Title: Identify management strategies for balancing work and family roles.
Course: Interior Design I (19263-I) > Section: Balancing Work and Family

Identification should include

- use of time
- prioritization of family and work responsibilities
- ways to handle stress
- health and safety issues
- conflict resolution
- family and work values
- stages of the family and career life cycle.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What is the relationship between the family’s circumstances and work productivity?
- Why is it important to a person, to the family, and to the employer to balance work and family roles?
- What responsibility does an employer have for a worker’s well-being at home?
- When is it appropriate for an employer to intervene in an employee’s personal/family life?

Communication

- When is it appropriate for an employee to communicate personal/family problems to an employer?
- What communication skills are needed to develop strategies for balancing work and family roles?
- How can one communicate the importance of balancing work and family roles?

Leadership

- What leadership techniques can address and resolve conflict regarding work and family roles?
- What skills do family members need to become leaders?
- What criteria should be used to assess efforts at balancing work and family roles?

Management

- What management skills are needed to set priorities at work and at home?
- What kind of training is needed to develop management strategies for balancing work and family roles?
- What management skills help deal with issues at different stages of the family life cycle?