Management is the natural outgrowth of human association in the family. Its ultimate aim is to provide optimal growth and development of its individual members. Management in the home is a part of the fabric of the living. Its threads are interwoven because decisions for the use of resources are made, whether the family is at work or play (National Conference on family Life-1948). Management of family helps to overcome individual limitations and with the combination of effort and resources, achievements are higher compared to the single handed efforts. This leads to greater satisfaction and happiness to all those involved in the family. This synergy indicates that the results of combined efforts are greater than an individual effort which is an important out come of management. Management helps to develop coordinated system of work.
In a family efficient and effective management depends on the managerial ability, interest and leadership quality of the homemaker, so as to motivate the family members to act in the right direction for achieving the desired goals.
The home maker has the responsibility of creating a congenial atmosphere in the house so that she can provide comfort, convenience, good health and happiness to all family members. This is the ultimate goal towards which all the activities of management in the home are directed. The management activities involve many functions like planning, controlling, evaluating, supervising, decision making and so on. The best manager prepares a set of guidelines for using the resources available and achieving maximum goals, thus deriving happiness and satisfaction to all family members. Thus the management in family living can be diagrammatically explained in the above Figure
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