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Home Management (Theory) [1]

Paper Code: 
HSC- 104
Credits: 
03
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
Unit I: 
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

 

9.00
Unit II: 
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
Unit III: 
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
Unit IV: 
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
Unit V: 
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: 
2019-2020 [2]

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