PROPOSAL FOR SAUTEC A SUMMARY

ST AUGUSTINE UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA

FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF ST. AUGUSTINE UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (SAUTEC)

A SUMMARY

BY SYLVESTER JOTTA

FEBRUARY, 2011

1. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION

1.1     Background

Tanzanian Higher Education system has taken a very much closer interest in entrepreneurship as demonstrated by the inclusion of entrepreneurial training on the curricula and the setting up of entrepreneurial focused mechanisms as a response from SMEs Development Policy (2003) which is insisting on mainstreaming entrepreneurship course by:

~       Inculcating through education, training and other programs values and attitudes that are conducive to development of entrepreneurship;

~       Reviewing school curricula to accommodate entrepreneurship development;

~       Introducing entrepreneurial programmes in vocational and technical training;

~       Facilitating entrepreneurship development programmes for selected target groups/sectors e.g school leavers and

~       Facilitate capacity building in entrepreneurship development.

1.2     Justification

There is increasing enrolment rate of students to all levels of education in Tanzania. This situation has caused a growing demand for employment opportunities for young people.

With this background, some educational institutions including SAUT in Tanzania have started integrating entrepreneurship in their curricula as part of the broader agenda for enhancing job creation against job seeking mindset to students

2         ABOUT SAUTEC

2.1     Goal

St. Augustine University of Tanzania Entrepreneurship Development Centre (SAUTEC) is focused to be an executer and coordinator of entrepreneurship development endeavors, for the university community and for the external market. As a cross-cutting unit, this centre will run entrepreneurship courses for all students to all academic programmes at SAUT, conducting Training of Trainers (TOT) Entrepreneurship Education related courses for SAUT academic staff, supporting and exposing students interested in the entrepreneurship career and providing various trainings to SMEs to the community.

2.2     Vision

“To be a centre of excellence in Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation in Eastern and Southern Africa”

2.3     Mission

To enhance the enterprising culture among Tanzanians in particular and those in East and Southern Africa in general towards economic sustainability through job creation philosophy by maximum utilization of competence teaching staff it has, and other important stakeholders.

2.4     Objectives

SAUTEC will be identified with two main objectives as being the following:

Objective 1: To promote and coordinate entrepreneurship development initiatives at St. Augustine University of Tanzania.

Accordingly, the intermediate results of SAUTEC Objective 1 will be:

~       To sensitize students to the need for the spirit of and skill for entrepreneurship through lectures, Seminars and Workshops;

~       To mainstream entrepreneurship development courses to all SAUT academic programs;

~       To provide the theoretical framework for entrepreneurship through taught courses;

~       To provide the practical framework for entrepreneurship through hand-on practical instruction;

~       To develop General Enterprising Tendencies (GETs) among students;

~       To provide opportunities for supervised practical self-expression of ideas;

~       To commercialize the entrepreneurial products (such as Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) trainings, researches, etc.) of the centre for the purpose of generating revenue for the university;

~       To introduce students to the community through Community Based Experience and Services (COBES) programme. This will be done through Faculty based projects that would be executed by students in selected rural communities in order to develop the spirit of community service in them. Students would be expected to live and learn in the community for a period of time while executing projects that are beneficial to the community.

~       To sensitize students to chose entrepreneurship as a career;

~       To assist students interested in starting businesses to develop business plans and linking them to institutions that provide other types of support including Credit, Training and Consultancy;

~       To provide information useful in setting and managing small firms;

~       To promote formation and operation of associations and networks that will help students who are interested in the entrepreneurship career;

~       To provide pedagogical methods to academic staff for enhancing students’ GETs;

~       To train academic staff to sensitize students to the entrepreneurship career;

~       To train academic staff to assist students to develop business plans, to advise and counsel in matters related to starting and running enterprises;

~       To train members of staff interested in entrepreneurship to enable them start and/or develop enterprise activities;

~       To prepare and deliver exit programs for retires of the university desiring to set up enterprises.

Objective 2: To produce and disseminate training and counseling programs and research and consultancy on entrepreneurship development.

This objective will focus on the following:

~       To provide SMEs training;

~       To facilitate business plan competition;

~       To conduct business plan clearance;

~       To conduct business counseling and couching;

~       To conduct business forums for entrepreneurs;

~       To provide business consultancy services; and

~       Formation of SAUTEC Entrepreneurship Club

3         RESOURCES AND CAPACITY OF SAUTEC

3.1 Structure

~       The centre will be administered by the Director

~       SAUTEC will be staffed by academic staff with a variety of backgrounds that have chosen to combine their expertise with entrepreneurship;

~       SAUTEC will be housed in the Faculty of Business Administration;

~       Will have associates from other University Faculties and departments and other national and international enterprise development institutions;

~       SAUTEC will work closely with number of Business Development Services (BDS) providers, CBOs, NGOs, Other High Learning Institutions, MFIs, Banks, donors and government agencies.

3.2     Facilities

~       There will be 1 furnished office for Director;

~       One resource room equipped with training facilities (projector, flip charts, files, folders, papers, marker pens etc)

~       One desktop computer (connected with internet)

~       One Printer

~       One UPS

~       One Scanner

~       etc

4         CAURSES TO BE OFFERED BY SAUTEC

The courses and trainings to be intervened by SAUTEC will be but not limited to the following:

~       Business Planning;

~       Strategic Planning;

~       Trainer Training on Entrepreneurship Development;

~       Youth Entrepreneurship;

~       Business Consultancy Skills;

~       Change Management;

~       Policy Analysis,

~       Private Sector Development;

~       Time Management;

~       Small Business Finance;

~       Enterprise Development;

~       Customer Service;

~       Corporate Governance;

~       Building and Sustaining Competitive Advantage;

~       Family Business and Wealth Stabilization;

~       Intrepreneurship (Corporate Entrepreneurship)

~       Special SMEs Training on Entrepreneurship and Enterprise management;

~       Business Development Services (BDS);

~       Business Formalization;

~       Business Accounting;

~       Technology Transfer and Innovation;

~       Retirement Programs;

~       Business Research Methods;

~       International Trade;

~       E-Commerce;

~       Business Management;

~       Building the Business Venture;

~       Records, Accounts, and Information Management;

~       Introduction to Microfinance;

~       Supply Chain Management and Logistics;

~       Project Write up, Monitoring and Evaluation;

~       Business Laws;

~       etc.

5         SAUTEC PROPOSED PROGRAMMES

In collaboration with other departments in the Faculty of Business Administration, SAUTEC will offer:

5.1 Short term programmes:

~       Certificate of Management and Business Entrepreneurship (to start in 2013/2014 academic year);

~       Advanced Diploma of Management and Business Entrepreneurship;

5.2 Long term programmes:

~       Bachelor of Management and Business Entrepreneurship;

~       Postgraduate Diploma of Management and Business Entrepreneurship and

~       Master of Management and Business Entrepreneurship.