Program for Entrepreneur Educators in Malaysia at UNITAR

Babson College delivered its Program for Entrepreneurship Educators in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at the Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (UNITAR), Feb. 10-13, 2009. 

Babson delivered the four-day, customized intensive to 42 entrepreneurship educators and senior administration from UNITAR together with participants from Skali Sdn Bhd and Bank Rakyat. Educators were encouraged to identify, plan, and personalize their entrepreneurship teaching strategy, and improve as teachers, learners, researchers, colleagues, and entrepreneurs. The overall goal was to provide a modular, multi-year learning experience to UNITAR faculty in which they will learn about content and pedagogy to become more effective, innovative entrepreneurship teachers.

Topics during this first module included:

·         The Entrepreneurial Mindset

·         The Entrepreneurial Context

·         Idea Generation and Opportunity Recognition

·         The Timmons Model and The Business Model

·         The Business Planning Process

·         The Entrepreneur and the Team

·         Marshalling Resources

·         Business Plan Financials

·         Entrepreneurship Curriculum Design

Mark P. Rice, The Frederic C. Hamilton Professor for Free Enterprise at Babson College, delivered sessions based on Babson’s experience in developing and maintaining its top-ranked entrepreneurship curriculum.