Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-337) and index
The complexity of managing family resources -- Understanding families and how resources are managed -- Studying family resource management -- Categorization of needs -- Values, attitudes, and behaviors: understanding family choices -- Identification of family resources -- Families within the economic environment -- The impact of society on family decisions -- Managing the future -- Communication within the decision-making process -- The individual within family decision-making -- Making it happen -- Defining success -- Current and future challenges.
"Family Resource Management addresses management of resources from a family systems perspective and focuses on the impact that decisions have on the family unit and not just on the individual that makes the decision. Authors Tami James Moore and Sylvia M . Asay use their academic research, practical experiences, and active teaching knowledge to help guide students through Family Resource Management, and provide them with the most current, accurate, and dynamic information available to future professionals in the field of family services. Written conversationally and organized with the 5-Step Decision-Making Model (DMM) employed by helping professionals, Family Resource Management includes sections as follows: the study of FRM; understanding family needs; understanding resources necessary to family maintenance; making necessary choices to meet needs; and Implementation and post-implementation assessment of those choices. This 4th edition builds on the structure of prior editions and is enhanced with cutting edge research, analysis of social changes, economic shifts, and the emerging "new normal" as the world recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic."-- Provided by publisher
