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Armanurah Mohamad
Purpose: This study aimed to explore entrepreneurial skills possess among university students after taking entrepreneurship subject, namely, Entrepreneurial Networking Management, where students have to run business under the Student Entrepreneurial.
Theoretical framework: This study focused on three groups of SEAP students consisting of five to six members for each group who were attached with Campus Student Enterprise (CSE) which is the SINTOKYO business for a period of one semester.
Design/methodology/approach: The study used a qualitative approch where document analysis were use to collect the data from the three group project reports and the students individual evaluation of SEAP at the end of semester.
Findings: The study found that students undergone the hands-on business experience through SEAP have acquire entrepreneurial skills of know-who, namely entrepreneurial networking skills. In addition, students also acquired entrepreneurial skills of know-how, which is teamwork skills, communication skills, marketing skills, customer service skills, problem solving skills and time management skills. All these entrepreneurial skills are related to entrepreneurial networking skills in managing Sintoko business.
Research, Practical & Social implications: The implication of this study showed that SEAP can be used as transformative teaching for Entrepreneurial Networking Management subject and other entrepreneurship subjects in developing entrepreneurial skills of know-who and know-how among university students. Originality/value: By exposing university students with real business experience, SEAP have potential to groom university students to be entrepreneurs during their study, thus helping university in producing graduate entrepreneurs and reducing unemployed graduates for the country.
