ASSESSMENT OF PERSONAL ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETENCIES OF UNIVERSITY OF MINDANAO GRADUATING BUSINESS STUDENTS

Abstract

Business management students are expected either to become entrepreneurs or intrapreneurs – an individual who act like an entrepreneur in a specific business organization. This study investigates the personal entrepreneurial competencies of graduating business students in the lens of MSI’s 10 Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies (PECs) for the purpose of curriculum development. The MSI’s Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies questionnaire was utilized to determine the personal entrepreneurial competencies of graduating business students. The respondents were 132 graduating business students. ANOVA was used to determine the difference between the personal entrepreneurial competencies as well as the difference of PECs between programs (Marketing, Financial, Human Resource Management, and Business Economics). The graduating business students possess the competencies of an entrepreneur, either entrepreneurial or intrapreneurial. Hence , the University of Mindanao should supplement this through various programs and learning modalities that would sustain the development of students’ entrepreneurial competencies.