Priorities:Zhejiang University Student Priorities
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Overview
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Strategy #1
We are surprised to find that a noticeable number of female interviewees (80 percent) in our school don’t want to do any entrepreneurship or pioneering work since they are afraid of their gender as well as the heavy work. We wonder if this means that she misunderstands the concept of entrepreneurship, or there is a discrimination on females in our society and she is influenced to some extent.
We can set up an association in Zhejiang University, which aims to help women in the university realize how to avoid weaknesses in the innovation and entrepreneurship, and teach them how their strengths can be utilized. In this way they will understand that there are many opportunities for women in the innovation and entrepreneurship, and they will have more enthusiasm in I&E program.
Tactic#1
January - May 2017 Set up a community in Zhejiang University
In China's universities, the establishment of associations is a quite complicated matter. Because the school supervise the associations strictly, the establishment of associations needs to prepare a lot of material, and after layers of approval. For example, the first thing is to put a variety of documents (more than a dozen forms) submitted to the Federation, and then federation of associations would verify the data, sorting and archiving, and report to the community guidance center.
Tactic#2
June 2017 Help female members to figure out their weakness
In China, women tend to be more sensible and be entangled with the details, which will lead to that their decision-making is not timely. And most women are afraid of negotiations because of the influence of Chinese culture. What’s more, most of the female entrepreneurs are not good at refuting the conditions proposed by the partners. A female entrepreneur once said that the biggest gain of their own business 10 years is: You do not get what you deserve, but what you negotiate.
Tactic#3
July 2017 Help female members to leverage their strength
Most of the women have good communication skills, and they are good at administrative management as well as process execution. What’s more, their social skills are often better than men. In the male society, women will stand out a little better, because it is easier for customers and partners to give high evaluation to them. Women in a vulnerable position is easier to get sympathy, which can obtain more supports. In addition, women are more serious and careful, and they are comprehensive in considering the issue. At the same time, female endurance is usually better than men. In the staff management, they tend to be more humane, with affinity, which makes them easier to win the trust of employees.
Tactic#4
July - September 2017 Let the female members write an innovation plan
The plan can be about their entrepreneur road in the future, or can be about some ideas they find around them.
Strategy #2
Increasing Experiental Learning Opportunities
tactic#1
March 2017 In-class Practice
We can make the form of the courses about innovation and entrepreneurship diversified. The courses should not only limited in the innovation and entrepreneurship knowledge, but also conclude other areas such as the law support course.
tactic#2
April 2017 On-campus Extracurricular Practice
We can help clubs that focus on innovation hold start-up weekends. Also, find a place in the campus to create a space for students. We can hold a business innovation salon per week to help students solve their practical problems. In addition, more labs are needed to let students test their ideas.
tactic#3
May 2017 Local Off-campus Practice
Try to communicate with Hangzhou business incubators in order to provide internship opportunities for our students.
Strategy #3
Students lack opportunities to learn with the I&E in modern society, we are not fully aware of the social problems or the expedite proceedings of the society, we lack the instructions from firm and company mentors. For instance, business students are mostly learning basic theories without combining with the exact situations in companies which demand innovation and entrepreneurship. Besides, for architecture students, build a solid foundation is crucial, but they lack drawing while communicating with designers, students lack firm mentors.
We plan to make an organization connecting firm, company mentors and students interested in innovation and entrepreneurship .We support the program with scholarship in order to stimulate both the mentors and students to cooperate with each other and award for the well-behaved ones.
Tactic#1
January – May 2017 Set up an organization in Zhejiang University
By setting up a formal organization, we need to prepare lots of material, and hand in a planning scheme to illustrate our aims, participants, supporters , organizers and activities. We will make use of the Zhejiang university Alumni Association and invite them to the project, in this way, we build our solid foundation and enrich our resources in order to attract students later on.
Tactic#2
June 2017 Attract ZJU students to become a member of the organization
We do marketing strategy, introduce the organization to the colleges, and notice them by writing on the websites, we hold talks to reveal this innovation and entrepreneurship organization. Students who register in will be life-long members and we get them know each other and they get involved in running the organization like publishing magazines, do innovatine works and so on to maintain a vigorous atmosphere.
Tactic#3
July 2017 Set up mentor-student relationship by two-way selection
We provide mentors’ information and chance opportunities to the students, they are allowed to fully get to know them and choose the interested ones. Later on, we help mentors to hold interviews with the students and it’s up to mentors to select their ideal students which will follow them and learn from mentors.
Tactic#4
August – September Get into the firms and companies right away to prompt innovation and entrepreneurship
Mentors let students learn the situation the running of their business, and figure out how to make innovation and entrepreneurship part of their company strategies, students are not only followers but also creativity supporters, students help with suggestions under the instructions of their mentors, it’s more than a usual internship which demands students’critical and innovative thoughts and contributions. Students will actively keep pace with the rapid change of society and easily realize the key problems needed to be solved. These will definitely enhance their I&E spirit.