Family resource management

• Closes system 


  All activities within the system (family)
• Open system 


  Systems outside of family eg education, doctor, government
• Household finances 


  Families can create a plan for spending to meet financial goals
• Cleaning 


  Families can organise a cleaning schedule with specific jobs for each family member
• Meal planning 


  Families can organise a weekly meal plan and shopping list
• School activities 


  Families can organise routines for school drop offs and extracurricular activities
• Inputs- Demands

  • Needs- basic requirements for survival
  • wants- things a person desires
  • goals- something a persom works towards achieving
  • values - a persons unique beliefs about what it’s important
• Inputs- Resources

  • Time
  • human skill
  • environmental- physical resources, social systems
  • Material- money, equipment
• Throughputs - planning

  • Identify goal
  • identify available resources
  • collect relevant information
  • consider alternatives
  • consider consequences
  • make decision
  • design logical plan
• Throughput- organising 


  Appoint appropriate individuals to tasks

  allocate available resources
• Throughput- implementing

  • Put plan into action
  • control of plan
  • ensure flexibility
• Outputs

  • Goals: have they been reached
  • needs + wants: have they been met
  • Resources: have they been used to max effect
  • changes in
  • values: changed?
  • satisfaction: was the outcome satisfactory
  • feedback: any improvements
• Factors affecting management 


  Employment patters: single income fam may need to manage income carefully, dual income have greater financial resources to meet households needs and wants
• Factors affecting management 


  Management of dual roles:

  when both pare he are employed they have dual roles earner and family manager. In one parent households w parent is often the earner and the home manager without the support of another person.
• Factors affecting management 


  Socio economic status:

  families of lower socio economic status may prioritise meeting need before wants

  families of higher socio economic status have income left over after their basic needs are met
• Factors affecting management 


  Stages in the family life cycle

  arrival of kids, number of kids, age of kids
• Factors affecting management 


  Values and standards

  families values and standards will influence their choices, affecting management systems eg families concern for animal welfare = free range eggs etc
• Factors affecting management 


  Composition of family

  number of dependents and number of providers within a family will affect management systems, dependants include old family members, children, family members with special needs
• Factors affecting management 


  Culture

  Cultural aspects can affect family management due to impact of culture on areas such as diet and role of women
• Factors affecting management 


  Gender roles

  Management systems no longer affected by gender roles, all family members should contribute to household management,