Title: Identify management strategies for balancing work and family roles.
Course: Introduction to Family and Human Services (19001-36) > Section: Balancing Work and Family

Identification should include

- using time-management skills
- prioritizing family and work responsibilities
- finding the best methods to cope with stress
- striving for good health and personal safety
- applying conflict-resolution techniques
- instilling and protecting family and work values
- identifying the stages of the family life cycle
- examining resiliency in families.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What is the relationship between a family’s circumstances and work productivity?
- What responsibility does an employer have for a worker’s well-being at home?
- When might it be appropriate for an employer to intervene in an employee’s personal/family life?
- How do management strategies for balancing work and family roles change as the family progresses through its life cycle?
- What community resources are available to help workers balance family and work responsibilities?

Communication

- When is it appropriate for an employee to communicate personal/family problems to an employer?
- What are appropriate and inappropriate ways of communicating personal/family problems to an employer?
- How can communication skills contribute to balancing work and family responsibilities?
- How should other family members respond when their wage earners are going through job transition?

Leadership

- What leadership techniques are effective in resolving conflicts that arise between work and family?
- Why do most public and industry leaders credit their family or upbringing with their success?
- Why is it not always possible to negotiate a mutually beneficial outcome for family conflicts?

Management

- How can management skills help set priorities at work and at home?
- How can managing the home help a person succeed in the workplace?
- What management skills are helpful when dealing with change on the job and/or at home?