Title: Analyze the meaning of work and the meaning of family.
Course: Life Planning (19257-36) > Section: Developing Career, Community, and Life Connections

Analysis should include

- identifying work systems and family systems
- describing characteristics of work and family organizations
- identifying the rewards of work
- describing the roles and responsibilities of employees and family members
- determining the effects of interdependence on each family member
- identifying how the stages of the family life cycle influence work and family choices/decisions
- examining personal and family values.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What factors should be considered when analyzing work and family systems?
- How are the roles and responsibilities of employed workers like the roles of family members? How are they different?
- How is the role of management in the workplace like or unlike the role of management in the family?

Communication

- How can the workplace be respectful of the family?
- How can the importance of being aware of the values of work and family be communicated to others?
- How can family members communicate their values and choices?

Leadership

- What leadership techniques or skills are needed to develop workplace strategies in order for change to occur?
- How can the family and the employer assist in the development of leadership skills in individuals?
- What leadership skills are needed to develop family strategies for change?
- How can leadership skills be integrated into the family and the workplace?

Management

- How can family values assist in the development of a life plan?
- Why is it important to consider family values in the development of a life plan?
- What management skills should family members possess?
- How can an individual’s management skills be integrated into the family? Into the workplace?
- What resources can be implemented to assist with our work and family priorities?