Organizational Structure:

• College Council is the elected group from the College who jointly oversees the activities of EIU and establishes policies and guidelines and monitors progress report.
• The Head of Unit Supervises both sections and Support Team. The assistant head supports the head in his duties.
• The EIU team constitutes three sections:
• Academic Team: provides one to one guidance sessions or workshops on technical and consultancy support for students.
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation supports Forums: Provide Technical Support about

the applicability of the project in the local Omani Market.

• Private sector: collaborates with students in identifying successful business ideas through research.
• The unit compromises of three sections; innovative section, entrepreneurship section and industrial partnership.

Innovation section: spark the drive of developing new products and services or ways to do business. It pushes creativity, development, and thinking outside the box.

Entrepreneurship section: is responsible to assist students in applying the innovative business ideas in real business environment.

Industrial Partnership: encourages establishment of network for those interested partnership and share technical and official.

 

Terms of Reference:

1. College Council
   • College Council oversees the activities of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Unit and establishes its policies and monitors its progress.

 

2. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Unit
   • Maintain cooperative relationship with entrepreneurs regarding technical and logistical support.
   • Maintain confidentiality in information and data exchange.
   • Organize external entrepreneurial training to attain recent market trends.
   • Increase Students’ awareness on entrepreneurship.
   • Organize one to one technical coaching sessions by academic committee.

 

3. Industrial partnership
   • Share entrepreneurship experience in real market with students.
   • Attend as guest lecturers for the college’s workshops and presentations.
   • Coordinate with EIU for other services to be provided.
   • Attend student’s business plan presentation for financial approval.
   • Provide practical technical knowledge about the local Omani market.

 

4. Students
   • Prepare their business plans using the available resources in the College or EIU.
   • Apply business concepts relevant to real business environment
   • Establish network required for technical and financial support
   • Research consumers’ demands to identify the current trends.
   • Strengthen relationship through meetings and entrepreneurship and innovation forum
   • Showcase their business in college campus.