Analyze goals and expectations within the workplace and those within the family.
Analysis should include
- identifying factors that influence how families coordinate work and family responsibilities and goals
- comparing individual and family goals and principles with work goals and principles
- comparing traditional and egalitarian beliefs regarding work and family roles of men and women
- predicting changes in the ways work and family roles will be managed in the future.
Process/Skill Questions:
Thinking
- What factors might influence work and family goals and principles?
- How do gender role expectations change on the continuum from traditional to egalitarian?
- What are the positive and negative consequences of each view?
- Why are traditional roles being reexamined by some families?
Communication
- What is the role of communication in managing work and family responsibilities?
- How can individuals communicate their goals and values about work and family?
- How can communication skills help a family that has trouble balancing work and family responsibilities?
Leadership
- What is the relationship between family members’ incomes and household responsibilities?
- How might technology help balance work and family responsibilities?
- How can leadership model how technology can be used to meet expectations at work and home?
Management
- What management skills are essential for achieving and maintaining a balance of work and family roles?
- How can these management skills be learned?
- How can conflicts between work and family responsibilities be resolved?
- How might the way families manage their work and family roles change in the next 10 or 20 years?
- What resources are available to help achieve and maintain a balance of work and family roles?