Description
Book SynopsisFoundations 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 Li
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"In this newest edition of her book, Prof Goldsmith presents us with updated insights and tools crucial to the understanding and implementation of efficient and sustainable resource management within different types of contemporary households and families. The chapters are rich in data, theories, examples, case studies and critical thinking tasks, yet also refer to popular personalities and stories making this a student-friendly textbook which merits having a central place in tertiary level Family Resource Management classes."
Suzanne Piscopo, Associate Professor of Home Economics, University of Malta, Malta.
"In this newest edition of her book, Prof Goldsmith presents us with updated insights and tools crucial to the understanding and implementation of efficient and sustainable resource management within different types of contemporary households and families. The chapters are rich in data, theories, examples, case studies and critical thinking tasks, yet also refer to popular personalities and stories making this a student-friendly textbook which merits having a central place in tertiary level Family Resource Management classes."
Suzanne Piscopo, Associate Professor of Home Economics, University of Malta, Malta.
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments
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- Management Today
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- Management History and Theories
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- Values, Attitudes, Goals, and Motivation
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- Resources
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- Decision-Making and Problem Solving
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- Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating
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- Communication
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- Managing Human Needs
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- Managing Time
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- Managing Work and Family
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- Managing Stress and Fatigue
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- Managing Environmental Resources
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- Managing Finances
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- Managing Tomorrow
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