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- Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship
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- 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
- Authors
- Robert Weissbach, Pennsylvania State University-Erie; Jana Goodrich, Pennsylvania State University-Erie
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- Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
course.Engineering and technology curricula often focus on the technical abilities of students,neglecting the “soft skills” that will often determine success or failure for a graduate when (s)heenters the workforce. As an example, project management skills are often neglected in anengineering curriculum, requiring additional training for those engineers who end up inmanagement positions2. Skills such as the ability to lead and work effectively as a member of ateam are frequently identified as critical to the success of an engineer, but typically are lacking innew engineering graduates3. The same is true of business students. While the businesscurriculum uses many team-based projects, students frequently resist building good, effectiveteam-building skills
- Conference Session
- Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Programs
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- 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
- Authors
- Heidi Neck, Babson College; John Bourne, Olin College; Stephen Schiffman, Olin College
- Tagged Divisions
- Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
entrepreneurship division of ASEE, NCIIA, and Stanford’s REEprogram are developing a critical mass of resources supporting engineering entrepreneurship. The evidence in support of entrepreneurship education is growing. Economic impact, jobcreation, society enhancing innovation, understanding the financial value associated withinnovation and commercialization, the soft-skills of business, and the opportunity to actionorientation of entrepreneurship are undeniably beneficial to engineers graduating from Americancolleges and universities. Is education reform so slow really? Or are the issues around adoptingentrepreneurship as part of engineering curriculum similar to design teaching issues uncoveredby Bjorkland & Colbeck above. Do engineering