Management of Family Resources

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will have knowledge of

• Scope and significance of management
• Managerial functions is families and system’s approach to family resource management.
• Importance of Values, goals and standards in the management of Family resources.
• The decision making process in resource management and the importance of communication
• Application of Management process to resources- particularly time, money and energy.
• Work simplification techniques in family activity management.

Course Outline

1. Introduction To Family Resource Management
2. Management In Family Living
3. Concept Of Family Resources Management
4. Family: Functions And Life Cycle
5. Nature And Role Of Home Management
6. Systems Approach To Management
7. Management And Its Environment As System
8. Functions Of Manager
9. Manager And Management By Families
10. Motivations For Management
11. Values
12. Goals
13. Standards And Their Classification
14. Attributes Of Standards And Standard Of Living By family
15. Factors Influencing Standards And Interrelatedness Of values, Goals And Standards
16. Resources
17. Factors Influencing Resource Use And Conservation
18. Communication
19. Communication Process In Families
20. Trends In Communication And Barrier
21. Decision Making
22. Decision Making Process
23. Classification Of Decisions
24. Decisions Linkages
25. The Management Process In Family Living-Planning
26. The Management Process In Family Living-Organizing
27. The Management Process In family Living-Implementing And Controlling
28. The Management Process In Family Living-Evaluating
29. Management Of Time In Family Living
30. Tools And Plans In Time Management
31. Management Process Applied To Time Resource
32. Management Of Money
33. System For Money Management By Families
34. Family Income Management
35. Budgeting
36. Management Process Applied To Budgeting
37. Importance Of Budgeting
38. Energy Management