Title: Identify how families affect work life and how work life affects families.
Course: Family Relations (19259-36) > Section: Balancing Work and Family

Identification should include the financial, social, intellectual, emotional, and ethical issues involved in work and family roles.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What effects do technological changes in the workplace have on families?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of work as it relates to family?
- What are the effects of family stress and/or change on the workplace?

Communication

- What levels of communication should one use for younger children, teenagers, and adults?
- How can one communicate the effects of work on family and the effects of family on work?

Leadership

- How can the family and the employer develop leadership skills in individuals?
- What leadership techniques can influence the effects of family on work and the effects of work on family?
- How can leadership skills be integrated into the family and the workplace?

Management

- How can an individual’s management skills be integrated into the family? Into the workplace?
- What resources can help us determine our values toward work and families?