Title: Summarize ways social, economic, and technological changes influence work and family dynamics.
Course: GRADS – Family Focus (19905-36) > Section: Balancing Work and Family

Summary should include

- ways work and family are interconnected or independent
- trends associated with the interconnectedness of work and family
- products and services designed or improved in the last five years that relate to balancing work and family roles
- advantages and disadvantages of having a dual-earner family.

Process/Skill Questions

Thinking

- In what ways are today’s work and family responsibilities interconnected?
- How has the traditional separation of work and family changed in the last 50 years?
- What are the implications of the interconnections of work and family life?
- How does the increase of working women affect men’s and women’s roles in the family?
- What are the effects of the feminization of poverty (an increasing number of women in short-term, low-wage, dead-end jobs) on single-parent families? On the workplace? On society as a whole?

Communication

- How can families and individuals address the effects of trends in the workplace?
- What kinds of things influence a person's beliefs and attitudes about work and family responsibilities?

Leadership

- What are the effects of technological advancements on families and on society?
- What leadership skills can help with managing the effects of work on family life and family life on work?
- What leadership skills are helpful in aligning family income with long-term family goals?

Management

- How can decisions be made about the best way to deal with the social, economic, and technological changes?
- How might society influence the way families manage their work and family responsibilities?