Programs and Services of DTI Negosyo Centers and Operationalization of the 7M Strategies

The thrust of this research is to describe the programs and services of Negosyo Centers in terms of its mandated functions: (1) Business registration assistance, (2) Business advisory services, (3) Business information and advocacy, and (4) Monitoring and evaluation; determine the operationalization of the programs and services to Tarlac micro enterprises in terms of the 7M strategies: Mindset Change, Mastery, Mentoring, Money, Machines, Market Access, and Models of Negosyo; and to determine the relationship of the programs and services to the operationalization of the 7M entrepreneurial strategies.Forty-nine (49) micro enterprises involved in the manufacturing sector were selected from the list provided by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Tarlac Provincial Office.Descriptive-correlation method was employed.Findings indicated that the programs and services of the Negosyo Center are relevant and beneficial to the micro entrepreneurs in the manufacturing sector in the province of Tarlac.Moreso, the programs and services in terms of the 7M entrepreneurial strategies have a positive effect in the business and life of the micro entrepreneurs.Furthermore, the programs and services of Negosyo Centers are positively correlated and significant to the operationalization of the 7M entrepreneurial strategies.