Contributing towards entrepreneurship development through university education: a case of Kampala International University (Main Campus)
| dc.contributor.author | Guyo, Boru J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Waruru, Edith M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Menea, Anna Y. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Adong, Shadrach M. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-22T11:34:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-07-22T11:34:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-10 | |
| dc.description | A research report submitted to School of Business and Management Studies in the partial fulfillment of the Award of a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration of Kampala International University. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This study investigated the contribution of University education towards entrepreneurship development. The contribution of university education is composed of curriculum that encourages practical trainings and skills which can influence one's attitude, encouraged and nurtured creativity and innovations, personality traits and students involvement in Associations of specialized nature. While entrepreneurship development refers to purposeful activity of person(s) undertaken to initiate, maintain and aggrandize profit by distribution of economic goods and services. The education system in most institutions encourages scholars more towards white collar jobs. The trend as witnessed today is that demand for such jobs is higher than supply. This has led to loss in terms of investment in education, time, unutilized knowledge and skills, shattered hopes for expectation and dreams. The study was conducted through case study; data was collected in November 2010, using questionnaire, interviews and informal group discussions techniques from 350 students randomly selected from the accessible population, analyzed using percentages and measures of central tendencies by SPSS and presented in tables and figures. The study establishes that the students are of the opinion that; encouraged and nurtured innovation and creativity, attitude of student towards entrepreneurship, acquired personality traits, contribution of curriculum, and participation in specialized associations influences the development of entrepreneurship in that order. The study concluded that, the university education contributes toward entrepreneurship development. It recommends that the university institutions should design curriculum that influence students, and provides practical skills with more researches on entrepreneurship activities that encourages entrepreneurship development | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/10294 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kampala International University; College of Economics and Management | en_US |
| dc.subject | Entrepreneurship development | en_US |
| dc.subject | University education | en_US |
| dc.subject | Kampala International University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Uganda | en_US |
| dc.title | Contributing towards entrepreneurship development through university education: a case of Kampala International University (Main Campus) | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |