Leadership and Entrepreneurial Competencies Evaluated by the Academic Community

Abstract

More and more attention is devoted in Russian universities to the development of entrepreneurship education, as well as entrepreneurial and leadership competencies of students. An analysis of entrepreneurship education problems and forming entrepreneurial competencies in Russian educational system was made within the framework of the project “READY for business: Integration and Evaluation of the Practical Entrepreneurial Skills in Engineering and ICT Sciences – Rebus”. Students’ and professors’ opinions regarding the importance of certain leadership and entrepreneurial competencies were also taken. Questionnaire method and document analysis were utilised in the investigation. Research results provided insight to the necessity of entrepreneurship education and effective methods of training. Comparison of the leadership and entrepreneurial competencies and differentiation of these depending on their significance for the students will enable one to make allowance for students’ educational needs when creating syllabi as well as define the criteria of maturity of the competencies in a better way.