Title: Identify management strategies for balancing work and family roles.
Course: Family and Human Services I (19999-I) > 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
- identifying community resources.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What is the relationship between a 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?
- How do management strategies for balancing work and family roles change as the family progresses through its life cycle?

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

Management

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