Title: Compare how families affect work life and how work life affects families.
Course: Catering/Banquet Specialization (16052-IV) > Section: Balancing Work and Family

Comparison should include

- the financial, social, intellectual, emotional, and ethical issues involved in work and family roles
- the effect of career choices on parenting decisions and of parenting decisions on career choices and life goals.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What effects do technological changes in the workplace have on families?
- What effects do other workplace trends have on families?
- What are the benefits and disadvantages of work as it relates to family?
- What are the effects of family stress and/or change on the workplace?
- What effects might family life have on the financial issues related to work?

Communication

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

Leadership

- What leadership techniques does one need to develop workplace strategies for change?
- How can the family and the employer develop leadership skills in individuals?
- What leadership techniques does one need to be able to direct or redirect the effects of family on work and work on family?
- How can leadership skills be integrated into the family and the workplace?

Management

- How can an individual’s management skills be integrated into the family or into the workplace?
- What resources can help one analyze and manage ways families are affected by work life and work is affected by family life?
- What management skills does one need to minimize the effects of family life on work and the effects of work on family life?
- What resources can help determine values toward work and families?