Resource Management for Individuals and Families

by Goldsmith, Elizabeth B.

• ISBN13: 9780135001301
• ISBN10: 0135001307
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-22
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

With an emphasis on decision-making,Resource Management for Individuals and Families, 4/e explains the resource management process and ways to cope with issues such as time, energy and financial constraints. Using a five-step model, it discusses how to identify needs, determine resources, and even evaluate the end-result. This fourth edition is fully revised to meet the standards needed for the CFLE designation and includes more on stress, the environment, and current economic conditions. Each chapter incorporates new case studies, new critical-thinking exercises, chapter-opening illustrations and activities that help individuals and families learn how to navigate daily life within an increasingly complex world.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. viii
Management Today
Management Today	p. 1
What is Family Resource Management?	p. 1
Management as a 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. 15
Managing the Second Half of Life	p. 16
Singles, Households, Nonfamily Households, and Families	p. 17
Changes in Family and Household Composition	p. 21
What Lies Ahead?	p. 22
E-Resources	p. 23
Summary	p. 23
Key Terms	p. 24
Review Questions	p. 24
References	p. 24
Management History and Theories	p. 27
History of Management	p. 28
The Early Years of Management	p. 28
Household Production/Consumption System II: Modern (1950s)	p. 35
Four Eras of Management	p. 38
Theory Overview	p. 41
Functions of Theory	p. 41
Theories Ahead	p. 42
Systems Theory	p. 42
Open and Closed Families	p. 43
Subsystems and System Elements	p. 44
The Personal System	p. 48
Family Systems Theory and Management	p. 48
Application of Systems Theory to Households	p. 50
Human Ecology and Ecosystems	p. 51
Economic Theory	p. 53
Optimization and Satisficing	p. 53
Risk Aversion	p. 55
E-Resources	p. 57
Summary	p. 57
Key Terms	p. 58
Review Questions	p. 59
References	p. 59
For Further Reading	p. 60
Management Concepts And Principles
Values, Attitudes, Goals, and Motivation	p. 63
Values and Attitudes	p. 66
Types of Values	p. 69
Values, Lifestyles, and Consumption	p. 72
Societal and Cultural Values	p. 73
Families, Values, Standards, and Households	p. 74
Value Chains	p. 76
Attitudes	p. 77
Goals and Motivation	p. 78
Goais Versus Habits	p. 79
Goal Attributes	p. 79
Types of Goals	p. 80
Setting Goals	p. 81
College Students' Values, Goals, and Life Outcomes	p. 85
Motivation	p. 88
E-Resources	p. 90
Summary	p. 90
Key Terms	p. 91
Review Questions	p. 91
References	p. 92
Resources	p. 95
Resources Defined	p. 97
Types of Resources	p. 99
Resources and Economics	p. 100
Resource Attributes and a Model	p. 106
Resource-Advantage Theory	p. 108
Other Resource Allocation Factors: Utility and Accessibility	p. 110
Decision Making and Resources	p. 111
Knowledge, Education, and Health: Vital Resources	p. 111
Cultural Perceptions of Resources	p. 111
Resources, Families, and Households	p. 113
Consumption and Resources: China Moving Up in the Ranks	p. 114
Resource Strategy	p. 115
E-Resources	p. 115
Summary	p. 116
Key Terms	p. 117
Review Questions	p. 117
References	p. 117
Decision Making and Problem Solving	p. 119
Decisions Defined	p. 122
Decision Making as Part of Management	p. 123
Steps in Decision Making	p. 125
Self-Doubt and Decision Making	p. 127
Models, Rules, and Utility	p. 127
Reference Groups	p. 129
Personal Decision Making	p. 131
Family Decision Making, Including Division of Household Work	p. 133
Consumer Decision Making in Families	p. 137
Getting out of the House	p. 139
Problem Solving	p. 140
Definition, Analysis/Timing, and Plan of Action	p. 141
Uncertainty, Risk, and Success	p. 144
The GO Model: Visualization of a Problem-Solving Process	p. 146
E-Resources	p. 146
Summary	p. 148
Key Terms	p. 149
Review Questions	p. 149
References	p. 149
Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating	p. 151
What is Planning?	p. 154
The Planning Process and Task	p. 155
Need Fulfillment	p. 156
Time, Stress, and Planning	p. 156
Standard Setting	p. l6l
Scheduling, Sequencing, and Multitasking	p. 162
Attributes of Plans	p. 164
Types of Plans	p. 164
What is Implementing?	p. 167
Actuating	p. 168
Checking and Controlling	p. 168
What is Evaluating?	p. 169
E-Resources	p. 170
Summary	p. 170
Key Terms	p. 173
Review Questions	p. 173
References	p. 174
Communication	p. 177
Communication as Part of the Management Process	p. 179
Channels, Noise, and Setting	p. 180
Sending and Receiving	p. 182
Listening	p. 183
Messages	p. 185
Channels and Feedback	p. 188
Communication Conflicts	p. 189
In Families	p. 190
Cultures and Subcultures	p. 194
Communication in Small Groups	p. 197
Group Discussions and Cohesion	p. 198
Information and Communication Technology	p. 199
Information Overload and Habitual Decision Making	p. 199
The Internet and the Human Capacity to Process Information	p. 200
The Role of the Home and the Individual	p. 201
E-Resources	p. 202
Summary	p. 202
Key Terms	p. 203
Review Questions	p. 203
References	p. 204
Management Applications
Managing Human Resources	p. 207
Population Shifts: Measuring Human Resources	p. 210
Population Terms and Trends	p. 210
Immigration	p. 212
Population Age and Composition	p. 212
Households and Families	p. 213
The Nature of Change	p. 214
Mobility	p. 214
Managing Change	p. 215
Meeting Individual, Family, and Societal Needs	p. 216
Two-Earner Families	p. 216
Child Care	p. 218
Caregiving and the Elderly	p. 221
Adjusting to Retirement	p. 223
The Homeless	p. 225
Individuals with Disabilities	p. 228
Single-Parent and Blended Families	p. 229
Poverty and Low-Income Families	p. 231
E-Resources	p. 233
Summary	p. 233
Key Terms	p. 234
Review Questions	p. 234
References	p. 234
Managing Time	p. 237
Time as a Resource	p. 241
Discretionary versus Nondiscrecionary Time	p. 242
Children and Time	p. 243
Adults and Time	p. 244
Modern Tools of Time Management	p. 246
The ABC Method of Time Control and Goals	p. 247
Time Perceptions	p. 249
Perceptions of Time across Cultures	p. 251
Biological Time Patterns	p. 255
Quantitative and Qualitative Time Measures	p. 255
Demands, Sequencing, and Standards	p. 257
E-Resources	p. 26l
Summary	p. 26l
Key Terms	p. 262
Review Questions	p. 262
References	p. 262
Managing Work and Family	p. 265
Overview of Work and Family	p. 268
Work and Family Conflicts	p. 268
Benefits of Work and Spillover to Families	p. 269
Resolving Work and Family Conflicts	p. 270
Social Support and Work and Family	p. 273
Family-Supportive Workplace Policies	p. 274
The Meaning of Work and Leisure	p. 276
Feeling Overworked	p. 277
Work Ethic	p. 278
Workaholism	p. 279
The Three Ps: Procrastination, Parkinson's Law, and Pareto's Principle	p. 280
Workforce Trends	p. 281
Home-Based Work and Telecommuting	p. 282
Volunteer Work	p. 284
Leisure	p. 285
E-Resources	p. 287
Summary	p. 287
Key Terms	p. 288
Review Questions	p. 288
References	p. 288
Managing Stress and Fatigue	p. 293
Family Ecology Theory and Family Systems Theory	p. 294
Stress Research	p. 295
Crises and Adaptation to Stress	p. 296
Planning and Organizing	p. 299
Outsourcing	p. 300
Decision Making and Stress	p. 302
The Body's Response to Stress	p. 304
Diet, Exercise, and Stress	p. 305
Stress Management	p. 306
Type A and Type B Personalities	p. 307
Techniques for Reducing Stress	p. 308
Job Stress	p. 309
Burnout	p. 311
Stress and Nonevents	p. 313
Parents, Children, Stress, Burnout	p. 314
College Students and Stress	p. 316
Fatigue	p. 318
The Body and Fatigue	p. 319
Systems Theory: Sleep, Energy, and Fatigue	p. 319
E-Resources	p. 324
Summary	p. 324
Key Terms	p. 325
Review Questions	p. 325
References	p. 325
Managing Environmental Resources	p. 329
The Ecosystem and Environmentalism	p. 333
Problem Recognition	p. 334
Biological Diversity	p. 336
Individual and Family Decision Making	p. 337
Environmental Problems and Solutions	p. 338
Water	p. 338
Energy	p. 340
Noise	p. 346
Waste and Recycling	p. 348
Air Quality	p. 349
E-Resources	p. 352
Summary	p. 352
Key Terms	p. 353
Review Questions	p. 353
References	p. 353
Managing Finances	p. 355
Financial Management and Security	p. 358
Family Economics	p. 359
The Business Cycle and Inflation	p. 360
Individuals and Families as Producers and Consumers	p. 362
Income, Taxes, Net Worth, Budgets, and Saving	p. 363
Managing Credit and Debt	p. 369
Banking, Investments, and Insurance	p. 372
Children, Expenses, and Financial Literacy	p. 374
Saving for College	p. 376
College Students, Starting out	p. 377
Retirement Planning	p. 378
Financial Planning	p. 382
Further Family Economic Issues	p. 384
The Gender Gap, Earnings Gap, and the Glass Ceiling	p. 384
Wealth and Poverty	p. 384
E-Resources	p. 386
Summary	p. 387
Key Terms	p. 387
Review Questions	p. 388
References	p. 388
Future Challenges
Looking Ahead	p. 391
Technology	p. 394
Household Innovations	p. 395
Adopting Innovations and Applying Technology	p. 397
The 5S Management Concept	p. 398
Information and Innovation Overload	p. 399
Family, Home, and Global Change	p. 400
Quality of Life and Well-Being	p. 401
Multiculruralism	p. 403
Environment and Consumption	p. 404
Health Care and the Food Supply	p. 405
E-Resources	p. 405
Summary	p. 406
Key Terms	p. 406
Review Questions	p. 406
References	p. 407
Glossary	p. 408
Index	p. 415
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