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TLE (AFA LIM) – Grade 9

Quarter 1 – Module 2.

Recognizing Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies Needed in

Landscape Installation and Maintenance
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Module 2.

Recognizing Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies and

Skills (PECS) Needed in Landscape Installation and
Maintenance

Content Standard Performance Standard

The learner demonstrates an The learner recognizes his/her

understanding of the underlying Personal Entrepreneurial
principles of one’s personal Competencies and Skills (PECs)
entrepreneurial competencies and and prepares an activity plan that
skills in Landscape Installation and aligns with that of a
Maintenance. practitioner/entrepreneur in
Landscape Installation and
Maintenance

Personal Entrepreneurial
Lesson 2
Competencies and Skills
(PECS) Needed in Landscape
Installation and Maintenance

Introduction

This module deals on how you are going to recognize your personal
entrepreneurial competencies and skills needed in landscape installation and
maintenance. It includes the characteristics, attributes, lifestyle, skills and
traits a landscaper should possess as an entrepreneur.

LEARNING COMPETENCIES/OBJECTIVES

1. Assess one’s PECS: Characteristics, attributes, lifestyle, skills and

traits.
2. Assess practitioner’s characteristics, attributes, lifestyle, skills and
traits.
3. Compare one’s PECS with that of a practitioner/entrepreneur
4. Align one’s PECS with that of a practitioner/entrepreneur.

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 Definition of Terms

Entrepreneurial Competencies- refer to the important characteristics

that should possessed by an individual in order to perform
entrepreneurial functions effectively

Entrepreneur – are people with skills and capabilities to see and

evaluate opportunities. They are individual that can strategically
identify products or services needed by the community and they have
time at the right place.

RBV – Resource Based View proposes that competitive advantages can

be achieved by firms from their unique resources to perform better than
their competitors in the same industry.

Innovation - The process of translating an idea or invention into a good

or service that creates value or for which customers will pay.

Management - The organization and coordination of the activities of a

business in order to achieve defined objectives. It is the act of getting
people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using
available resources efficiently and effectively.
Read more: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/management.html
Matching Type
Direction: Match the entrepreneurial competencies in Column A with
their meaning in Column B. Write the letter of the correct answer in
your TLE notebook.

A B
___1. Creative a. makes a wise decision towards the
set objectives
___2. Profit-oriented b. strategic thinking and setting of
goals
___3. Discipline c. Trust in one’s ability
___4. Decision making d. Adoptable to change
___5. People Skill e. innovative to have edge over other
competitors
___6. Planner f. solid dedication
___7. Self-confidence g. skillful in record keeping
___8. Hardworking h. always stick to plan
___9. Ability to accept change i. work diligently
___10. Committed j. effective and efficient
communication and relation to
people
k. always looking for income

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 Read the Information Sheet 2.1 very well then find out how much
you can remember and how much you have learned by doing the Self-
Check 2.1 and the different Practice tasks.

Information Sheet 2.1

Entrepreneurs are people with skills and
capabilities to see and evaluate opportunities. They are
individual that can strategically identify products or
services needed by the community and they have the
capacity to deliver these at the right time at the right
place. Entrepreneurs are agents of economic change.
They organize, manage and assume risks of business.

Entrepreneurship is not just a simple business activity. It is a strategic

process of innovation and new venture creation. It is both an art and science
of converting business ideas into marketable products or services to improve
the quality of living.

Entrepreneurial skills refer to the activities or know-how that can

establish and operate an enterprise successfully (Liñán and Chen, 2009). On
the other hand, entrepreneurial competencies are considered a specific set of
quality characteristics that represent the capability of an entrepreneur to
perform a job (Man et al., 2002; Mitchelmore and Rowley, 2013). In this study,
skills refer to the possibility of learning and adopting exclusive characteristics
that are essential for performing entrepreneurial tasks that involve
interactions within a social and material environment (Pyysiäinen et al.,
2006). Theoretically, RBV was applied to explain the benefits of
entrepreneurial competencies on entrepreneurial skills as practices and
know-how instigate unique capabilities in the organization, thus gaining
competitive advantage from non- replicable and inimitable resources (Barney,
1991; Grant, 1991)

GOOD QUALITIES OF AN ENTREPRENEUR

• Opportunity Seeker • Confident Problem Solver

• Risk Taker • Hardworking
• Goal Setter • Persistent
• Excellent Planner • Committed
• Worker
 Entrepreneurial Competencies refer to the important characteristics
that should possessed by an individual in order to perform entrepreneurial
functions effectively.

1. Hardworking – is one of the important characteristics of a good

entrepreneur. This means habitually working diligently for a long
period of time. Hardworking people keep on improving their
performance to produce good products and/or provide good
services.
2. Self-confidence – entrepreneurs have confidence in one’s ability and
own judgment. They exhibit self-confidence in order to cope with all
the risks of operating their own business.
3. Discipline – successful entrepreneurs always stick on the plan and
fight the temptation to do what is important.
4. Creative – an entrepreneur should be creative and innovative to stay
in the business and in order to have edge over the other
competitors.
5. Ability to Accept Change – nothing is permanent but change. Change
occurs frequently. When you own a business, you should cope-up
and thrive on changes. Capitalize on positive changes to make your
business grow.
6. Has the Initiative – an entrepreneur takes the initiative. You must
put yourself in a position where you are responsible for the failure
or success of your business.
7. Profit-oriented – an entrepreneur enters into the world of business
to generate profit for additional income. This shall become the bread
and butter for you and your family as well. Therefore, you must see
that the business can generate income.
8. Planner – planning is strategic thinking and setting of goals to
achieve objectives by carefully maximizing all the available
resources. A good entrepreneur develops and applies step-by-step
plans to realize goals. A good entrepreneur knows that planning is
an effective skill only when combines with action.
9. People Skills – refers to effective and efficient communication and
relation to people working in and out of your business. It is a very
important skill in order to be successful in any kind of business. A
well-developed people skill can spell out the difference between
success and failure of the business.
10. Decision Making – no one can deny that the ability to make wise
decisions is an important skill that an entrepreneur should possess.
Successful entrepreneurs have the ability to link quickly and to
make a wise decision towards pre-determined set objectives.

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 Task 2.1

Direction: The following are guide questions which

encapsulate the entire module. Write your answer on your
TLE notebook, take a photo of your answer then send it to
your teacher.

A. Explain why entrepreneurial activities are important to social

development and progress of the economy.
B. What entrepreneurial activities do you know and capable of doing
which are related to Landscape Installation and Maintenance?
C. Given the opportunity to own a business that relates with Landscape
Installation and Maintenance, are you confident to manage it.
Explain your answer.
D. What do you think are the most important competencies you must
possess in order be successful in running your chosen business?
E. Name successful entrepreneurs from your Province whose business
is related to Landscape Installation and Maintenance.

Task 2.2: PECs Checklist

Directions: Using the PECs checklist, assess yourself by putting a check (/)
mark in either strengths or development areas column. Interpret
the results by counting the total number of check marks in each
of the columns.

Table 1: PECs Checklist

Personal Assessment in
Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies terms of
(PECs) of an Entrepreneur Development
Strength
Areas

Hardworking
-works diligently
Confident
-Self-relevance in ones ability

Disciplined
-Always stick to the plan
 Committed
-Solid dedication

Ability to Accept Changes

-Adaptable
Creative
-Innovative to have edge over other
competitions

Profit-oriented
-Always looking for an opportunity
to have/earn income
Excellent planner
-Strategic thinking and setting of
goals

Task 2.3: Research work

Search for a successful landscaper online or a successful landscaper in

your locality. Focus on the PECs and other business-related attributes that
helped them become successful. Analyze how they become successful with
the different PECs they possess. Reflect on the similarities and/or differences
of their PECS to yours. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper. This
task calls for 10 points.

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Self-Check 2.1

Multiple Choice:
Instruction: Read the questions/statement carefully and select the best
answer by writing only the letter in your quiz notebook. Take a
photo of your answer then send it to your teacher.

1. They are agent of economic change, they organize, manage and

assume risks of business.
a. Manager c. Entrepreneur
b. Sales worker d. Sales agent
2. An art and science of converting business ideas into marketable
products or services to improve the quality of living.
a. Innovation c. Entrepreneurship
b. Partnership d. Production
3. This means habitually working diligently for a long period of time.
a. Committed c. Planner
b. Hardworking d. Discipline
4. Which of the following PECS is possessed by an entrepreneur who
always sticks on the plan and fight the temptation to do what is
unimportant?
a. Committed c. Discipline
b. Planner d. Hardworking
5. When an entrepreneur accepts full responsibility of everything in
his/her business, that only shows that that entrepreneur is;
a. Committed c. Hardworking
b. Disciplined d. Planner
6. This is shown by effective and efficient communication and relation
to people.
a. Creative c. Profit-Oriented
b. Decision Making d. People Skill
7. Having confidence in one’s ability and own judgment shows
a. Self-confidence c. discipline
b. Commitment d. Creative
8. These are considered a specific set of quality characteristics that
represent the capability of an entrepreneur to perform a job.
a. Entrepreneurial Competencies
b. Entrepreneurial Skills
c. Entrepreneurial Abilities
d. Entrepreneurial Activities
9. This refers to the activities or know-how that can establish and
operate an enterprise successfully
 a. Entrepreneurial Competencies
b. Entrepreneurial Skills
c. Entrepreneurial Abilities
d. Entrepreneurial Activities
10. This refers to strategic thinking and setting of goals to achieve
objectives by carefully maximizing all the available resources.
a. Planning c. decision making
b. Ability to accept change d. all of these

Preparation of a Plan of Action

Direction: Using the information generated from Task 3.3, prepare an action
plan that indicates how would you align your PECS to the PECS
of a successful entrepreneur in Landscaping.

You can do the task by completing the table below

Who will
Necessary What
How will the help in Assessment
GOAL/ resources/skills evidence
goal be reaching for
PECS (time and will indicate
accomplished this progress
materials) completion?
goal?

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Pre-test
1. e
2. k
3. h
4. a
5. j
6. b
7. c
8. i
9. d
10. f

Post test
Self-check 2.1

1. c
2. c
3. b
4. c
5. a
6. d
7. a
8. a
9. b
10. a
REFERENCES

1. Barbalan Porfilio V. :Complete Home landscaping Garden Guide;

chapter 1
2. QNAS, Learning Module on Landscaping
3. https://www.slideshare.net/eivyportuguez/personal-
entrepreneurial-competencies-pecs?qid=3e99c8cb-e776-4b18-95f8-
8f2b99fd65af&v=&b=&from_search=3
4. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/APJIE-
11-2018-0067/full/html

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