Entrepreneurship Action Research

Abstract

Graduates of PPU and many other universities have excellent technical and specialized skills. However they usually lack personal qualities related to entrepreneurship and business skills as well as they are not usually aware of the self employment as a career option. Therefore a course about “Entrepreneurship and Innovation” was offered at PPU in order to provide students with such qualities and awareness. The course was offered in an innovative way. It was completely students oriented including activities and learning events which all were completely student centered and focused on the interaction of students with the society which helped them ‘learn’ from all these interactions. Students were all involved actively in the course and the results were satisfactory in which students were still providing their feedback after the end of the course. Students’ valuable interactions with the society were notable as well as a change in the mindset of these students towards university learning as a result of the high students’ involvement and participation in the course lectures and activities.