Title: Compare how families affect work life and how work life affects families.
Course: Introduction to Fashion Careers (19201-36) > Section: Balancing Work and Family

Comparison should include the effects of career choices on caregiving decisions and the influence of caregiving decisions on career choices and life goals as well as issues involved in work and family roles:

- Financial
- Social
- Intellectual
- Emotional
- Cultural
- Ethical

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What effects do technological changes in the workplace have on families?
- What may be the effects of family stress and/or change on the workplace?

Communication

- How can the importance of work life to family members and the importance of family life to those in the workplace be communicated?
- What communication skills are needed to balance the effects of family life on work? Work life on families?

Leadership

- What leadership techniques are needed to develop workplace strategies for change?
- What leadership techniques are needed to balance work and family?

Management

- What resources can help analyze and manage family life and work life?
- What management skills can minimize the negative effects of family life on work and of work life on family?