The Role of the Entrepreneurship Olympiad in Education – Evaluation of Thematic Assumptions

Authors

  • Dariusz Nowak Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Poznaniu
  • Łukasz Wściubiak Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Poznaniu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24917/20833296.161.13

Keywords:

competition, education, Entrepreneurship Olympiad, knowledge, pro-entrepreneurial events

Abstract

The Entrepreneurship Olympiad is one of the most important educational events addressed to secondary school students. The topics of this contest concern both general aspects of entrepreneurship as well as a number of issues in the field of marketing, management, capital markets or business ethics. The purpose of this paper is to assess the topics of particular editions of the Entrepreneurship Olympiad. This assessment was made in the context of educational need and economics challenges encountered by young people in their adulthood. The analysis included programmes of each edition of the Olympiad, lists of recommended literature, as well as test questions and tasks for participants. On this basis, it can be concluded that the contest issues included both relevant and current problems in the field of entrepreneurship, as well as some content of limited usefulness for young people. The authors postulate to eliminate such content from the future editions of the Olympiad, which should lead to increased interest of potential participant in this interesting educational project.

Author Biographies

Dariusz Nowak, Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Poznaniu

Dariusz Nowak, PUEB professor, Institute of Management, Head of Department of Corporate Resources Management. In the years 2006–2012 he was the Secretary of the Entrepreneurship Olympiad of the Regional Committee in Poznań, and since 2012 its Chairman. Author of over 100 publications in the field of cooperation, collaboration, key competences, entrepreneurship, innovation etc. Business practician.

Łukasz Wściubiak, Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Poznaniu

Łukasz Wściubiak, PhD, an assistant professor, Poznan University of Economics and Business, Institute of Management, Department of Corporate Resources Management. He is a member of the Regional Committee of the Entrepreneurship Olympiad at Poznań University of Economics and Business. His research interests include innovation, inter-organisational cooperation, intellectual property management and technology entrepreneurship. He is a member of European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSB) and an author of nearly 40 papers released in scientific journals, monographs and conference proceedings.

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2020-06-24

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Nowak, D. ., & Wściubiak, Łukasz . (2020). The Role of the Entrepreneurship Olympiad in Education – Evaluation of Thematic Assumptions. Entrepreneurship – Education, 16(1), 159–172. https://doi.org/10.24917/20833296.161.13

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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2020): The role of entrepreneurship in education and in the development of organisations and spatial systems

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