Apply management and planning skills and processes to organize tasks and responsibilities within school, the workplace, and at home.
Application should include
- identifying tasks and responsibilities that need to be managed
- assigning tasks and responsibilities to others based on ability, interest, or developmental level instead of role stereotypes
- developing support systems that help individuals manage family and work responsibilities.
Process/Skill Questions:
Thinking
- What factors influence your attitudes and beliefs regarding management of school, family, and work responsibilities?
- Why is sharing responsibilities among family members or work teams important?
- How does sharing responsibilities help build strong families or work teams?
Communication
- What communication skills are essential when assigning tasks, responsibilities, and performance standards within the workplace? Home?
- How can family members effectively express their feelings about their assignments and performance standards?
- How can workers effectively express these feelings?
- What are some of the different social expectations of men and women? Are these valid and supportable by research?
Leadership
- What leadership skills can help you devise a plan for assigning tasks, responsibilities, and performance standards in work or family settings?
- What conflicts may arise when the division of tasks is inequitable?
- How can you prevent or manage conflict related to the division of tasks in a relationship?
- How can leadership skills help you avoid gender stereotyping in the family, in the workplace, and in the community?
Management
- Does the amount of time a family spends on various responsibilities reflect what is important to that family? Explain.
- Does the amount of time a worker spends on various responsibilities reflect what is important to that employer? Explain.
- How might roles in the family change as you move through the life cycle?