Status of Local Rug Making Livelihood in Establishing Community Based Micro-Business: Towards A Guide

Vol.3, No.1A

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the status of local rug-making businesses in establishing microbusinesses in Payatas, Quezon City, towards a guide. The researcher came up with this study to aim that rug-making livelihood in Payatas can be transformed into a widely recognized brand that not only meets their everyday need but also gains profit and becomes a known business locally. Therefore, this research assesses the status of local rug-making businesses in Payatas A, Quezon City, so that researchers can propose guides and action plans that lead each rug maker to establish a community-based micro-business. This study used a descriptive research method that collects and analyses non-numerical data to understand concepts, opinions, or experiences. This study utilized a purposive sampling technique that was selected based on the population's characteristics and the study's objective. The sample was used to approach the fifty (50) rug makers in Payatas, Quezon City. Based on the results of the survey, the daily average of finished goods is 41-50 pieces, got 40% as the first rank, average time per product 1-10 minutes got 48% as the first rank, the daily average of sold products 46-55 pcs got 34% as the first rank. Therefore, there is a high possibility of growth for rug-making local Businesses in Payatas, Quezon City. The researchers' recommendation for potential growth in terms of their daily average of finished goods needs to improve the 41 to 50 pieces a day, improve the average time per product or speed of production within 1 to 10 minutes per piece, and for a daily average of sold products need to improve the 46 to 55 pieces a day. Enhance their distribution of products and advertise the product to become widely recognized brands. In regards to their potential businesses, the growth of local rug-making businesses into widely recognized brands in terms of distribution of products is continuous production in any season or double time the effort in production to produce more rugs a day, for the profit continuously increase, not only stick to pay the expenses of the business and recreate new products from rugs and researchers recommend that the potential business growth need to use the guidelines and action plan that the researchers proposed for them to become widely recognized brands in Payatas, Quezon City.