8.1 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - Effective resource management

Question 1

Strategies for effective resource management

Answer 1

• Using interchangeable resources
• Adopting sustainable behaviours
• Accessing support
• Developing personal management skills
• Engaging in education and training

Enhance wellbeing of group members as goals are established and, later, successfully achieved.

This can ultimately lead to improvements in their quality of life and thus their wellbeing.

Question 2

Using interchangeable resources

Answer 2

Resources can have alternative uses, so individuals must make decisions about the best use of resources.

E.g: You can exchange money for goods or services.

Question 3

Adopting sustainable behaviours

Answer 3

Adapting to sustainable behaviours will help to decrease the use of non-renewable resources.

It is the ability to make resources last longer.

Question 4

Accessing support

Answer 4

People who are close to you, such as a family, or who are part of an organisation, and can help you through a difficult time.

Question 5

Developing personal management skills

Answer 5

Planning and organising, decision making, communication and problem solving are all personal management skills that help us to manage resources effectively

Question 6

Engaging in education and training

Answer 6

Key strategies in the effective use of resources and has great impacts on individual, family and community wellbeing.