Management Education and Entrepreneurial Skill Set – A Study among MBA Students of Bangalore

Abstract

Entrepreneurial activity in a country is strongly associated with its economic growth. To sustain in the present knowledge based economy, entrepreneurs must possess certain skill sets. Previous researchers have identified various functional and entrepreneurial skills that are needed for successful entrepreneurship. This study has identified three skills that were identified as critical by most of the researchers and attempts to assess these skill sets among MBA students of Bangalore. The relationship of demographic variable with the skill sets was also studied. The findings revealed that the students perceive to possess the skills and opportunity recognition skill is found to be more. Demographic factors like parental occupation and their academic major has a significant relationship with the perceived possession of skill sets whereas gender of the students do not have significant relationship with skill sets.