Management Today Flashcards
step 1
Identify problem, need, want, or goal
step 2
-Clarify values
step 3
identify resources
step 4
decide, plan, and implement
step 5
accomplish goals and evaluate
management process
involves thinking, action and results
management
- process of using resources to achieve goals
- process of using what one has to get what one wants
problems
- questions, dilemmas, or situations that require solving
needs
- what we need to survive or sustain live (food and shelter)
want
- thinks that we desire, but are not necessary for survival
goals (2)
- the end results that require action for their fulfillment
- connect individuals to situations, providing a sense of meaning and control over events and environments
values
- principles that guide behaviour (honestly or loyalty)
clarification
- to make clear, easier to understand, or elaborate
resources
- definiton
- examples
- whatever is available to be used
- eg. information, time, skills, energy, money
standards (2)
- quantitative/qualitative criteria that reconcile resources with demands
- dynamic and flexible; can change over time
decision making
- choosing between 2+ alternatives
planning (2)
- making a series of decisions that lead to action
- give focus and direction to the pursuit of wants, needs and goals
implementing
- putting plans into actions
feedback
- information that returns to the system and enables the individual’s overall management knowledge and ability to grow
management tools
- measuring devices, techniques, or instruments that are used to arrive at decision and plans of action
management style
- characteristic way of making decisions
lifestyle
- characteristic way, or pattern, in which an individual conducts her or his life
- needs, wants, tastes, styles, and preferences
life management
- encompasses all the decisions a person or family will make and the way values, goals and resource use affect decision making
in what year was “common-law” added to the definition of the census family
1981
in what year was “same sex common-law” added to the definition of the census family
2001
in what year was “same sex marries couple” added to the definition of the census family
2006
in what year was “couple with children classified as intact or step family (blended)” added to the definition of the census family
2011
in what year was “foster children” added to the definition of the census family
2011
in what year was “transgender and non-binary respondents” added to the definition of the census family
2021
list the family types from most common to least common in Canada (7)
- one person
- couple with children
- couple without children
- lone-parent
- non-family of 2 or more
- other
- multiple family
what are the 4 major changes that occurred in Canadian families from 1961 - 2011 (4)
- married couple families declines
- lone-parent families increased
- smaller size of households/families
- person not in Census families increased (those who live alone, live with relatives or non-relatives)
how did the category “single earner family; mother earner and stay at home father” change from 1976 - 2011
- it increased
how did the category “single earner family; father earner and stay at home mother” change from 1976 - 2011
- it decreased
how did the category “dual earner families” change from 1976 - 2011
- it increased
how has the average number of people per household changed over time?
- it has decreased
how has the percentage of families living in detached homes changed over time?
- it initially decreased and then increased once again
how has the percentage of families living in apartments changed over time?
- it has decreased
married couple and the children, if any, of either and/or both spouses; a
couple living common law and the children, if any, of either and/or both partners; or a lone parent of
any marital status with at least one child living in the same dwelling and that child or those children. All
members of a particular census family live in the same dwelling. A couple may be of opposite or same
sex. Children may be children by birth, marriage, common-law union or adoption regardless of their age
or marital status as long as they live in the dwelling and do not have their own married spouse,
common-law partner or child living in the dwelling. Grandchildren living with their grandparent(s) but
with no parents present also constitute a census family.
- census family definiton
Any combination of two or more persons who are bound together over time by ties of mutual consent,
birth and/or adoption or placement and who, together, assume responsibilities for variant combinations
of some of the following:
Physical maintenance and care of group members
Addition of new members through procreation or adoption
Socialization of children
Social control of members
Production, consumption, distribution of goods and services
Affective nurturance – love
- vanier institute of the family definition
definition is used when a disaster has occurred and
financial aid is to be given to survivors. Immediate family (mother, father, spouse, and dependent
children, grandchildren (includes step relations) are included. It can also include a fiancé, housemates or
others who are being supported financially. Proof of the financial dependency is shown by having joint
accounts or investments, homeownership, rental lease that both signed.
American Red Cross disaster services definition
Usually they are related by blood, marriage or adoption. They
- Form an economic unit and care for any young,
- Consider their identity to be significantly attached to the group, and
- Commit to maintaining that group over time.
- Lamanna & Riedman, 2009 definition
