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Chapter 1 Home Management
Chapter 1 Home Management
Chapter 1 Home Management
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5.6.2 Posture................................................................................................................ 68
5.8.3 Three principles provide the basic directives for functional storage. ................ 87
Home Management
1.1 Meaning
The term ‘Home Management’ was coined by Maria Parloa in 1880. When she
first used the term, it simply meant anything that needed to be accomplished
As this discipline began to develop, the specific fields of study began to emerge.
definition of what home management is and how it is used in daily life took on
new directions and meaning. Every individual has values, goals and standards.
making and factors affecting decision making, determining long term and short
family depending on their values and goals. There are specifically two concepts
of management.
The first is the materialistic concept and the second is the Human concept.
Human Concept: Here emphasis has been given to all round development of
paid help, the homemaker cooks food for the family, with special care. In case
of cooking or changing the menu. While doing this, many times, standards have
been adjusted to suit the changing situation. Effective use of available resources,
human as well as non-human, affects the quality of life.
maintaining standard they spend more money. For example, if the woman
working outside, she will prefer paid help for getting the work done as per the
family standards. If the family is having very high standard of cleanliness, i.e.
cleaning of the house twice a day, she will take paid help to complete the work.
resources.
Home management is the vital factor in every family contributing to the overall
family living. The study of Home management is intimately linked with values,
standards and goals which give meaning to the lives, thoughts, feelings and
experiences of the members of the family. These values, standards and goals
which are closely related to each other, motivate the family to make decisions,
Gross and Crandall describe Home management in its simplest terms as “using
goals are being attained with some degree of satisfaction may be considered a
and evaluating the use of resources of the family for the purpose of attaining
family goals.”
Effective management enhances the chances of reaching the desired goals through wise decisions and
effective use of resources.
According to R.P. Devdas, “Home management is making the best use of what you have to get what you
want.” What you have” means the resources available in the family and “What you want to get”
meaning to goals or aims of the family. All the resources (Both human and non-human) which are
available for a particular family must be utilized properly in order to achieve the family goals.
Devdas compared home management to a Dam and the resources with Rain water. Rain water is
deposited in a Dam and is utilized for water supply, electricity and irrigation purposes at the time of
necessity. Just like that all human and non-human resources are deposited in the DAM of Home
Management. They are utilized for building a house, education and marriage of children and for various
other purposes. By utilizing the resources the family goals can be achieved. The definition of Devdas is
represented with a diagram.
In simple terms, Home management is a family working together for common purposes, the forming of
plan of action, the sharing of responsibilities the organized and controlled use of available resources. It
involves homemaker’s managerial ability, her interest, capacity to motivate the other members of the
family, to work to achieve a common goal for the development of the family. Effective management
enhances the chances of achieving goals by making wise decisions and proper utilization of resources.
A well managed home is one in which the homemaker having acquired a degree of competence, works
towards well defined goals or objectives. These when achieved provide her with a sense of satisfaction.
A homemaker functions as a producer, consumer and co-ordinate of various activities to be carried out
to achieve family goals. She manages the house in such a way that all the members of the family are
satisfied and family can achieve the goals.
The changes in our life have an influence on the management of the home in today’s life. The process of
management becomes a rational and intelligent method of dealing with change. It is not only the
intelligent use of resources and the satisfaction that is obtained that matters in the modern family, but
the all round development of family members and their welfare as well. Therefore a systematic
knowledge of Home management is needed by homemakers. The efficient management requires
specialized knowledge, wide experiences and new type of skills.
Need for Home Management:
Management plays a significant role in shaping our lives. With the changing environment, the need for
management also becomes inevitable to identify and deal with problems, which emerge from change.
Effective management in the home depends to a large extent on the managerial ability, interest and
leadership quality of the homemaker and also their ability to motive the family members in the right
direction for achieving desired goals. To the homemaker, who wants to manage her home properly and
efficiently, knowledge of home management is helpful and essential.
In our modern technological environment, where situations are complex and highly flexible, where
many choices are possible and where values of changes more rapidly, the need for management is
essential. The homemaker in order to carry out every day’s works without much strain and tension
should know about the various aspects of home making.