Family Resource Management / Edition 2

by Tami J. Moore, Sylvia M. Asay

Overview

The Second Edition of Family Resource Management unlocks the complexity of family decision making for students, enabling them to grasp both the concepts and the underlying explanations of family behavior. Authors Tami James Moore and Sylvia M. Asay have provided a strong theoretical base to facilitate both understanding and retention and have organized the text to parallel the decision-making process employed by professionals. As a result, it includes sections on introduction to the study of family resource management, identification of family needs, understanding resources available to families in differing socioeconomic circumstances, evaluating alternatives and making choices, and implementing and evaluating decisions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412991179
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	07/28/2012
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	408
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Tami James Moore, Ph.D., CFLE, is an Professor of Family Studies at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, in 1995. She is a Certified Family Life Educator through the National Council on Family Relations. She has more than 20 years of post-secondary teaching experience and has taught the Family Resource Management course for the past 10 years.

Sylvia M. Asay, Ph.D., CFLE, is a Professor of Family Studies and Chair of the Family Studies and Interior Design Department at the University of Nebraska, Kearney. She received her Ph.D. in Community and Human Resources at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, in 1998 and received her Certified Family Life Educator credentials through the National Council on Family Relations. As a post-secondary educator, she has taught a wide range of courses including Marriage and Family Relationships, Cross-Cultural Family Patterns, Families in Crisis, and Family Resource Management. Her authored books include Strong Families Around the World: Strengths-Based Research and Practice (Haworth) and Family Resource Management (SAGE).

Table of Contents

Unit I: The Study of Family Resource Management
1. The Complexity of Managing Family Resources
2. Understanding Families
3. The Management Process
Unit II: Discovering Family Needs
4. Categorization of Needs
5. Values, Attitudes, and Behaviors: Understanding Family Choices
Unit III: Understanding Resources
6. Identification of Family Resources
7. Families Within the Economic Environment
8. The Impact of Society on Family Decisions
Unit IV: Making Choices
9. Managing the Future
10. Communication Within the Decision-Making Process
11. The Individual Within Family Decision Making
Unit V: Implementing and Evaluating Decisions
12. Making It Happen
13. Defining Success
14. Current and Future Challenges
Casebook
Glossary
Web Resources