Integrating Harmonious Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum

Kirby, David A.; El‐Kaffass, Iman; Healey‐Benson, Felicity

doi:10.1002/9781119852858.ch10

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“…They demonstrate that entrepreneurship need not necessarily result in inequalities and that addressing the sustainability challenge in general, and inequality in particular does not have to occur sequentially, as Belz and Binder (2017) Entrepreneurship education and training should adopt a more holistic approach that integrates sustainability, ethics, and a concern for people and the planet, alongside the development of enterprise skills such as creativity, problemsolving, leadership, and communication. This requires a shift from passive to experiential learning and the adoption of innovative assessment methods that measure capability rather than the rote memorisation of knowledge (Kirby, 2022;Kirby et al, 2022a).…”

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Harmonious entrepreneurship: a sustainable model for addressing global inequality

Kirby,

Healey-Benson

2024

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Purpose This study aims to develop an entrepreneurial business model capable of addressing and preventing the exploitation and inequality that traditionally have resulted from entrepreneurship, particularly in emerging economies. Design/methodology/approach The research uses systems thinking, the first law of cybernetics, and the principles of harmony to formulate a systemic solution to the problem, which it exemplifies via six purposefully selected short cases drawn from diverse industry sectors and economies. Findings This paper demonstrates how the conventional model of entrepreneurship, often associated with colonial exploitation and resultant inequalities, can be transformed into a triple bottom line model—harmonious entrepreneurship – that integrates the traditional economic, eco-, humane, and social approaches and creates a synergy where profit, planet, and people are in harmony. The model challenges the profit maximisation/shareholder value doctrine of business success. Research limitations/implications Only six cases are presented here, and there is a need for further research in different political-economic contexts and industry sectors. Also, the way entrepreneurship is taught needs to change so that it addresses the sustainability challenge in general and the problem of inequality in particular. Practical implications There needs to be a change in the entrepreneurial mindset and the way entrepreneurship is taught and potential entrepreneurs are trained if entrepreneurship is to address the sustainability challenge in general and the problem of inequality in particular. Originality/value This is a novel approach to the study of entrepreneurship and its impact on inequality that shows how it can ameliorate and/or prevent inequality, particularly in emerging economies, by adopting a more holistic approach to business success and supplanting “having and needing” with “being and caring”.

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Harmonious entrepreneurship: a sustainable model for addressing global inequality

Kirby,

Healey-Benson

2024

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“…The answer is "nothing" and Harmonious Entrepreneurship demonstrates how it might be achieved and how it is possible for entrepreneurship to shift from a focus on wealth creation to sustainable development (Kirby et al, 2022a). Introducing students and staff to the concept, however, is the problem not least as there is still resistance to the incorporation of entrepreneurship education into the curriculum (Kirby et al, 2022b).…”

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The Harmonious Entrepreneurship Online Global Student Competition: An Example of Meaningful Extracurricular Entrepreneurship Education

Healey-Benson,

Kirby

2024

Extracurricular Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Activity: A Global and Holistic Perspective

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is Lead Researcher and Entrepreneurial Learning Champion within the esteemed International Institute for Creative Entrepreneurial Development at UWTSD. She is a serial academic entrepreneur, founding several successful ventures, including 'Emergent Thinkers.com', 'Pirates in Education' and a phenomenological learned society, 'hanfod.NL' in collaboration with Dr. Mike Johnson. These ventures are dedicated to identifying and disseminating new educational, research, and business practices that promote sustainability and support wider economic and social development. She is deeply passionate about sustainability and is also a co-founder of the esteemed Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society. In her capacity as a member of the Erasmus+ funded EntreCompEdu Steering Group, she is committed to advancing teachers' entrepreneurial education skills globally through online CPD opportunities, underpinned by the European Entrepreneurship Competence Framework. Additionally, she has co-developed an innovative online Postgraduate Certificate in Education Skills. She is also credited as the originator of the "Professional Context Vlog" and amongst other publications has contributed to and supported the editing of "Applying Sustainability: Principles and Practices," authored by Tay, Kay Luan, in 2019.

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