Title: Analyze the meaning of work and the meaning of family.
Course: Career, Community, and Family Connections (19299-36) > Section: Balancing Work and Family

Analysis should include

- evaluating work systems and family systems (structures)
- assessing characteristics of strong work and family organizations
- examining the evolution of the workforce
- identifying the rewards of work within and outside the family
- describing the roles and responsibilities of employees and family members
- determining the effects of interdependence on each member of the family
- evaluating ways in which the evolution of the family life cycle affects choices and decisions
- examining personal and family values.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What is the relationship between a job, an occupation, and a career?
- What are some of the reasons people work outside the family?

Communication

- How does showing empathy enable one to be tactful with family members, classmates, and coworkers?
- How might communication influence home and work environments?

Leadership

- What are the benefits of practicing leadership in your home and school life before becoming an employee?
- What are some of the similarities between being a leader at home/work and a reliable family member/co-worker?

Management

- How can achieving individual career goals affect the family's ability to meet its goals?
- What might happen when personal values, family values, and/or work priorities are in conflict?