Online Instructor’s Manual With Test Bank to accompany
Resource Management for Individuals and Families 4th Edition Elizabeth B. Goldsmith, Ph.D. Professor College of Human Sciences Florida State University
Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1:
Management Today
Chapter 2:
Management History and Theories
Chapter 3:
Values, Attitudes, Goals, and Motivation
Chapter 4:
Resources
Chapter 5:
Decision Making and Problem Solving
Chapter 6:
Planning, Implementing, and Evaluation
Chapter 7:
Communication
Chapter 8:
Managing Human Resources
Chapter 9:
Managing Time
Chapter 10: Managing Work and Family Chapter 11: Managing Stress and Fatigue Chapter 12: Managing Environmental Resources Chapter 13: Managing Finances Chapter 14: Looking Ahead
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Chapter 1 MANAGEMENT TODAY Overview & Teaching Suggestions This chapter introduces the subject of management and the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) description is given on page 1. The emphasis is on decision making and developing and allocating resources such as time, money, material assets, energy, friends, neighbors, and space. Goal fulfillment is sought. Use these questions on page 2 to get an in-class discussion going: • • • •
Where does my time go? What should I be doing with my life? How can I succeed? Where do I fit in?
Career counselors report that students are having a difficult time finding answers especially to finding a major and an occupation. A down economy makes finding jobs and internships (even unpaid ones) harder than ever. A graduate student in psychology reported calling 71 places for an unpaid internship in a city until number 72 said yes. She wanted to go there because her family lived in the area. Self-awareness and preparation are keys as well as ambition, resilience, and most of all, resource management. Choice, risk, and happiness are defined in the chapter as well as the management process. Happiness is introduced close to the beginning of this edition because one seeks happiness or contentment when making decisions. Happiness is individually defined, how do your students define happiness? Have them say answers out loud or write them on paper and pass to the front (unsigned) for you to read to the class. Put the answers in categories for the whole class to discuss. Why manage? We all have to in order to survive. Who manages? We all do. Needs vs. wants and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs are described. Put the Hierarchy on the board or screen, discuss the levels from low (physiological such as air, food, water to high self-actualization, page 11). Changes in family and household composition are introduced on page 21 and continues to 22 and into the next chapter. Students can discuss their family size and plans for the future. Critical Thinking boxes are located on pages 4, 7, 10, and 19. See page xi in the Preface for an explanation of the value of critical thinking.
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Instructors: For all tests, put at the top. Pick the best answer. Multiple Choice Questions
1. Most agree that ______________ is the degree to which the overall quality of one’s life is judged as favorable. The General Social Surveys (GSS) of the United States asks questions about this. a. Happiness b. Fortitude c. Effectiveness d. Decision making A, p. 3 2. ___________ is the act of selecting among alternatives. a. Choice b. Risk c. Opportunity d. Fatalism A, p. 2 3. Management is the process of: a. Controlling others’ lives b. Using resources to achieve goals c. Changing one’s perspective for the better d. Acting in a habitual or repetitive pattern B, p. 5 4. The World’s most populous country is: a. The United States b. Greece c. India d. China D, p. 4 5. In 2050 it is estimated that the world’s most populous country will be: a. Indonesia
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b. Japan c. India d. Brazil C, p. 4 6. According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, physiological is the most basic. What is the need that comes next? a. Esteem b. Self-Actualization c. Belongingness and Love d. Safety D, p. 11 7. A basic principle in management is that where there is risk, there is ________. a. Opportunity b. Reliability c. Decision making d. Extenuating circumstances A, p. 2 8. When people in the United States answer government surveys about how they feel about things, most report they are: a. Very happy b. Pretty happy c. Not too happy d. Miserable B, p. 3 9. The worldwide trend is for populations to be increasingly: a. Mobile and urban b. Insular and stay at home c. Spread out rural to seaside d. Northern moving because of global warming A, p. 3 10. Needs and wants are different. Wants are things that are:
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