HOME MANAGEMENT

Paper Code: 
HSC 104
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

 

This course will enable the students

  •  To understand the basic concepts of management and management process.
  • To understand family characteristics various resources available to family.

 

9.00

 

Introduction to Management and Home management                              

  • Basic Concepts of Management  and home management
  • Characteristics of Management
  • Need of Management
  • Importance of Home Management
  • Misconceptions in Management
  • Obstacles in the improvement of management
  • Qualities of a good home maker

 Family

  • Meaning and definition, characteristics
  • Types of family
  • Classification of the family on the basis of residence, lineage, succession, marriage, number and structure
  • Family life cycle, functions of family
  • Effects of socio economic , Geographical factors and Employment status of house wife on family characteristics

 

9.00

Motivators of Management                       

  • Goals – Definition, Types and Utility.
  • Values – Importance, Sources of values, Classification, Characteristics, Changing Values
  • Standards – Definition, Classification, Quantitative, Qualitative, Conventional and Non-conventional
  •  Interdependence of values, goals and standards
     
9.00

Resources in the Family
•    Importance of Family Resources
•    Use of Resources

Types of Resources - Human and Non Human resources

  • Factors affecting the use of Resources
  • Decision Making in the family - Process and steps

 

9.00

Management Process                                     

  • Meanings and Elements of Process – Planning, Controlling the Plan and Evaluating,
  • Decision Making-Process and steps.
  • Types techniques and  importance of Planning
  •  Organizing and Delegations
  •  Controlling the Plan in action
  • Supervising – Types – Analysis
  •  Evaluation – Types, Techniques
     
Essential Readings: 
  1. Gross,I. H. and Crandall,E.W. (1963): Management for modern Families
  2.  Nickell, P. and Dorsey, J.M. (1970): Management in Family Living. Wiley  Eastern Ltd. New Delhi.
     

 

References: 

1.    Donnely, J.H... Gibson, J.L. and Ivancevick, J.M. (1995). Fundamentals of Management. Chicago.
2.     Gross,I. H. and Crandall,E.W and Knoll,M.M. (1980): Management for modern Families.
3.    Mullick, Premlata (2000): Text book of Home Science. Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi.
4.    Nickell, P. and Dorsey, J.M. (1970): Management in Family Living. Wiley Eastern Ltd. New Delhi.
5.    Varghese, M.A., Ogle, M. and Srinivasan, K. (1985): Home Management. Wiley Eastern Publishers, New Delhi.     

 

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