Title: Compare how families affect work life and how work life affects families.
Course: Individual Development (19260-18) > Section: Managing Work and Family Responsibilities for the Well-Being of Self and Others

Comparison should include continuing dynamics of work and family, such as

- physical
- financial
- social
- cognitive
- socio-emotional factors
- cultural
- ethical.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What effects do technological changes in the workplace have on families?
- What are the effects of family stress and change on the workplace?
- What effects might family life have on the financial issues of work? Social issues? Emotional issues? Intellectual issues? Ethical issues?

Communication

- How can you communicate the importance of work life to family members and the importance of family life to those in the workplace?
- What communication skills do you need to balance the effects of family life on work? Work life on family?

Leadership

- What leadership skills are needed to develop workplace strategies for change?
- What leadership techniques are needed to be able to direct or redirect the effects of family on work and work on family?

Management

- What resources can help you analyze and manage ways that families are affected by work life and ways work is affected by family life?
- What management skills are needed to minimize the effects of family life on work and the effects of work on family life?
- What resources can help you identify your values in work and family?