Title: Develop strategies for sharing responsibilities to manage family and work.
Course: Family Relations (19259-18) > Section: Balancing Work and Family

Development should include

- an identification of responsibilities that need to be managed
- strategies for managing work and family roles
- an understanding of policies and laws related to work and family roles
- 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
- support systems and resources that help families manage responsibilities.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What is the relationship between a family’s circumstances and work productivity?
- Why is it important to a person, to a family, and to an employer to balance work and family roles?
- What factors should we consider when developing management strategies related to family? To the workplace?
- 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?
- What is the relationship of community activities and responsibilities to work and family roles?
- 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 when developing strategies for balancing work and family roles?
- How can we communicate to others the importance of balancing work and family roles?

Leadership

- What leadership techniques can we use to address and resolve conflict regarding work and family roles?
- What skills help family members become leaders?
- What criteria should we use to assess our efforts at balancing work and family roles?

Management

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