Resource Management For Individuals And Families With Infotrac

by Goldsmith, Elizabeth B.

• ISBN13: 9780534628567
• ISBN10: 0534628567
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-26
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

The text applies the modern management theory and evaluation to the decision making and problem solving within the family unit. The textapplies principles of planning, implementing and evaluating needs in household settings. The position that sees management as a processapproach sets the text apart from earlier texts on family management.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Management Today	p. 2
What Is Management?	p. 4
The Management Process	p. 5
Successful Plans: Putting Management into Action	p. 8
Why Manage?	p. 9
Who Manages?	p. 10
Influences on Management Styles	p. 10
Interdisciplinary Foundation	p. 12
Life Management for Individuals and Families	p. 14
Managing the Second Half of Life	p. 14
Singles, Households, and Families	p. 15
Changes in Family Composition	p. 17
What Lies Ahead?	p. 19
Electronic Resources	p. 19
Summary	p. 20
Management History and Theories	p. 22
The Early Years of Management	p. 23
Four Eras of Management	p. 28
Theory Overview	p. 30
Functions of Theory	p. 31
Theories Ahead	p. 32
Systems Theory	p. 32
Open and Closed Families	p. 33
Subsystems and System Elements	p. 33
The Personal System	p. 37
The Family System	p. 37
Applications of Systems Theory to Households	p. 38
Human Ecology and Ecosystems	p. 39
Economic Theory	p. 41
Optimization and Satisficing	p. 41
Risk Aversion	p. 43
Electronic Resources	p. 44
Summary	p. 45
Management Concepts and Principles	p. 49
Values, Attitudes, and Goals	p. 50
Values and Attitudes	p. 52
Types of Values	p. 54
Values, Lifestyles, and Consumption	p. 55
Societal and Cultural Values	p. 59
Families, Values, Standards, and Households	p. 60
Attitudes	p. 63
Goals	p. 64
Goals versus Habits	p. 65
Goal Attributes	p. 65
Types of Goals	p. 66
Setting Goals	p. 67
College Students' Values and Goals	p. 70
Motivation	p. 72
Electronic Resources	p. 74
Summary	p. 75
Resources	p. 78
Resources Defined	p. 80
Types of Resources	p. 81
Resources and Economics	p. 82
Resource Attributes and Models	p. 86
Cultural Perceptions of Resources	p. 91
Resources, Families, and Households	p. 92
Consumption and Resources	p. 93
Resource Strategy	p. 94
Electronic Resources	p. 94
Summary	p. 95
Decision Making and Problem Solving	p. 98
Decision Making as Part of Management	p. 100
Steps in Decision Making	p. 102
Models, Rules, and Utility	p. 103
Reference Groups	p. 106
Personal Decision Making	p. 107
Family Decision Making	p. 109
Consumer Decision Making in Families	p. 112
Problem Solving	p. 114
Definition, Analysis, and Plan of Action	p. 114
Uncertainty and Risk	p. 116
Electronic Resources	p. 118
Summary	p. 118
Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating	p. 122
What Is Planning?	p. 125
The Planning Process and Task	p. 125
Need Fulfillment	p. 126
Time, Stress, and Planning	p. 127
Standard Setting	p. 130
Scheduling and Sequencing	p. 131
Attributes of Plans	p. 132
Types of Plans	p. 133
What Is Implementing?	p. 135
Actuating	p. 135
Checking and Controlling	p. 136
What Is Evaluating?	p. 136
Electronic Resources	p. 140
Summary	p. 141
Communication	p. 144
Communication as Part of the Management Process	p. 146
Sending and Receiving	p. 148
Listening	p. 148
Messages	p. 150
Channels	p. 152
Noise	p. 153
Feedback/Response	p. 153
Setting	p. 154
Communication Conflicts	p. 154
In Families	p. 154
Across Cultures	p. 158
Communication in Small Groups	p. 160
Group Discussions and Cohesion	p. 160
Information and Communication Technology	p. 161
Information Overload and Habitual Decision Making	p. 162
Computers and the Human Capacity to Process Information	p. 163
The Role of the Home and the Individual	p. 163
Electronic Resources	p. 164
Summary	p. 165
Management Applications	p. 169
Managing Human Resources	p. 170
Population Shifts: Measuring Human Resources	p. 173
Population Terms and Trends	p. 174
Population Age and Composition	p. 177
Households and Families	p. 178
The Nature of Change	p. 178
Mobility	p. 179
Managing Change	p. 179
Meeting Individual, Family, and Societal Needs	p. 180
Dual-Earner and Dual-Career Couples	p. 181
Children and Child Care	p. 182
Elderly, Elder Care, and Aging	p. 184
The Homeless	p. 186
Individuals with Disabilities	p. 188
Single-Parent and Blended Families	p. 190
Poverty and Low-Income Families	p. 191
Electronic Resources	p. 192
Summary	p. 193
Managing Time	p. 198
Time as a Resource	p. 201
Discretionary versus Nondiscretionary Time	p. 202
Personal Computers and Time	p. 203
The ABC Method of Time Control	p. 203
Time Perceptions	p. 204
Perceptions of Time across Cultures	p. 208
Biological Time Patterns	p. 210
Quantitative and Qualitative Time Measures	p. 211
Demands, Sequencing, and Standards	p. 213
Electronic Resources	p. 217
Summary	p. 218
Managing Work and Family	p. 222
Overview of Work and Family	p. 224
The Problem of Work and Family Conflicts	p. 225
Resolving Work and Family Conflicts	p. 226
Family-Supportive Workplace Policies	p. 229
The Meaning of Work and Leisure	p. 230
The Work Ethic	p. 231
Workaholism	p. 232
The Three P's: Procrastination, Parkinson's Law, and Pareto's Principle	p. 232
Workforce Trends Including Home-Based Businesses	p. 233
Volunteer Work	p. 236
Leisure	p. 236
Electronic Resources	p. 239
Summary	p. 241
Managing Stress and Fatigue	p. 244
Stress: Definition, Theory, and Research	p. 246
Crisis and Adaptation to Stress	p. 247
Decision Making and Stress	p. 252
The Body's Response to Stress	p. 253
Diet, Exercise, and Stress	p. 254
Stress Management	p. 255
Techniques for Reducing Stress	p. 258
Burnout	p. 260
Stress and Non-Events	p. 261
Parents, Children, and Stress	p. 261
College Students and Stress	p. 263
Fatigue: Definition and Sources	p. 264
The Body and Fatigue	p. 265
Systems Theory: Sleep, Energy, and Fatigue	p. 265
Electronic Resources	p. 269
Summary	p. 269
Managing Environmental Resources	p. 274
The Ecosystem and Environmentalism	p. 277
Problem Recognition	p. 279
Individual and Family Decision Making	p. 281
Environmental Problems and Solutions	p. 282
Water	p. 282
Energy	p. 284
Noise	p. 288
Waste and Recycling	p. 289
Air Quality	p. 290
Electronic Resources	p. 292
Summary	p. 292
Managing Finances	p. 296
What Is Financial Management?	p. 298
Individuals and Families as Producers and Consumers	p. 299
Income, Net Worth, Budgets, Savings, and Credit	p. 299
Banking, Investments, and Insurance	p. 305
Expenses Related to Children	p. 306
Retirement Planning	p. 308
Financial and Economic Concerns	p. 309
Recession, Depression, Inflation, and Unemployment	p. 310
College Students and Money Management	p. 311
The Gender Gap and the Glass Ceiling	p. 312
Poverty and Wealth	p. 312
Where Does Money Go?	p. 313
Electronic Resources	p. 314
Summary	p. 315
Looking Ahead	p. 317
Future Challenges	p. 318
Technology	p. 321
Computers, Home Automation, and Other Home Innovations	p. 322
Information and Innovation Overload	p. 326
Family and Global Change	p. 327
Quality of Life and Well-Being	p. 328
Multiculturalism	p. 330
Environment	p. 331
Technology, Society, and the Environment	p. 331
Electronic Resources	p. 333
Summary	p. 334
Glossary	p. 337
Index	p. 345
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