UNS — The Alumni Association (IKA) Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta invited a number of notable alumni in the business sector through the Wedangan IKA UNS on Wednesday (6/10/2021). The event was conducted virtually through the Zoom Cloud Meeting application and Livestream Broadcast on the UNS Youtube channel, this time Wedangan IKA UNS discusses the topic of Business Forum.
Through this Business Forum discussion, Prof. Jamal Wiwoho, as the Rector of UNS, hopes that the entire UNS academic members can prepare themselves to build Indonesia’s economic recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic crisis that has been occurred for almost 2 (two) years has affected several sectors, including the economic sector. Nevertheless, a breath of fresh air was delivered by the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) with a report on Indonesia’s economic growth in the second quarter of 2021 by 7.07%. This shows that Indonesia’s economic recovery is in progress.
To support and encourage Indonesia’s economic recovery, members of IKA UNS share their ideas to assist the UNS stakeholders in contributing to restore the Indonesian economy through entrepreneurship development.
Entrepreneurship development is necessary for the national economy. A country will flourish when its entrepreneur ratio reaches more than 10%. Therefore, higher education institutions are the right place to create young entrepreneurs.
Higher education institutions can encourage new entrepreneurs through the provision of Entrepreneurship courses. Tung Desem Waringin, one of the UNS alumni who became a well-known motivator and marketing expert in Indonesia, said that the Entrepreneurship course is essential for students.
“In fact, this course also needs to be given to cross departments students. Students of the Faculty of Medicine also need to learn about entrepreneurship,” said Tung Desem.
Previously, Tung Desem Waringin emphasized that an Entrepreneurship course is different from Business Science. One of his children had the opportunity to study entrepreneurship at a reputable university. Meanwhile, his other child had the opportunity to study Business Science, which prompted Tung Desem Waringin to understand the difference between the two fields of knowledge.
“Entrepreneurship learns about how to find opportunities, turning opportunities into proposals, collecting data, team building, and ideas execution. This is what entrepreneurship means in the true sense,” added Tung Desem Waringin.
Meanwhile, business science discusses an entirely different topic related to business management, such as operation, human resources, and marketing.
“When a business is established, then, it can be handed to those studying business to be managed,” said Tung Desem.
By providing Entrepreneurship courses, higher education institutions can nurture entrepreneurial spirit to accelerate Indonesia’s economic recovery post-Covid-19 pandemic. Similar notions were conveyed by Hariyadi Sukamdani, the Chairperson of the Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo). Hariyadi said that there is an opportunity for entrepreneurial development in Indonesia after the Covid-19 pandemic.
“To take this opportunity, the young generation with excellent capacity at collaboration and partnership can establish networking with other sectors,” said Hariyadi.
Similar collaborations can be established between UNS and fellow entrepreneurs as liaisons. For example, by establishing consulting institutions initiated by the campus. Humas UNS
Reporter: Alinda Hardiantoro
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