from such blogs will be straight away marked as zero. Similarly any relevant or irrelevant material copied from internet sources will get the same treatment. It can seriously damage your grades.

Note:

For acquiring the relevant knowledge, do not rely only on handouts but also watch the course video lectures and read additional material available on-line or in any other mode.

Important Instructions:

• Your discussion must be based on logical facts.
• The GDB will open and close on above specified date and time. Please note that no grace day or extra time will be given for posting comments on GDB.
• Use the font style “Times New Roman” and font size “12”.
• Your answer should be relevant to the topic i.e. clear and concise.
• Do not copy or exchange your answer with other students. Two identical / copied comments will be marked Zero (0) and may damage your grade in the course.
• Books, websites and other reading material may be consulted before posting your comments; but copying or reproducing the text from books, websites and other reading materials is strictly prohibited. Such comments will be marked as Zero (0) even if you provide references.
• You should post your answer on the Graded Discussion Board (GDB), not on the Moderated Discussion Board (MDB). Both will run parallel to each other during the time specified above. Therefore, due care will be needed.
• Obnoxious or ignoble answer should be strictly avoided.
• You cannot participate in the discussion after the due date via email.

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