Training Engineering Students for Intrapreneurship - Challenges and Dilemmas for Project Supervisors of Modern Engineers

Abstract

As economic and technological globalization continuously unfolds a new international division of labor for engineers start to emerge. Engineers in the OECD-countries increasingly have to participate in rejuvenating incumbents located in the OECD countries, hence have to become involved in intrapreneurship. This paper sheds light on two questions: what constitutes the core of an education in engineering management that focuses on intrepreneurship and which teaching challenges does it imply? Based on an original in-depth study of engineering management at Aalborg University, Denmark, the paper addresses six content areas that pose significant challenges and thus needs to be addressed.