Entrepreneurship is gaining popularity for reasons which include: people choose
entrepreneurship as an alternate career and governments around the world have
started to recognize the economic impact that entrepreneurship has in stimulating
economies and reducing unemployment. Another reason for the growth and
importance of entrepreneurship is the wide spread nature of capitalism that
presents business opportunities. With the high unemployment rates in South
Africa one would think that entrepreneurship ranks high on the agenda of students
and service providers. The aim of the study was to investigate the quality of
entrepreneurship and highlight the effects of entrepreneurship education on
students to the point of determining firstly if there is a need for entrepreneurship
education and secondly, if such education yields benefits and greater success for
entrepreneurs.
As entrepreneurship exponentially gains momentum the desire for knowledge to
harness raw entrepreneurship into sustainable and growth business comes to
light. Schools, Universities and other educational institutions in developed and developing countries are all embracing the culture of entrepreneurship. A non
probability, convenience sample of 190 students at the Graduate School of
Business, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal were chosen to answer a questionnaire
designed to evaluate the nature, benefits and to check if there is a need for
entrepreneurship education. One hundred and twenty one respondents completed
the questionnaire.
The study revealed that entrepreneurship is important and education can play a
role in fostering and harnessing entrepreneurship. The study illustrates areas of
improvements for the courses. This study benefits students who are considering
entrepreneurship as an alternate career and service providers who offer
entrepreneurship education. / Thesis (MBA)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, 2009.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ukzn/oai:http://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za:10413/9677 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | Mungroo, Bradley Ashwin. |
| Contributors | Singh, Anesh Maniraj. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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