Agricultural

Crops Production

ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS
IN CROPS PRODUCTION
(PECS) 

QUARTER1, WEEK 2

PERSONAL ENTREPRENEURIA
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COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS
(PECS)
At the end of the lesson, the students shall be able to: 
  

  1. name and assess one’s PECS: characteristics,

attributes, lifestyle, skills, traits;

 2. identify successful entrepreneurs/employees in the

province; and 

3. determine areas for improvement, development and

growth. 
Matching Type Directions: Match Column A with Column B. Write the letter of the correct answer on  the
space provided before the number item.
Written Response 

Directions: Answer the following questions and write your answers in a sheet of paper.  

  

1. Explain the importance of assessing one’s PeCS before engaging in a particular entrepreneurial activity.  

2. Are there other strategies or approaches where you can assess your PeCS? Explain how these would
become more useful in selecting a viable business venture.  

3. What are the desirable personal characteristics, attributes, lifestyles, skills, and traits of a prospective
entrepreneur? Why do you think these are important?

4.  Why is there a need to assess one’s PECS in terms of characteristics, attributes, lifestyles, skills and traits
before starting a particular business?    

5. What is the significance of evaluating PeCS of a successful entrepreneur? What helpful insights can you
draw from this activity? 
• This time you are going to study the lessons that will enrich your
knowledge about PECs.

Listen, read and take a note carefully in all the important details about the
succeeding topic.
What is Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies (PeCS) ?

            The entrepreneurial competencies refer to the important

characteristics that should be possessed by an individual in order to perform
entrepreneurial functions effectively. In order to be a successful in a chosen
career, you will learn some of the most important characteristics, attributes,
lifestyle, skills and traits of a successful entrepreneur (Nazareno and
Rodolfo, 2014).
Important characteristics/traits/attributes of a good entrepreneur: 

• Hardworking – One of the important characteristics of a good entrepreneur is being a

hard worker. This means habitually working diligently for hours. Hardworking people keep
on improving their performance to produce good products and/or provide good services.  
• Self-confident – Entrepreneurs should have confidence in their own ability and
judgement. They exhibit self – confidence which enables them to cope with all the risks in
operating their own business.  
• Discipline – Successful entrepreneurs always stick to the plan and fight the temptation to
do what is unimportant.
• Committed – A good entrepreneur accepts full responsibility in all aspects of his/her
business. He/she gives full dedication and loyalty to make business succeed.
• Ability to accept change – Nothing is permanent but change and it occurs
frequently. When one owns a business, he/she should cope with and thrive on
changes. He capitalizes on positive changes to make his business grow.
• Creative – An entrepreneur should be creative and innovative to stay in
business and in order to have an edge over other competitors.
• Has the initiative – An entrepreneur takes the initiative. He accepts
responsibility in the failure or success of his business.
• Profit – Oriented – A person enters the world of business to generate profit or
additional income. Therefore, he must assure that the business would prosper.
Important skills of a successful entrepreneur:
• Planner – Planning is a strategic thinking and setting of goals to achieve objectives and carefully
maximizing all the available resources. A good businessman should manage to achieve its goals. Planning
should be combined with diligent action.
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• People Skills – are skills which are very important in order to be successful in any kind of business. People
skills refer to an efficient and effective form of communication and relationship with people working in and
out of the business. One needs to deal with people in a day-to-day business transaction. A well-developed
communication and people skills can spell out the difference between success and failure of the business.
•   
• Decision Making – Successful entrepreneurs have the ability to think quickly and make a wise decision
towards the pre-determined set of objectives. An entrepreneur should make wise decisions. Each decision
should be based on facts or information leading towards the precise objectives.
 Identification 
Directions: Identify as to what characteristics/traits/skills of a good entrepreneur has been described in each sentence.
Choose your answer with the word/s inside the box as shown below. 

HARDWORKING          SELF – CONFIDENT                         DISCIPLINE 

COMMITTED              ABILITY TO ACCEPT CHANGE      CREATIVE 

INITIATIVE                  PROFIT – ORIENTED                       PLANNER 

PEOPLE SKILLS           DECISION MAKER                           PLANNING 

 • Entrepreneurial competencies refer to the
important characteristics that should be
possessed by an individual in order to
perform entrepreneurial functions effectively.
• Hardworking, self – confident, discipline,
committed, ability to accept change and
creative – are considered as the important
These are the characteristics/traits/attributes of a good
things that you entrepreneur.
• The three most important skills of a
must bear in successful entrepreneur – planner, people –
mind!  oriented, decision maker.
• THANK YOU!