Elizabeth B. Goldsmith

Foundations of Family Resource Management (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Foundations of Family Resource Management uses the lenses of consumer science, management, and economics, and beyond to help students make intelligent decisions about resources, time, and energies at the individual and family level. It has a strong interdisciplinary, global, and multicultural focus.

This sixth edition brings in new material on millennials, delayed marriage, household composition, neuroscience, behavioral economics, sustainable consumption, technology, and handling crises. It has been updated in line with the latest census data and academic literature.

The text contains lots of features to support student learning, including chapter summaries, "Did You Know?" questions, glossary of key terms, examples and cases, critical thinking activities, and review questions for discussion and reflection. Lecture slides and an instructor manual are available as digital supplements.

This textbook meets the standards and criteria for the Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) designation of the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) and will be suitable for resource management courses in family and consumer science, human ecology, and human environmental science programs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 532
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000563313
• Artikelnr.: 65346243

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth B. Goldsmith is a Professor Emerita in the College of Health and Human Sciences at Florida State University and Research Affliated Faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech University, USA. She is a Fulbright Scholar, has been awarded grants from Stanford University, the Smithsonian, and Duke University, and has served as Domestic Policy Advisor for the White House and as an advisor on bankruptcy education for the U.S. Dept. of Justice.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments
1. Management Today
2. Management History and Theories
3. Values, Attitudes, Goals, and Motivation
4. Resources
5. Decision-Making and Problem Solving
6. Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating
7. Communication
8. Managing Human Needs
9. Managing Time
10. Managing Work and Family
11. Managing Stress and Fatigue
12. Managing Environmental Resources
13. Managing Finances
14. Managing Tomorrow
Glossary
Index