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RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
As people move through their lifespan, they may need to make decisions about how to utilise their resources. If they can do this they are more likely to reach their goals and live a happy and productive life.
Wellbeing relates to how well peoples needs are met and how satisfied and fulfilled they are.- quality of life.
Needs and wants may vary from one individual to another.
For a high-quality life, an individual needs:
Good health (physical factor)
Relationships and love (socio emotional factor)
Positive outlook on life (spiritual factor)
Money to satisfy psychological needs (economic factor)
NEEDS AND WANTS
Needs: basic requirements for life; things necessary for survival.
Wants: things that are desirable but not necessary in order to survive.
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY NEEDS
Needs can be classified as primary of secondary.
Primary needs: biological or physical needs essential to life.
Secondary needs: preferences or desires. Eg- love, affection, protection and respect.
PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS
Physical- Adequate nourishment, good health, sleep etc.
Social- socialisation, interaction and friendship.
Emotional- psychological needs include love, affection and encouragement.
Cultural- development of customs, beliefs and values.
Spiritual- moral or religious needs.
MASLOWS HIERARCHY
Maslow believed that the needs at the bottom of the diagram had to be met first before working up the pyramid to self-actualisation.
RESOURCES
Resources are things people use to achieve their goals. Resources can be an object, person, concept, idea, skill or quality that may assist in the attainment of these goals. Eg- skill, books, car or clothes.
Classifying Resources
Resources can be classified into the various categories:
Human resources- skills and abilities
Non-human resources- seen and touched. Eg- cars and food
Economic resources- direct link to finance. money
Non-economic resources- love, friendship and appreciation
Formal resources- structured. Eg- Centrelink
Informal resources- less structure. Peers and family
Finite resources- limited in number. Eg- coal, gas.
Infinite resources- unlimited in number. Eg- ball skills.
Influences on the Availability and Access to Resources
Age
Disability
Education- the more people have, the more resources they can obtain
Ethnicity and Culture
Gender- differing human resources
Geographic location
Socio economic status
Interchangeability and Sustainability of Resources
Some resources may be interchangeable. You ca exchange money for goods or services. You can also exchange skills.
Eg- You could word process your brothers lecture notes for him and he could dive and pick you up from work that night.
Values and Standards
Values are peoples feelings and attitudes about things that are important to them. Eg- People may value freedom, honesty, happiness and peace.
Standards are a measure of success of satisfaction.
They are the guidelines people use to help them determine if the outcome of the goal was above or below what was expected.
Standards tend to originate from values.
Goals
Goals are what people aim for in life. Some examples include buying a car or saving $1000.
There are 7 ways to classify goals.
Short-term goals
Intermediate goals (achieved over several months)
Individual goals
Group goals
Community goals
Global goals. Eg- peace.
COMMUNICATION
Communication involves sharing feelings and opinions, expressing ideas and bringing people together.
Communication has four main components. There is a sender, receiver, message and medium ( the way the message is transmitted)
Types of Communication
Communication can be verbal or non-verbal (emotions and body language).
There are three main styles of communication:
Aggressive: expression of feelings and ideas at another ones expense.
Passive: ignore their own rights and allow another persons views to dominate.
Assertive: constructive. Allows ideas and views to be expressed without impinging on others rights.
Achieving Effective Communication
Communication can be made more effective by sending clear and positive messages.
Barriers to effective communication include culture and background noise. Gender can also influence the effectiveness of communication.
Effective communication is needed for interpersonal relationships, decision- making and management.
There are three levels of communication.
Intrapersonal
Interpersonal
Mass
DECISION MAKING
Decisions can be small or large, simple or complex. Decision-making involves several stages or steps.
STEP 1- Recognising the problem and deciding to do something about it.
STEP 2- Involves gathering information
STEP 3- Identify outcomes and evaluate them
STEP 4- Choosing the most appropriate alternative.
Decision-making styles
Impulsive- rush into decisions without giving much thought
Intuitive- base decision on gut feeling
Hesitant- delay making a decision- indecisive.
Confident- believe and trust ability to make decisions
Rational- collect information and carefully consider all options.
Factors influencing Decision- making
Access to resources
Complexity of problem
Past experiences and personal values
Attitudes to change
Decisions may be made by individuals, groups, families, communities and nations.
Management Processes
Management is an ongoing process used by individuals, families, groups and the wider community. It is a process that helps people achieve their set goals, effectively, utilise resources and contribute to improving quality of life.
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
As people move through their lifespan, they may need to make decisions about how to utilise their resources. If they can do this they are more likely to reach their goals and live a happy and productive life.
Wellbeing relates to how well peoples needs are met and how satisfied and fulfilled they are.- quality of life.
Needs and wants may vary from one individual to another.
For a high-quality life, an individual needs:
Good health (physical factor)
Relationships and love (socio emotional factor)
Positive outlook on life (spiritual factor)
Money to satisfy psychological needs (economic factor)
NEEDS AND WANTS
Needs: basic requirements for life; things necessary for survival.
Wants: things that are desirable but not necessary in order to survive.
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY NEEDS
Needs can be classified as primary of secondary.
Primary needs: biological or physical needs essential to life.
Secondary needs: preferences or desires. Eg- love, affection, protection and respect.
PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS
Physical- Adequate nourishment, good health, sleep etc.
Social- socialisation, interaction and friendship.
Emotional- psychological needs include love, affection and encouragement.
Cultural- development of customs, beliefs and values.
Spiritual- moral or religious needs.
MASLOWS HIERARCHY
Maslow believed that the needs at the bottom of the diagram had to be met first before working up the pyramid to self-actualisation.
RESOURCES
Resources are things people use to achieve their goals. Resources can be an object, person, concept, idea, skill or quality that may assist in the attainment of these goals. Eg- skill, books, car or clothes.
Classifying Resources
Resources can be classified into the various categories:
Human resources- skills and abilities
Non-human resources- seen and touched. Eg- cars and food
Economic resources- direct link to finance. money
Non-economic resources- love, friendship and appreciation
Formal resources- structured. Eg- Centrelink
Informal resources- less structure. Peers and family
Finite resources- limited in number. Eg- coal, gas.
Infinite resources- unlimited in number. Eg- ball skills.
Influences on the Availability and Access to Resources
Age
Disability
Education- the more people have, the more resources they can obtain
Ethnicity and Culture
Gender- differing human resources
Geographic location
Socio economic status
Interchangeability and Sustainability of Resources
Some resources may be interchangeable. You ca exchange money for goods or services. You can also exchange skills.
Eg- You could word process your brothers lecture notes for him and he could dive and pick you up from work that night.
Values and Standards
Values are peoples feelings and attitudes about things that are important to them. Eg- People may value freedom, honesty, happiness and peace.
Standards are a measure of success of satisfaction.
They are the guidelines people use to help them determine if the outcome of the goal was above or below what was expected.
Standards tend to originate from values.
Goals
Goals are what people aim for in life. Some examples include buying a car or saving $1000.
There are 7 ways to classify goals.
Short-term goals
Intermediate goals (achieved over several months)
Individual goals
Group goals
Community goals
Global goals. Eg- peace.
COMMUNICATION
Communication involves sharing feelings and opinions, expressing ideas and bringing people together.
Communication has four main components. There is a sender, receiver, message and medium ( the way the message is transmitted)
Types of Communication
Communication can be verbal or non-verbal (emotions and body language).
There are three main styles of communication:
Aggressive: expression of feelings and ideas at another ones expense.
Passive: ignore their own rights and allow another persons views to dominate.
Assertive: constructive. Allows ideas and views to be expressed without impinging on others rights.
Achieving Effective Communication
Communication can be made more effective by sending clear and positive messages.
Barriers to effective communication include culture and background noise. Gender can also influence the effectiveness of communication.
Effective communication is needed for interpersonal relationships, decision- making and management.
There are three levels of communication.
Intrapersonal
Interpersonal
Mass
DECISION MAKING
Decisions can be small or large, simple or complex. Decision-making involves several stages or steps.
STEP 1- Recognising the problem and deciding to do something about it.
STEP 2- Involves gathering information
STEP 3- Identify outcomes and evaluate them
STEP 4- Choosing the most appropriate alternative.
Decision-making styles
Impulsive- rush into decisions without giving much thought
Intuitive- base decision on gut feeling
Hesitant- delay making a decision- indecisive.
Confident- believe and trust ability to make decisions
Rational- collect information and carefully consider all options.
Factors influencing Decision- making
Access to resources
Complexity of problem
Past experiences and personal values
Attitudes to change
Decisions may be made by individuals, groups, families, communities and nations.
Management Processes
Management is an ongoing process used by individuals, families, groups and the wider community. It is a process that helps people achieve their set goals, effectively, utilise resources and contribute to improving quality of life.