Experiential Learning for Entrepreneurship

Description

This topical new book provides an illuminating overview of enterprise education, and poses the question as to whether current establishments have adequate systems in place to prepare students for the world of work. Addressing the increasing need for graduates with practical skills and expertise in the labour market, this collection of insightful chapters analyses the opportunities that are available for aspiring entrepreneurs to develop enterprise skills and experience key aspects of starting and running a business, whilst in a supported environment such as an educational program or incubator scheme. With comprehensive discussion of higher education initiatives and empirical examples of experiential learning in the workplace, this book is an important and timely read for those researching business enterprise, entrepreneurship and higher education more generally. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxxi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Experiential Learning Philosophies of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education (Michael Breum Ramsgaard)....Pages 3-18 Assessing Experiential Entrepreneurship Education: Key Insights from Five Methods in Use at a Venture Creation Programme (Martin Lackéus, Karen Williams Middleton)....Pages 19-49 Enterprise Simulation Gaming: Effective Practices for Assessing Student Learning with SimVenture Classic and VentureBlocks (Naveed Yasin, Khalid Hafeez)....Pages 51-69 An Exploration of Experiential Education as a Catalyst for Future Entrepreneurs (Denis Hyams-Ssekasi, Elizabeth F. Caldwell)....Pages 71-83 An Appreciation of the Stakeholder Impact in an Enterprise Education Experiential Learning Event: ‘The Enterprise Challenge’, a Case Story from Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland (Joan Scott, Bobby Mackie, Robert Smith, Judy Crooks)....Pages 85-104 Embedding Interdisciplinary and Challenge-Led Learning into the Student Experience (Jess Power)....Pages 105-123 A Holistic Approach to the Delivery of Effective Enterprise Education (Veronica Scuotto, Alan Murray)....Pages 125-144 Front Matter ....Pages 145-145 Experiential Learning in Entrepreneurial Families: Lessons from Mexico (Mariana Estrada-Robles)....Pages 147-163 Learning from a Premium Dining Restaurant to Implement a Delight Strategy in a Bar/Grill: Applying Experiential Learning (David Bamber, Clay Gransden)....Pages 165-183 Do Intrapreneurs Learn by Doing? (Maria de Lurdes Calisto)....Pages 185-203 Understanding Organizational Values Through Experiential Learning (David Bamber, Steve Harding)....Pages 205-223 Experiential Learning Through the Transformational Incubation Programme: A Case Study from Accra, Ghana (Stephen Dobson, Gideon Maas, Paul Jones, Joan Lockyer)....Pages 225-244 When Pedagogic Worlds Collide: Reflections on a Pan-European Entrepreneurship Education Project (Kate Penney, Dimitris Bibikas, Tim Vorley, Robert Wapshott)....Pages 245-263 Back Matter ....Pages 265-270