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MBAs are increasingly looking for flexibility – and that may be in modes of learning, online learning, hybrid learning or self-paced learning
He went on to mention that while the Covid-19 pandemic has had an impact, due to the courses being fully online and working with local businesses/ entrepreneurs, they have been able to continue and offer the same experiences and enables students to continue their learning. Martin Obschonka, Director of the Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research at QUT Business School, Queensland University of Technology, moved the focus away from teaching entrepreneurship and sustainability to developing quality research and understanding the secrets of sustainable entrepreneurship. Obschonka spoke about creating opportunities with entrepreneurial people and organisations to develop the entrepreneurial mindset, create sustainable goals, and to set out personal and organisational values and the role of society. He quoted the South African proverb ‘it takes a village to raise a child’, explaining that this also applies to sustainable entrepreneurship, going on to outline the need to understand an ecosystem, changes to it, and how ecosystems interact with entrepreneurial mindsets – which are the backbone of Business Schools and business education. Meanwhile, Gunther Friedl, Dean, TUM School of Management at the Technical University
have the ultimate say in all matters pertaining to the environment, sustainability and climate change – has had a negative effect on society. Frattini argued that sustainable entrepreneurship should be seen as a set of activities, efforts, initiatives, and practices put in place to innovate strategies, operations, and process. The growth in areas such as research, technology, leadership, psychology and philosophy will make the shift easier, creating a more sustainable future for Business School teaching but also for the leaders of tomorrow, he said. Schools, their programmes and teaching methods should incorporate sustainability into all courses, activities and learning experiences, with the focus seen as a priority, not an add-on. Andrew Godley, Associate Dean (International) and Head of Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour for Henley Business School, University of Reading, emphasised the importance of digital innovation and the mission Business Schools have been facing for years in terms of teaching entrepreneurship to students. Schools have switched their focus from teaching entrepreneurship solely within the classroom to working closely with local entrepreneurs and businesses, to offer greater insights and capabilities to ecosystems.
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