Enhance the effectiveness of PIK entrepreneurship training at PIK Langkawi

Abstract

This study focuses on enhancing the effectiveness of entrepreneurship training at PIK Langkawi, Kedah. The main objective of the establishment of PIK is to increase the social economy of local community by providing them with internet facilities (underserved areas) and to inculcate ICT skills. PIK has conducting numbers of entrepreneurship training and has trained many of entrepreneurs and personal but numbers of successful participants after join the training still low. There are three objectives: to understand the current approach and determine issue of PIK conducting the Entrepreneurship training, to implement interventions plan to increase the numbers of successful participants after the entrepreneurship training and to recommend appropriateness monitoring and frameworks to increase the effectiveness of the entrepreneurship training. Two interview session was conducted for pre intervention involving 4 personnel and after the Intervention of second cycle involving 3 personnel and the data was analysed using Thematic Analysis. The questionnaires were distributed pre-intervention and post-intervention to 22 Participants to assess their opinion and needs. The data was analysed using SPSS for Descriptive analysis to measure the effectiveness. It was found out that lacks of monitoring and no objective or target among PIK and participants are the factors of the issue for low numbers of successful participants after attending the Entrepreneurship training at PIK. From the analysis, the data from pre intervention and post intervention shows the increasing numbers of successful participants after attending the Entrepreneurship Training. The study shows the importance of the monitoring and motivational session to encourage the successful participants after attending the entrepreneurship training at PIK. The study is relevant based on the high demand of the entrepreneurship training and can contribute to the body of knowledge. The study will lead to better and more impactful entrepreneurship training in the future.