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Technology and
Livelihood Education
COMPUTER SYSTEM SERVICING NCII
Quarter 1-Module 1
PERSONAL ENTREPRENEURIAL
COMPETENCIES

Department of Education ● Republic of the Philippines

Technology and Livelihood Education – Grade 9
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter1-Module 1
First Edition, 2020
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For the learner:
Welcome to the Technology and Livelihood Education 9
Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Personal Entrepreneurial
Competencies.

The hand is one of the most symbolic part of the human body. It is
often used to depict skill, action, and purpose. Through our hands, we may
learn, create, and accomplish. Hence, the hand in this learning resource
signifies that you as a learner is capable and empowered to successfully
achieve the relevant competencies and skills at your own pace and time.
Your academic success lies in your own hands!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and
time. You will be enabled to process the contents of the learning resource
while being an active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to This will give you an idea of the skills or
Know competencies you are expected to
learn in the module.

What I Know This part includes an activity that aims

to check what you already know about
the lesson to take.

What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help you

link the current lesson with the previous
one.

What’s New In this portion, the new lesson will be

introduced to you in various ways such
as a story, a song, a poem, a problem
opener, an activity, or a situation.

What is It This section provides a brief discussion

of the lesson. This aims to help you
discover and understand new concepts
and skills.

What’s More This comprises activities for

independent practice to solidify your
understanding and skills of the topic

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 What I Have This includes questions or blank
Learned sentences/paragraphs to be filled in to
process what you learned from the
lesson.

What I Can Do This section provides an activity that

will help you transfer your new
knowledge or skill into real-life
situations or concerns.

Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate

your level of mastery in achieving the
learning competency.
Additional In this portion, another activity will be
Activities given to you to enrich your knowledge
or skill of the lesson learned. This also
tends to the retention of learned
concepts.

Answer Key This contains answers to all activities in

the module.

At the end of this module you will also find:

References This is a list of all sources used in

developing this module.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any
part of the module. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the
exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other
activities included in the module.
3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your
answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through
with it.

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 If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do
not hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that
you are not alone.

We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful

learning and gain a deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You
can do it!

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Using and Maintaining Hand Tools
What I Need to Know ………........................................ 7

What I Know ………......................................... 8

What’s In …................................................ 11

What’s New …................................................ 11-12

What is it …................................................ 12-14

Using and Maintaining Hand Tools......................................... 12-14

What’s More …................................................ 14-15

What I Have Learned …................................................ 16

What I Can Do …................................................ 16-17

Assessment …................................................ 17-18

Additional Activities …................................................ 19

Answer Key …................................................ 20

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 What I Need to Know

This module is intended to give you some understanding and will help
you familiarize the different traits you need to posses for you to become a
successful entrepreneur in your own field.

Essential Question
- How does one ensure success in a chosen career?

Content Standard
- The learner demonstrates understanding of Personal Entrepreneurial
Competencies (PECs)

Performance Standard
- The learner prepares an activity plan that addresses his/her development
areas based on his/her PECs and improves further his/her areas of
strength.
 What I Know
Before starting with this module, let us measure what you already know
about Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies (PECs). Follow and answer the
activity below.
A. Matching Type
Directions: Column A lists the characteristics of a successful entrepreneur.
Match the items in Column A that connects the correct definition of terms
listed in Column B.

Column A Column B
1. Hardworking a. Ability to set realistic targets.
2. Self-confident b. Interest in money generation.
3. Profit-Oriented c. To succeed, one must
believe in one’s self.
4. Goal-Oriented d. Working diligently and
industriously.
5. Persistent e. Being able to listen to the
advice of others.
6. Responds to feedback f. Obtaining useful feedback
and advice from others.
7. Willing to listen g. Being patient and strives to
achieve the goal.
8. Committed h. Ability to take measured or
calculated risks.
9. Reliable and has integrity i. Being honest, fair and
trustworthy.
10. Risk-taker j. A major priority in the
entrepreneur’s life.

If your score is

11-15 Very Good! You may still read the module but you are already
knowledgeable with the topics that we are to discuss.

6-10 Good! Go over the items that you find difficult and then you may
proceed to the lessons in this module that you don’t understand.

0-5 Don’t worry about your score. This module is designed for you to
understand all about Performing Computer Operation. So, what are
you waiting for? Start your journey. Turn to the next page.
B. Multiple Choice.
Directions: Read and study the situation that describes the entrepreneurial
characteristics or attributes. Answer the question by writing the letter
of your choice in your assignment notebook or in the answer sheet
provided.
Mrs. Gina Magno opens up her own retail business. She knows that her
personal entrepreneurial characteristics are insufficient to ensure a successful
operationalization of a business that she has in mind. Your answers to the
questions below will help in developing her PECs.

1. What PECs must she possess if there are customers who complain about
the quality of her product?
a. Patience b. Hardworking c. Versatile d. All of the above
2. Which of the following is NOT considered as a characteristic of an
entrepreneur?
a. Copes with failure b. Dependent
c. Persistent d. Opportunity seeker
3. If she wants to ensure a profitable business operation, what characteristic
will she maintain?
a. Commitment b. Goal oriented
c. Futuristic d. Opportunity seeker
4. Mrs. Magno follows the advice of a friend to be flexible especially if she
intends to open a retail business. What PECs has been demonstrated by Mrs.
Magno?
a. Self- confidence b. Reliable and has integrity
c. Open to feedback d. Persistent
5. She tells Mary, her best friend that she has a strong will and does not give
up to find a solution to a business problem. What PECs has been demonstrated
by Mrs. Magno?
a. Hard work b. Persistence
c. Self-confidence d. Risk- taking
 This time evaluate your own personal entrepreneurial
characteristics to determine whether you too, can become an
entrepreneur. If you are ready, you may begin!

C. Self- Assessment
Directions: Below is a list of Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies (PECs) of
a successful entrepreneur. Put a check mark on the 2nd column that
indicates your strong PECs. The check mark on the 3rd column are
those PECs that need to be developed.
My Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies
PECs of an Entrepreneur Strength Needs to be Developed
Hardworking
Self-confident
Builds for the future
Profit-oriented
Goal-oriented
Persistent
Copes with failure
Responds to feedback
Demonstrates initiative
Willing to listen
Sets own standards
Copes with uncertainty
Committed
Builds on strengths
Reliable and has integrity
Risk-taker

Did you enjoy examining yourself? You can become a successful

entrepreneur someday. Please don’t feel bad when you discover that
there are still to be developed. Continue your exploration to find answers
to these underdeveloped PECs.
 Lesson
Personal Entrepreneurial
1 Competencies (PECs)

What’s In
Have you ever thought running your own business? Entrepreneurship
has brought great success to some, but it's not a career path for all. Do you
think you can handle the stress and hard work that go with running a small
business enterprise? The key to succeed in a small business enterprise is your
entrepreneurial ability to produce the desired results. Before embarking on your
first business, it's worth spending some time evaluating your own preparedness
for entrepreneurship. Try to examine your own personality and compare it with
the Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies (PECs) of a successful
entrepreneur. Ask yourself if you are ready to enter into the world of business.
If your answer is yes, take this reminder: “Successful entrepreneurs
continuously develop and improve their PECs”.

What’s New

Guide Questions:
1. Why is there a need to assess one’s personal characteristics, attributes,
lifestyles, skills and traits?
2. What are the personal entrepreneurial competencies of a successful
entrepreneur?
3. Why is it necessary to compare ones personal characteristics, attributes,
lifestyles, skills and traits to the personal entrepreneurial competencies of a
successful entrepreneur?
4. How do you relate your PECs to the PECs of a successful entrepreneur?
5. Based on the data that you have gathered from the interview with the
successful entrepreneur in your community, how do you develop your PECs?
6. Can you prepare an action plan that addresses your areas of development
and strength based on your PECs?
7. How does your action plan help sustain your strong areas and or address
your development areas based on your PECs?

What is It

I. Important Entrepreneurial Traits

The following are the fundamental characteristics of an entrepreneur:
1. Hard working: 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.
2. Self- Confidence: You must have a strong faith in your ability despite the
problems that you will encounter along the way.
3. Future-Oriented: 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 a business to a reasonable
standard. The goal for most successful business people is to build a secure
job and stable income for themselves based on their own ability.
4. Profit-Oriented: When you enter into the world of business, obviously,
you are looking for income because you know that this will be your bread and
butter not only for you but also for your family. Therefore, you must see to it
the business can generate income. Another plan of action is to expand your
own business through the use of your generated income.
5. Goal-Oriented: An entrepreneur is forward looking. You have an
advanced preparation for your business. You set a long-term goal for the
activities that are needed, an extensive preparation for the production
process and procedures that you need to go through to acquire, human and
non-human resources. Everything in your business will have to be set clearly,
organized, and planned depending on the goal you want to achieve.
6. Persistence: Differences in opinion and judgment. Your opponent can be
a part of the rejection on what you intend to do for your endeavor. As an
entrepreneur, you must be firm, strong-willed, and stick or follow your own
belief.
7. Copes with Failure: “Learn from your mistakes”. As an entrepreneur, you
must learn how to deal with the frustrations and failures instead, turn these
into productive learning experiences.
8. Responds to Feedback or Open to Feedback: 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.
9. Take the Initiative: A successful entrepreneur takes the initiative. You
must put yourself in a position where you personally are responsible for the
failure or success of your business.
10. Willing to Listen: Take time to listen to the advice, suggestions, and
recommendations of fellow entrepreneurs. It will help your business grow.
11. Set your Own Standards: This involves developing and using logical,
step-by-step plans to reach the goals, or offering evaluation alternatives,
monitoring progress, and switching to successful strategies for the goal you
want to achieve. To be a successful entrepreneur you must take into
consideration that sales and production depend on your own standards.
12. Copes with Uncertainty: Pursue your vision to be a successful
entrepreneur, you should know how to handle unusual events that may
happen in the business which include problems in managing the workers,
problems on the delivery of goods and services, and the problems on
demand and production. You must be patient in dealing with these
uncertainties.
13. Committed: You should know that in your business, personal needs,
attachment to your friends, families and relatives are set aside. You must
separate the money for your business from the amount that you need to
spend for personal obligations and lifestyles.
14. Builds on Strengths: Successful business people base their work on
strengths. Use your manual skills, knowledge in creating products or
services, knowledge in trade and industry, ability to make and use of a wide
network of contacts to build your business.
 15. Reliable and has Integrity: An entrepreneur must build a good
reputation, possess the courage to do the right thing, do what you say, walk
your talk, be loyal, and be fair in dealing with the subordinates and
costumers.
16. Risk-Taker: Risk sometimes cannot be anticipated. When misfortunes
happen, consider these as challenges and work them out and set good
alternatives. Risks may result to loss of your business or even bankruptcy.

What’s More
Activity 1: Aligning one’s PECs
Directions: Choose from the list below the characteristics and traits that best
describe your own personal entrepreneurial characteristics. Find
ways on how to align them according to the personal
entrepreneurial characteristics of an entrepreneur which were
discussed earlier. Write your answers in the activity sheet
provided.
Creative Resourceful Persistent Organized Independent
Confident Risk taker Observant Competent Trustworthy
Optimistic Passionate Flexible Sensitive Committed
Decision-
Dynamic Efficient Hardworking Reliable
maker
Strong–
Knowledgeable Persevering Decisive Courteous
minded
Example: My PECs
Things to do to align
with PECs of a
My PECs My simple definition
successful
entrepreneur
1. Creative
2. Organized
3. Competent
4. Observant

What’s More
Activity 2. My PECs that need to be further improved
Directions: At the center of the street are arrows where positive and negative
characteristics and traits are written. Pick out the positive PECs that
you are already strong at and write them down on the blank arrows
on the left side. PECs written on the arrows at the right side are the
negative characteristics that need to be further improved.
 What I Have Learned

Activity 1: My Techniques to Strengthen PECs

Directions: From the given chart below, write at least six techniques on how
you would strengthen your own PECs. Write the PECs that you feel
that you still need to focus on to strengthen these.

Example: Self-confidence

What I Can Do
Strengthening your Identified PECs

Here are your guides on how to strengthen your own PECs.

1. React positively to criticisms and open to feedback.

2. Always demonstrate positive attitude to achieve a desired goal.

3. Always project strong and well-balanced behavior.

4. Always exercise the assertive style in your work environment.

5. Avoid being too passive and too aggressive.

6. Don’t let anyone worsen your business life.

7. Prioritize your business goal rather than personal goal in order to become a
successful entrepreneur.

8. Acquire specific skills for creating and maintaining a conducive work

environment.

9. Be responsible in everything you do in your business.

10. Always observe business ethics in putting up a business.

Assessment

A. Matching Type
Directions: Column A lists the characteristics of a successful entrepreneur.
Draw a line from the items in Column A that connects the correct
definition of terms listed in Column B.

Column A Column B
1. Hardworking a. Ability to set realistic targets.
2. Self-confident b. Interest in money generation.
3. Profit-Oriented c. To succeed, one must
believe in one’s self.
4. Goal-Oriented d. Working diligently and
industriously.
5. Persistent e. Being able to listen to the
advice of others.
6. Responds to feedback f. Obtaining useful feedback
and advice from others.
7. Willing to listen g. Being patient and strives to
achieve the goal.
8. Committed h. Ability to take measured or
calculated risks.
9. Reliable and has integrity i. Being honest, fair and
trustworthy.
10. Risk-taker j. A major priority in the
entrepreneur’s life.
B. Multiple Choice.
Directions: Read and study the situation that describes entrepreneurial
characteristics. Then answer the question by writing the
letter of your choice in your assignment notebook or in the
provided answer sheet.

Mrs. Becky Monde opens up her own retail business. She knows that
her personal entrepreneurial characteristics are insufficient to ensure a
successful operationalization of a business she has in mind. Your
answers to the questions below will help in developing her PECs.

1. What PECs must she possess if there are customers who complain
about the quality of her product?
a. Patience b. Hardworking
c. Versatile d. All of the above
2. Which of the following is NOT considered as a characteristic of an
entrepreneur?
a. Copes with failure b. Dependent
c. Persistent d. Opportunity seeker
3. If she wants to ensure a profitable business operation, what
characteristic will she maintain?
a. Commitment b. Goal oriented
c. Futuristic or future-oriented d. Opportunity seeker
4. Mrs. Monde follows the advice of a friend to be flexible especially if
she intends to open a retail business. What PECs has been
demonstrated by Mrs. Monde?
a. Self- confidence b. Reliable and has integrity
c. Responsive to feedback d. Persistent
5. She tells Mary, her best friend that she has a strong will and does not
give up to find a solution to a business problem. What PECs has been
demonstrated by Mrs. Monde?
a. Hard work b. Persistence
c. Self-confidence d. Risk- taking
 Additional Activities

Activity 1: Preparation of an Action Plan

Culminating Activity
Directions: Examine yourself once again. Make a short list of PECs that you
need to strengthen. From this activity, prepare of an action plan that
requires further development. You may opt to follow the suggested
format below. You may improve or change it as long as it suits your
own plan of action.

Sample Action Plan

Specific Purpose Statement: (Your vision of your future)

Ex. Developing self-confidence in retail business.

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Focus Current Measures Reward/
Goal Required Frame Recognition
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What I Know
A.
1.d
2.c
Assessment
3.b
1. True
4.a
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6. f
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7. e
5. True
8. j
6. True
9. i
7. True
10. h
8. True
B.
9. True
1. a
10. True
2. b
3. d 11. False
4. c 12. False
5. b 13. True
14. False
15. True
Answer Key