Culture of Entrepreneurship in Public Universities of the Colombian Caribbean Region

Cielo Margarita Rodríguez López ,Moya Camacho Fabio Orlando,Danny Daniel López Juvinao

doi:10.17485/ijst/2018/v11i36/131752

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https://doi.org/10.17485/ijst/2018/v11i36/131752

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Abstract

Objectives: The main purpose of this article was to analyze the culture of entrepreneurship in public universities of the Colombian Caribbean region. Materials and Methods: A descriptive-analytical, transversal, non experimental and field-type of methodology was applied. The target population comprised the coordinators of the different agencies that deal with entrepreneurship in public universities in the departments belonging to the Colombian Caribbean region, to which a questionnaire was applied in order to measure the variable. Findings: It was concluded that an institutional educational project with vision and projection that anticipates changes, allows image positioning in terms of management and results with clearly significant and differentiating elements in order to promote a culture of entrepreneurship is required. Application/Improvements: Public policies of entrepreneurship were evaluated followed by a description of the missionary processes of the Caribbean Coast universities within the business culture, as well as the dimensions of the institutional management linked to entrepreneurship culture. Keywords: Colombia, Culture of Entrepreneurship, Institutional Management, Missionary Processes, Public Policies, Public Universities

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Entrepreneurship implies to carry out a key function in economic and technical progress, in order to generate changes and welfare for humanity; depending to a certain extent on the quality and effectiveness of knowledge generation processes
The primary source of information was composed of seven directors and/ or coordinators of the different agencies responsible for promoting entrepreneurship in public universities in the departments belonging to the Colombian Caribbean Region (Table 1)
The Ministry of Education (MinEducacion[3] in Spanish) highlights that public universities, in the departments belonging to the Colombian Caribbean region, must structure a curricular proposal focused on basic, investigative and citizen competence training, in different pedagogical contexts, which allows aligning programs, strategies and processes towards the development of entrepreneurial attitudes

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Entrepreneurship implies to carry out a key function in economic and technical progress, in order to generate changes and welfare for humanity; depending to a certain extent on the quality and effectiveness of knowledge generation processes. In this regard, the existence of an entrepreneurship culture based on techno-scientific knowledge, the exploitation of research and development and innovation is fundamental, so that organizations, whatever their size and activity sector may be, can invigorate and evolve achieving a sustainable development. In the case of Colombia, Law 1014 entered into force in 2006, by means of which the culture of entrepreneurship[2] is fostered. Among the actions carried out, there is an agreement signed with the Colombian Association of Universities (ASCUN3 in Spanish), with the purpose of joining efforts to strengthen university entrepreneurship through extracurricular activities

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