Graduate program in Entrepreneurship at J.J. Strossmayer

Graduate program in Entrepreneurship at J.J. Strossmayer University in Osijek, Croatia Slavica Singer, PhD Suncica Oberman Peterka, MSc First Southeast European Business Centre and Incubator Conference 20/21 October 2006 Tuzla What is entrepreneurship?  Sets of behaviour, attributes and skills that allow individuals and groups to create change and innovation, cope with and even enjoy higher levels of uncertainty and complexity. (Gibb)  Entrepreneurship – way of thinking and acting in everyday life. Fostering entrepreneurship means having a vision of a future with a lot of possiblities. Sjøvoll & Skåland First Southeast European Business Centre and Incubator Conference 20/21 October 2006 Tuzla Croatia case  Only one university based entrepreneurship program, at the J.J. Strossmayer University in Osijek • Research in entrepreneurship, from 1989 • Graduate program, from 2000 • Undergraduate program, from 2005/2006 • Postgraduate specialization, from 2005/2006 • Ph.D., from 2007 First Southeast European Business Centre and Incubator Conference 20/21 October 2006 Tuzla Graduate program in Entrepreneurship in Osijek  Graduate program at the J.J. Strossmayer University, from 2000 • • 10 enrollments, 288 students 67 % with economic background, 33 % non-economic background   90 : 10, in 2000 50 : 50, in 2006 75 % students from eastern Croatia 22 % students from northern and western Croatia 3 % students from abroad (Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina) • Atracting students outside of the region:    First Southeast European Business Centre and Incubator Conference 20/21 October 2006 Tuzla Students’ profile Working experience: with without Jobs: business owners 95% 5% managers banking officers department heads consultants (Deloitte...) NGOs First Southeast European Business Centre and Incubator Conference 20/21 October 2006 Tuzla Our expectation  Develop ENTREPRENEURIAL CAPACITY of young people, through knowledge and skills for:  Problem identification  Problem solving  Ideas brokering Develop CAPACITY FOR CHANGE in:  individuals  institutions  First Southeast European Business Centre and Incubator Conference 20/21 October 2006 Tuzla Product  Carefully designed educational product: • Program, not a course • Content and pedagogy • Entrepreneurship, not management of SMEs • Not shrinked management courses Combination of knowledge and skills  First Southeast European Business Centre and Incubator Conference 20/21 October 2006 Tuzla Content  From business idea to growing businesses From vision and resources to performance Entrepreneurship • In business organizations • In non for profit organizations • In local government   First Southeast European Business Centre and Incubator Conference 20/21 October 2006 Tuzla Structure of the program Obligatory and elective courses:     1. 2. 3. 4. semester: semester: semester: semester: 3 3 2 2 obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory + + + + 5 8 8 8 elective elective elective elective First Southeast European Business Centre and Incubator Conference 20/21 October 2006 Tuzla Structure of the program  Obligatory: • • • • • • • • • •  entrepreneurial skills creativity presentation skills new venture creation financial management accounting marketing operational management growth strategy entrepreneurial management • competitiveness Elective: • • • • • • • • • business intelligence business ethics family business counseling leadership franchize e-business analysing business data entrepreneurship without borders • international entrepreneurship • ... First Southeast European Business Centre and Incubator Conference 20/21 October 2006 Tuzla Learning process • • • Case method Individual and team projects Experience of others (entrepreneurs) DISTANCE LEARNING! • First Southeast European Business Centre and Incubator Conference 20/21 October 2006 Tuzla Learning by Networking Center for Entrepreneurship, Osijek: counselling, trainings – Growth Program Franchise center BIOS – business incubator Family Business Forum CEPOR – SME Policy Center First Southeast European Business Centre and Incubator Conference 20/21 October 2006 Tuzla On going activities  To establish International Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies, center of excelence in entrepreneurship teaching and researching. as an autonomous unit at the J.J. Strossmayer University in Osijek, based on “entrepreneurship across campus” concept First Southeast European Business Centre and Incubator Conference 20/21 October 2006 Tuzla Ultimate Outcome Level       Culture change recognition Local economic and social development Rebuilding trust relationships Stakeholder development Strengthening indigenous self help base Stronger articulation of regional case First Southeast European Business Centre and Incubator Conference 20/21 October 2006 Tuzla Contacts  Slavica Singer, singer@efos.hr Head of the Graduate Program in Entrepreneurship  Suncica Oberman Peterka, suncica@efos.hr J.J. Strossmayer University in Osijek Faculty of Economics Gajev trg 7 HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia phone: +385 31 224 467 fax: +385 31 224 438 www.psp.efos.hr First Southeast European Business Centre and Incubator Conference 20/21 October 2006 Tuzla