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Home management involves properly maintaining a home, property, and overseeing household activities through planning, organizing, budgeting, and directing resources. It requires studying the planning and organization of family resources, proper distribution of income, and all aspects of homemaking. An example is hiring someone to oversee staff and household duties. Effective home management helps families stay organized, maintain property value, track finances, and teach children responsibility. It involves making the best use of available family resources to achieve family goals.

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Home Management

Home management involves properly maintaining a home, property, and overseeing household activities through planning, organizing, budgeting, and directing resources. It requires studying the planning and organization of family resources, proper distribution of income, and all aspects of homemaking. An example is hiring someone to oversee staff and household duties. Effective home management helps families stay organized, maintain property value, track finances, and teach children responsibility. It involves making the best use of available family resources to achieve family goals.

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HOME

MANAGEMENT
Home management is the process of
properly maintaining a home and
property and overseeing necessary
household activities. Much like
operating a business, managing a
home requires skills such as planning,
organizing, budgeting and directing.
Effective home management is
important for maintaining the
condition of the property and the
overall financial health of the family
It comprises the study of:
1. Planning and organization of action and the
control and utilization of the various
resources of the home for the proper benefit
of the members of the family.
2. Family economy and the method of proper
distribution of family income.
3. All aspects of home making such as meal
planning the proper choice of foods in
relationship to cost and requirements, the
selection and construction of clothing,
laundering, child care and the care and
maintenance of household equipment’s.
•An example of home
management is when you hire
someone to oversee the maid,
gardener and other staff and to
pay bills and clean your home
for you.
•An example of home
management is taking care of
children, providing meals,
making sure the house is clean
and bills are paid and otherwise
attending to the needs of the
Importance
of Home
Management
Stay Organized
Effective home management helps you keep
things organized around the house. You'll be
able to keep track of household items and
you won't have to rush around looking for
your keys or clothing in the morning while
preparing to go to work. You'll also reduce
clutter that can creep up over time if you
don't have a plan to dispose of unnecessary
items. You'll reduce the likelihood of
running out of important supplies when you
need them the most.
Maintain Property Value
A home that falls into disrepair can lose
value, making it less attractive to potential
buyers. A home management plan should
include a schedule for routine maintenance
and cleaning for inside and outside of the
home as well as the surrounding property. If
you're not particularly handy or don't have
the time for upkeep, it can be worth your
while in the long run to hire a handyman or
cleaning person to do some of the work for
you.
Track Finances
Home management also should include a
plan to manage your household finances.
Prepare a monthly budget to track expenses
and eliminate wasteful spending. Develop a
plan for handling bills when they arrive such
as setting up a filing system with a separate
file for each day of the month and placing the
bill in the file for the day it should be paid.
Set up a fund to cover regular household
expenses such as cleaning supplies and
groceries.
Teaching Your Kids
If you have kids, getting them involved in
home management can be a good way to
teach them the importance of handling
responsibility and managing their own
household when the time comes. Give
them chores or projects to do around the
home and involve them in the budgeting
process by encouraging them to find ways
to help trim household expenses. Kids can
also provide a cheaper source of labor
than hiring cleaning or maintenance help.
Concepts of
Family
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.
Resources can be defined as
anything we use to achieve
what we want (our goals). In
other words, they are the
materials and human
attributes which satisfy our
wants.
 
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, to achieve
their desired goals.

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