Ken Blanchard College Of Business: Case Study
Three Pillars of the Ken Blanchard College of Business
Regina D. Adu-Boahene
Grand Canyon University
UNV-504(UNV-504-PEO 102)
August 19, 2014
As one of the premier business schools of choice in the Southwest, Grand Canyon University’s mission statement is to challenge and inspire students to be servant leaders with the business skills and values necessary to drive organizational success and have a positive impact on society. In doing so, the Ken Blanchard College of Business has implemented three pillars that will prepare students to be driven business leaders. These three pillars are entrepreneurial spirit, innovation and servant leadership. Entrepreneurial Spirit Those that have an entrepreneur spirit are those than can be described as having the drive to be risk takers and in some way be willing to step outside the box in terms of creativity. To add, creativity is an essential tool used by an entrepreneur to grow his or her idea into a unique product like no other in its competitive market. According to Marshall (1961), entrepreneurs should have both a thorough understanding of the industry they are working in and the willingness to act with less than complete information. Having an entrepreneur spirit doesn’t necessarily mean that the only focus here is to gain wealth but to gain …show more content…
397). Rather it’s in the church, on the job, or in the community, servant leadership characteristics are important when serving in a leadership capacity. In order to be a great leader one must understand that it involves having a servant spirit first. If a leader does not have a servant spirit, it likely that it will lead to unfair treatment for those that serve under this type of
Regina D. Adu-Boahene
Grand Canyon University
UNV-504(UNV-504-PEO 102)
August 19, 2014
As one of the premier business schools of choice in the Southwest, Grand Canyon University’s mission statement is to challenge and inspire students to be servant leaders with the business skills and values necessary to drive organizational success and have a positive impact on society. In doing so, the Ken Blanchard College of Business has implemented three pillars that will prepare students to be driven business leaders. These three pillars are entrepreneurial spirit, innovation and servant leadership. Entrepreneurial Spirit Those that have an entrepreneur spirit are those than can be described as having the drive to be risk takers and in some way be willing to step outside the box in terms of creativity. To add, creativity is an essential tool used by an entrepreneur to grow his or her idea into a unique product like no other in its competitive market. According to Marshall (1961), entrepreneurs should have both a thorough understanding of the industry they are working in and the willingness to act with less than complete information. Having an entrepreneur spirit doesn’t necessarily mean that the only focus here is to gain wealth but to gain …show more content…
397). Rather it’s in the church, on the job, or in the community, servant leadership characteristics are important when serving in a leadership capacity. In order to be a great leader one must understand that it involves having a servant spirit first. If a leader does not have a servant spirit, it likely that it will lead to unfair treatment for those that serve under this type of