Entrepreneurial skills enhance the achievement level of school leaders
Loading...
Date
2011
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Institute of Interdisciplinary Business Research
Abstract
Educational systems of almost every country of the world are facing the challenges of new
dimensions. To manage with such fast growing challenges it has to coordinate with the global demands. Education being an industry has to work under the same patterns as any business organizations do. It is widely agreed that the intention of Conservative education policies is that the schools are to become business with a primary focus on profit and loss account (Ball, 1990,
p68). In business sector business entrepreneurs are going to be encouraged. So it is the high time to realize the worth of educational entrepreneurs to make it successful as business and strengthen
the country s economy. The objective of this article is to analyze the results of a survey carried out among school leaders at different schools in Lahore. The aim of this study was to investigate entrepreneurial skills in school leaders.The research involves analysis of data gathered from school leaders serving in different schools at Lahore Pakistan.Education has become the back bone of every country s economy. So it has become very necessary to develop the educational on the same patterns as any business organizations do. For this the role of school leaders should become significant and functional. They should become forward to lead the educational systems as
business. They should be more focused to quality and profit to up lift the country s economy. The research has the implications for the school leaders and policy makers in term of identifying the importance of entrepreneurial skills for school heads in order to refine and up lift the educational
system to strengthen the country s economy. The research will be valuable in terms of training of school heads. It will also provide the policy makers an insight about its importance in global perspectives.
Description
Keywords
School Leader, Entrepreneurial Education, Entrepreneurial Skills
Citation
Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, Vol 3, No 1, pp 277-288