Comparison should include the financial, social, intellectual, emotional, and ethical issues involved in work and family roles.
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 financial, social, Intellectual, and ethical issues?
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 does one need to balance the effects of family life on work and 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 life on work and work life on families?
- 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 and into the workplace?
- What resources can help one analyze and manage ways in which 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 one determine his/her values toward work and families?