Creating-entrepreneurial-mindset

CREATING ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSETCHAPTER 1Enhancing the global classroom for contemporaryglobalismBryan CHRISTIANSEN * 11. IntroductionThe purpose of this chapter is to demonstrate the importance of business and educationto collaborate more closely to narrow the growing global skills gap which existstoday (McKinsey Global Institute, 2012) in order to improve business performance inan era of hypercompetition (Christiansen & Sezerel, 2013). This chapter will examinehow education levels differ in two very diverse nations (Turkey and the USA), andhow effectively these nations are addressing the global skills gap. Education systemsare the cornerstone of training people to meet the demands of the global job marketplacetoday (Biçerli, 2011). In an era of the “Knowledge Worker” and the “GlobalLabor Pool” (Drucker, 2002), these systems must effectively train their constituents sothey possess a rather different set of skills and personal qualities than were necessary inpast generations. Some of the more obvious skill set examples include foreign languages,computer literacy, communications, planning and organization, or quantitativeanalysis.However, the changing nature of job positions worldwide is also requiring qualitiesbeyond these skill sets to include cultural adaptability, initiative and leadership,* PryMarke, LLC (christiansenmarketing@gmail.com)7