Entrepreneurship, adult education & HRD

I think the endeavor for our program should be entrepreneurship, transformative learning and career development. More in the field of adult education than in the HRD. I say this because the problem of business schools today is how to increase students' intention to become business owners. A number of authors proposed a link between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intention or action, but no empirical proof have been found. I think the problem is the content of the entrepreneurial programs not the entrepreneurial education per se. Business school's professors have little background on adult education literature and, to encourage the transformative learning sought, they only know methods such as entrepreneur guest-speakers or mentoring, these methods are expensive. In consequence, courses and resources are utilized by curious students that are not seriously thinking in starting a business someday. A first course on entrepreneurship, transformative learning and career development could trigger a deeper and serious reflection from the students about whether they really want to become business owners. This process not only could trigger an experience that would increase the desire of starting a business but also could help an student to focus earlier on a professional career within a multinational company. At the end of the day, students stop by in entrepreneurship classes but most of them will pursue careers in big companies.