Lesson 3 Home Management

• Home Management


  The process of properly maintaining a home and a property and overseeing necessary household activities
• Effective home management has a big part in taking care of the family resources and needs
• Effective Home Management


  • Staying organized
  • Tracking finances
  • Maintaining property value
  • Teaching your kids
• Steps in effective home management

  1. Planning

  2. Organizing

  3. Implementing

  4. Evaluating
• Planning


  Mapping out the course of action for achievement of a goal. It is the first and a very important step in management process.
• Value of planning


  • It occurs before the action takes place
• Abilities useful in planning

  • Mental thinking and memory
  • Observation
  • Reasoning and analytical ability
• Steps in planning


  1. Recognizing the problem or recognizing the goals to be accomplished

  2. Seeking different alternatives

  3. Choosing between alternatives
• Organizing


  Dividing the work among family members
• Steps in implementing


  1. Energizing

  2. Checking

  3. Adjusting
• Evaluating


  Assessing the result, an important step in home management
• Types of evaluation


  • General evaluation
  • Detailed evaluation
• Helpful reminders/tips to simplify work at home

  • Identify and analyze each activity
  • Allow members of the family to express their preferred task according to their interests and skills
  • Consider the age, health and abilities of the member
  • Assign tasks based on the availability of the members
  • Coordinate among all the family members for the improvement of family resources to ensure attainment of all goals
• 10 simple ways to manage your money better

  • Have a budget
  • Use the budget
  • Give yourself
  • Track your spending
  • Don't commit recurring monthly bills
  • Make sure you're paying the best prices
  • Save up for big purchases
  • Limit your credit card purchases
  • Contribute to savings regularly
  • Being good with money takes practice
• Home management is essentially the process of keeping your home running smoothly. This includes everything from grocery shopping and meal planning to cleaning and organizing.
• Effective home management has a big part in taking care of the family resources and needs.