Introduction to Home

Management
ESTER L. HERAWON, LPT
House or Home
 What is a HOUSE and a HOME??
 House refers to a building in which
someone lives. In contrast, a home can
refer either to a building or to any
location that a person thinks of as the
place where she lives and that belongs to
her. A home can be a house or an
apartment, but it could also be a tent, a
boat, or an underground cave. 
 A home can even be something abstract,
a place in your mind. When you say,
“Let’s go home,” you are probably not
talking simply about going to the physical
structure where you live. You are talking
about being in the special place where
you feel most comfortable and that
belongs to you.
 Home
 House  Family
 Shelter  Husband
 Walls  Wife
 Floors  Children
 Ceilings  Parents
 Windows  others
 Doors  Potentials, capabilities,
 Furniture energies &resources of
 Furnishings all members
 All goods
 FAMILY is the basic unit of the SOCIETY
 SCHOOLS

HOSPITALS MOSQUES

JUDICIARY MEDIA

SOCIETY

ENTERPRENUER GOVERNMENT

PARLIMENT FAMILY
 Structure of Family
Husband and Wife

parents children
 TYPES OF A FAMILY
 Nuclear Family
The nuclear family is the traditional type of
family structure. This family type consists of
two parents and children. The nuclear family
was long held in esteem by society as being
the ideal in which to raise children. Children in
nuclear families receive strength and stability
from the two-parent structure and generally
have more opportunities due to the financial
ease of two adults.
 Extended Family
The extended family structure consists of two or more
adults who are related, either by blood or marriage,
living in the same home. This family includes many
relatives living together and working toward common
goals, such as raising the children and keeping up
with the household duties. Many extended families
include cousins, aunts or uncles and grandparents
living together. This type of family structure may
form due to financial difficulties or because older
relatives are unable to care for themselves alone.
Extended families are becoming increasingly
common all over the world.
 Childless Family
While most people think of family as including
children, there are couples who either cannot or
choose not to have children. The childless
family is sometimes the "forgotten family," as
it does not meet the traditional standards set by
society. Childless families consist of two
partners living and working together. Many
childless families take on the responsibility of
pet ownership or have extensive contact with
their nieces and nephews.
 Single Parent Family
The single parent family consists of one
parent raising one or more children on his
own. This family may include a 
single mother with her children, a single
dad with his kids, or a single person with
their kids. The single parent family is the
biggest change society has seen in terms
of the changes in family structures. 
 Family
Objectives and Functions
 Preservation and continuation of human race
 Enforcement and protection of morals
 Providing basic necessities and comforts
 Providing love and kindness to all members
 Helping in integration with the society
 Providing motivation for efforts and
achievements for success in this world and in
the Hereafter (Akhira)
Role distribution between Husband
and wife
 Complete gender equality is ensured
 Demarcation of responsibilities for efficient
management of family institution
 Husband as head of the household
 Men are protectors and maintainers of

women, because Allah has given the one

more strength than the other, and because
they support them from their means (Al-
Nisa:34)
 Women are guardians of their husbands home
and the children
 All of you are guardians and responsible for

your wards and the things under your

care…….a man is guardian of his family
and is responsible for them. A woman is
guardian of her husbands home and the
children and is responsible for them. All of
you are guardians and all of you are
responsible for your wards. (Bukhari)
 RESPECTIVE
RESPONSIBILITIES
 Husband’s responsibilities
 Primary responsibility of Earning a living for
 Himself ,Wife, Children

 Parents

 Responsibilities towards house

 Building or renting

 Maintenance/repairs

 Economic provisions for related

expenditures
 Purchasing/shopping
 Responsibilities towards WIFE
 Food, clothing, shelter, medical

 Providing love, protection and

good company
 Responsibilities towards CHILDREN

 Love

 Food, clothing, shelter, medical

 Education
 Responsibilities of wife
 Primary responsibility of concentrating on her
home and the family
 Responsibilities towards children
 Giving birth (Pregnancy and delivery)

 Lactation (maximum until 2 years)

 Upbringing

 Educating the Children ( The FIRST

TEACHER)
 Responsibilities towards husband
 Obeying/ being submissive

 Taking care

 Protecting their honor

 Providing love and good company

 Responsibilities towards house

 Setting up furniture and other stuff

 Maintenance and other related activities

 Critical role of a home
Protects us Nurtures our Insulates us Enhances
from physical Growth. from stresses development
harm. of the of our
outside individual
world. potentials.

Serves as an Symbolizes Provides Helps us

outlet for our status of the feeling of prepare
creative self family to control over a successfully
expression. family itself small for our
and to the segment of eternal life.
community. environment.
 HOME MANAGEMENT
PROCESS
 Planning  Organizing
 Setting goals  Dividing tasks

according to
 Establishing
abilities
priorities  Giving
 Group activity
responsibility
 Checking &

coordinating
 Implementing  Evaluating
 Flexible  Assessment of
 Directing & progress
guiding  Judging
 Supervising
effectiveness
 Actual doing
 Analyzing
process
results
 Motivating &
energizing
THE MANAGEMENT WHEEL

PLANNING EVALUATING

ORGANIZING IMPLEMENTING
AREAS OF MANAGEMENT
Money
Family's management
Meal
social
management
life
Managing the Kids
Home
servants management

Home Clothing
nursing House management
management
 Money management
 Being conscious regarding sources of
income
 Budgeting
 Savings
 Carrying out expenditures
 Maintaining bank accounts
 Maintaining receipts/bills etc.
 Meal management
 Understanding nutritional requirements of
family members
 Menu planning
 Purchasing (Monthly, occasional, daily)
 Cooking (Self, guidance and supervision)
 Serving meals
 Entertaining guests
 Storing fresh and dry edibles
 Kids management
 Giving birth (Pregnancy, delivery)
 Lactation (maximum 24 months)
 Weaning ( LUTASON)
 Taking care of health and medical problems
 Avoiding accidents (Home and outside)
 Formal education
 Entertainment and socialization
 Clothing management
 Purchasing
 Stitching (Self, getting done)

 Washings

 Ironing

 Mending ( to do some repair)

 Storing

(Casual, occasional, summer, winter, uniforms)

 House management
 Setting up furniture and furnishings
 Decorating (Purchasing, maintenance)
 Bedding (Summer, winter)
 Setting traffic routes
 Cleaning (Daily, weekly, monthly,
seasonal)
 Renovations or paints
 Home nursing
 First aid arrangements and administration
 Caring for sick members
 Diet
 Medication
 Rest
 Exercise
 Maintaining hygienic environment s
 Managing the servants
 Delegating duties
 Providing guidance

 Supervising

 Taking care
 Managing interpersonal
relationships
 Spouse
 In-laws
 Kids
 Visitors/guests
 Relatives
 Neighbors
 Servants and otherss
 Managing family’s social life
 Visiting relatives
 Visiting friends

 Visiting neighbors

(Occasionally, on special events {Sad,

happy})
 Inviting guests/ throwing parties

 Refreshment and meal arrangements of

guests
 What is home management?
 Is it just cooking and serving meals?
 Is it just sewing, washing and ironing clothes?
 Is it just shopping for household goods and
groceries?

NO
 A WOMAN
as home manager, home planner,
domestic engineer

is supposed to safeguard
physical, mental, intellectual
and spiritual well being of her
family
 WHAT DO YOU THINK???
 Is the responsibility of home management
 Gender discrimination
 Oppression
 Disgraceful


Non-productive ?????
 Boring
 Not rewarding
 Useless
THANK YOU!!!!!