The Entrepreneurship Development Program with the PALS Approach to Create Entrepreneurs at State Polytechnic of Batam, Indonesia
Year: 2021
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: In 2020, the State Polytechnic of Batam gained the third opportunity for the Community-Service program scheme of the Ministry of Research and Technology in the Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDP).The aim of this program was to create independent entrepreneurs based on technopreneurs.This program aimed to provide business development for tenants so that they are ready and independent in entrepreneurship, developing entrepreneurship based on knowledge and technology.The implementation of this program began with socialization, recruitment, and selection of prospective tenants.The method of implementing the program used the empowerment of entrepreneurial potential tenants, namely PALS (Participatory Action Learning System) to form a participatory learning interaction system.This program activity was carried out in early 2020 before the decision from the national government regarding the Covid-19 pandemic was made and this activity was also undertaken during the Covid-19 pandemic.Many of these entrepreneurship development program activities were carried out by implementing health protocols in order to prevent the spread of Covid-19.The results of the entrepreneurship development program found 44 tenants who had participated in the coaching, then a second selection was carried out to obtain 25 tenants.The Entrepreneurship Development Program Team conducted a third stage selection to get tenants who were further fostered until the end of the year, namely 10 tenants.
Institution: Politeknik Negeri Batam
Language: English
Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Funder: Politeknik Negeri Batam
OpenAlex ID: W3160413239