Integrating Philosophy Into the Entrepreneurship Curriculum: Using Stoicism as a Practical Guide for Entrepreneurship Students
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33423/ajm.v24i4.7336Keywords:
management, entrepreneurship education, philosophy, StoicismAbstract
Management education, and by extension, entrepreneurship education, is most effective when the ideas taught in the classroom are relevant to the workplace. The need to carefully examine business school curricula was presented in the 2013 book by the Graduate Management Admissions Council, Disrupt or be Disrupted: A Blueprint for Change in Management Education. One way for entrepreneurship programs to remain relevant is to keep up with current ideas and actions of practitioners. This paper examines Stoic philosophy, which is currently popular with many entrepreneurs and business leaders. The author argues that educators may want to integrate Stoic philosophy into the entrepreneurship curriculum.
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