Reference: Technology and Livelihood

Education Entrepreneurship Module

Learning Competencies 1

1.1. Assess one’s PECS:

characteristics, attributes, lifestyle,

skills, traits

characteristics

a distinguishing quality of a person

or thing (descriptive feature)

attributes

qualities belonging to a person or

thing

Example

An example of an attribute is your

height which is just one of the many things

that describe you.

But if you are 6’0” that would be a

characteristic since that’s identifies you

versus other people.

characteristics

a distinguishing quality of a person

or thing

attributes

qualities belonging to a person or

thing

Starts with

ME..

How can I become an Entrepreneur?

Tony Tan Caktiong

Column A

___ 1. fairness

___ 2. responsibility

___ 3. caring

___ 4. citizenship

___ 5. trustworthiness

Column B

a. Be accountable for your

choices

b. Obey laws and rules

c. Build a good reputation

d. Help people in need

e. Take turns and share

Pre- Assessment

A. 1. Matching Type. Direction: Match Column A with

Column B

Video Clip:

The Life of an Entrepreneur in 90 seconds.

• Based on the video, how entrepreneurs become

successful?

• If you plan to build your own business or become an

entrepreneur, will you do the same? Discuss.

PEC’s Clusters

Achievement Cluster

Persistence

Differences in opinion and judgment.

Your opponent can surely be a part of

rejection on what you intend to do for the

success of your endeavor.

As an entrepreneur, you must be firm, strong-

willed, and stick to your own belief.

Achievement Cluster

Hardworking

If you are determined to run your own

business, you must concentrate on your work

either as a producer or a seller.

The success of your business depends on

how much time and effort you will spend on it.

Achievement Cluster

Opportunity Seeking

When a person gets hold of the chance to

build or improve his chosen career, he will take

this opportunity with no second thoughts.

He keeps on trying in order to achieve his

ambition.

Achievement Cluster

Coping with Uncertainty

Once you choose to pursue your vision to be

a significantly useful entrepreneur, you should

know how to handle unusual events which may

happen in the business.

Achievement Cluster

Coping with Uncertainty

These include problems in managing personnel who

may be tempted to steal funds or goods from the

business, problems on delivery of goods and services,

problems on production because of unavailability of

human and non-human resources needed to reach the

expected output at a given period of time, and other

uncertainties that an entrepreneur may encounter. You

must be patient in dealing with this kind of uncertainty.

Achievement Cluster

Coping with Failure

“Learn from your mistakes” is what we

always say.

As an entrepreneur, you must learn how to

deal with those frustrations and loses and turn

these into productive learning experiences.

Achievement Cluster

Risk-Taking

Risk sometimes can not be anticipated.

If accidents happen, you must accept these

challenges and work them out or set alternatives.

Examples of these unavoidable circumstances

are risk of typhoons, fires, earthquakes, floods,

and the obsolescence of product.

Achievement Cluster

Risk-Taking

These risks may result to loss of your

business or bankruptcy.

However, whatever risk you may encounter,

don’t give up! Instead, reduce by getting

insurances and taking alternative action like

converting unsold products into something

trendy.

Planning Cluster

Goal-Oriented

An entrepreneur is a futuristic.

You must have an advanced preparation for the

success of your business.

You must set along-term goal for the activities need,

an extensive preparation for the production process that

you need to acquire, human and non-human resources

and procedures.

Planning Cluster

Goal-Oriented

Everything in your business will be set clearly,

organized, and planned depending on the goal you

want to achieve.

Planning Cluster

Information Seeking

You need to be globally competitive in terms

of learning new things, and the acquiring

technologies which are essential in producing

goods and services.

As an entrepreneur, you must be well-versed

in all aspects of business schemes.

Planning Cluster

Information Seeking

Information can be sought from skilled

individuals who are directly engaged in the

same ground of business.

Planning Cluster

Systematic Planning &

Monitoring

This involves developing and using logical,

step-by-step plans to reach goals, evaluation

alternatives, monitoring progress, and switching

to alternative strategies for the goal you want to

achieve.

Planning Cluster

Building for the Future

Once a person enters in a line of business,

you must understand that you are in a non stop

contract that an entrepreneur should

understand.

It may take several years to build up

business income to a reasonable standard.

Planning Cluster

Building for the Future

The goal for most successful business people

is to build a secure job and income for

themselves which is based on their own ability.

Planning Cluster

Setting Own Standards

As an entrepreneur, you must always

consider the satisfaction of customer in such a

way that qualitative product or service is

ensured all the time.

Power Cluster

Self-Confidence

You must have a strong faith in your ability

despite the problems that you will encounter

along the way.

Power Cluster

Demonstrating Initiative

A successful entrepreneur takes initiative. You

must put yourself in position where you are

personally responsible for failure of success of

your business venture.

Power Cluster

Persuasion & Networking

These include the use of deliberate strategies

to influence or persuade others and the

utilization of business and personal contacts to

accomplish own objectives.

These are characteristics you should develop

to succeed in your endeavor.

Power Cluster

Responding to Feedbacks

You must be concerned to know how well you

are doing and keep track of your performance.

You must obtain useful feedback and advice

from others.

Power Cluster

Building on Strengths

Successful business people base their work

on strengths.

Use your manual skills, knowledge in creating

products or services, knowledge in trading

product/service, ability to make and use of

network of contacts to build your entrepreneurial

venture.

Instructions: (Own PEC’s)

Fill in each petal of the

flower beside with your

traits/skills needed to

become a successful

Computer Technician.

Write inside the inner

circle the “Computer

Technician” as your career

choice.

Activity

Instructions:

(Practitioner’s PEC’s)

Conduct interview to a

Computer Technician or related

practitioner and ask their

PEC’s on how he/ she become

a successful entrepreneur .

Fill in the petal of the flower

with his/ her PEC’s.

Activity

Instructions:

(Shared PEC’s)

Compare and analyze

your own PEC’s and the

PEC’s of the practitioner that

you interviewed.

Fill in the petal of the

flower with your shared

PEC’s.

Activity

Successful Entrepreneurs

continuously

develop and improve

their

PECs.