Entrepreneurial University: Assessing the Concept in Zimbabwean State Universities Harare, Zimbabwe

Makanzwa Mercy Masunda, Patience Hove, John Marumbwa and Mlisa Jasper Ndlovu
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Makanzwa Mercy Masunda: Harare Institute of Technology, Technopreneurship Development Centre, Zimbabwe
Patience Hove: University of Zimbabwe P. O. Box MP 167, Mt Pleasant Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
John Marumbwa: Dept of Management Studies, Great Zimbabwe University Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Mlisa Jasper Ndlovu: Dept of Business Management, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2022, vol. 6, issue 11, 402-413

Abstract: The world over universities are taking a new trajectory, evolving from their tripartite mission of teaching and learning, research and community service to be at the forefront of innovation and entrepreneurship. This evolution forces integration of social and economic development into the university curriculum and propels the transformation from a conventional university to an entrepreneurial one. The aim of study was to assess how far state universities have become entrepreneurial and innovative. The data was collected in 2022 with an entrepreneurial self-assessment survey that was based on the HEInnovate framework, an entrepreneurial university evaluation tool that provides a guiding framework of key pillars of individual and organisational capacities required of a university to be entrepreneurial. Out of the 13 state universities in the country, responses were obtained from 11 institutions. The analysis concentrated on the assessments of the eight dimensions of entrepreneurial and innovative capacities. The top three dimensions are digital transformation and capability (mean of 3.73), university business/external relationships for knowledge (mean of 3.64), and leadership and governance (mean of 3.55) while the bottom three are measuring the impact of their entrepreneurial efforts (mean of 3.36), organizational capacity, people and incentives (mean of 3.14) and entrepreneurial development in teaching and learning (mean of 2.97). The researchers strongly recommend Zimbabwean state universities to work very hard to rectify the negative dimensions before one can say they have become entrepreneurial and innovative

Date: 2022
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