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Titre : Are Entrepreneurship, Research and Management a Remedy for Unemployment and Poverty in Botswana ?

Auteur : Tonkope, Nametsegang

Université de soutenance : Universitat ???

Grade : Doctorat, 2018

Résumé partiel
Like most developing countries in Africa, Botswana faces problems such as graduates unemployment, poverty and collapse of some businesses owned by graduates. These problems caused major challenges to the government which therefore called for the researcher’s investigation of graduates’ views on the introduction of entrepreneurship, research and business management programme, which is expected to evoke graduates’ thirst for entrepreneurial engagement, thus reduce unemployment and poverty in the country. The nation experiences a high rate of unemployment of graduates youth, which is assumed to be due to lack of entrepreneurial skills, knowledge and competencies in majority of the potential entrepreneurs. Mixed method was conducted to determine the perception of graduates on the introduction of entrepreneurship, research and business management as a remedy for unemployment and poverty. The study design used in this study includes pragmatic, quantitative, deductive research, survey strategy and cross sectional horizon. The study also used semi-structured interview and administered survey questionnaires. Furthermore, the research used concurrent triangulation design method, qualitative and quantitative data analysis in the study. The correlation test and chi-square statistical analysis was used. The study assessed the need for introducing entrepreneurship, research and business management programme in public tertiary institutions in Botswana. The results of the study revealed that entrepreneurship, research and business management programme serve as a vehicle for the attainment of the right entrepreneurial personality, knowledge and skills for graduates willing to venture into entrepreneurship. This programme is one of the crucial vehicles as it was said to be beneficial to graduates. It shed light on the position entrepreneurship, research and business management education play in stimulating the spirit of entrepreneurship, research and management of businesses among graduates from public institutions. Study results exhibited that respondents had positive perception towards the introduction of this programme, though they felt there was a need to consider the delivery and assessment method used in a programme of this kind. Chi-square results demonstrated that gender and graduates choice for employment, graduates’ preference to postgraduate programme in entrepreneurship, research and business management and graduates perception towards the benefits of ERBM are not related.

Mots clés : Entrepreneurship, research, business management, graduate unemployment, poverty reduction, job creation and education

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