Title: Identify the interrelationship and dynamics of individual and family goals and principles with work goals and principles.
Course: Introduction to Family and Human Services (19001-36) > Section: Balancing Work and Family

Identification should include

- identifying factors that influence how families coordinate work and family responsibilities and goals
- comparing individual and family goals and principles with work goals and principles
- comparing traditional and egalitarian beliefs regarding work and family roles of men and women
- predicting changes in the ways work and family roles will be managed in the future.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What factors might influence work and family goals and principles?
- How do gender-role expectations change within the continuum from traditional to egalitarian beliefs? What are the positive and negative consequences of each view?
- How have traditional family roles changed in the past three decades?
- In what ways do work and family goals differ with varying family structures?
- How does an aging population influence work and family goals and principles?

Communication

- What is the role of communication in managing work and family responsibilities?
- How can individuals communicate their goals and values about work and family?
- How can communication skills help a family that has trouble balancing work and family responsibilities?

Leadership

- What is the relationship between family members’ incomes and household responsibilities?
- What are examples of ways that technology can be beneficial to balancing work and family responsibilities?
- How might technology hurt the balance of work and family responsibilities?

Management

- What management skills are essential for achieving and maintaining a balance of work and family roles? How can these management skills be learned?
- How can conflicts between work and family responsibilities be resolved?
- How might the way families manage their work and family roles change in the next 10 years? The next 20 years?