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
  • Application of Management in managing resources at home
  • Need of Management

 

9.00

 

Family Characteristics Influencing                                                 

  • Type of family
  • Classification of the family on the basis of resources/income, vocation, activity/profession, quality of human resources in the family, general characteristics of work
  • Effects of socio economic , Geographical factors and Employment status of house wife on family characteristics

 

15.00

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

 

6.00

Resources in the Family                          

  • Types of Resources Human and Non Human resources
  • Factors affecting the use of Resources

 

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.      

 

Academic Year: 
2014-2015
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