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Chapter: 11th 12th std standard Home Science Maintain Basic Knowledge for family life Higher secondary school College

Concept Of Home Management

Family is an important part of man's social environment. Home management is an essential component of family living, contributing to health, happiness and well being of the family.

HOME MANAGEMENT

 

Family is an important part of man's social environment. Home management is an essential component of family living, contributing to health, happiness and well being of the family.

 

A family consists of two or more persons related to each other by blood, marriage or adoption living in the same household. Family as a social institution performs the activities of procreation, economy, education and recreation. As a family is made up of human beings living together with love, affection and mutual understanding, the management of a family is basically concerned with the qualities of human relationships.

 

The present society is greatly different from that of our fore fathers. The impact of western technology, mass education, democracy, industrialization, employment and bureaucracy has led to a decline in the joint family system. It has brought in lot of changes in the home and family life. Because of rapid improvement in communication network, the facility to see, hear and assimilate information has increased. There is increased production of a variety of goods and service required for day to day living. The advancement in science and technology has paved way for more number of women to take up employment outside, which has resulted in the increased number of intercaste and inter religious marriages.

 

Time consuming house hold tasks are being accomplished by time saving appliances. Convenience food has facilitated the employed home maker to accomplish her task easily and quickly.

 

The traditional roles played by the various members in the family had undergone rapid changes due to the involvement of women in labour force. The participation of all the family members in the house hold tasks has become a necessity due to the scarcity of labour in the domestic front.

 

Management is a means of adjusting to change and also results in change.

 

CONCEPT OF HOME MANAGEMENT

 

Home management is a very important factor, which contributes to the health, happiness and well being of a family. It paves way for a better growth and development of the family members. Life has become very complex because man has increased tools and has changed the tactics of living. As a result, it has become necessary for him to develop more skills in the use of available resources in order to get what he wants for himself and his family to improve his status. In other words management deals with 'using what we have, to get what we want.' What we have is the resources. The resources that we have may be time, money, energy, skill etc. What we want is the achievement of goals. Goals are the aims in our life. Attainment of goals give pleasure and non attainment gives dissatisfaction.

 

Dissatisfaction can be avoided only through the wise application of management process. The quality of management will vary depending on the managerial abilities of individuals. Management process will enable one to identify and locate available resources and use them effectively to achieve the desired goals

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