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Similar to any business organization the management roles are required for the home maker to be efficient, effective and successful. To be an effective manager, the homemaker must possess special qualities for being effective and efficient. This is especially important because she wants to run the home smoothly. An efficient homemaker will have the ability to get things done correctly. She need to know the optimum utilisation of resources both human as well as non-human resources.
Interpersonal Roles of a Home Maker
The various interpersonal roles of a homemaker as the manager in the home include the following:
- Guiding the family towards development of a sound philosophy of life.
- Channelizing personal relationships 'which are wholesome and satisfying.
- Taking care of children and their needs such as feeding, bathing, cleaning, clothing etc.
- Inculcate ethical habits and qualities among the family members such as tolerance, patience, cooperation, harmony, love and sympathy, and develop satisfying relationship within and outside the family.
- Appreciation of differences as means of enriching life, and. an allround personality development.
- Planning for participation of family members in community activities as responsible citizens
- Acceptance of mutual responsibility for family and community.
Informational Roles of Home Manager The informational roles of the manager in the home are
- Developing a sound philosophy with sustaining values.
- Planning for and providing nutritious food and suitable housing and clothing for the family.
- Planning for and helping to maintain health of the family members by keeping the knowledge of the human body, mental health, family planning, formation of good habits and care of the sick and the old people and of first aid which can be utilised during emergencies.
- Planning for and guiding the educational and social development of the members of the family.
- Making the family members aware of the various 'public facilities' or community resources such as the water supply, electricity, cooking gas, telephones, hospitals, transport, public parks, library etc., and their judicious use.
- Giving knowledge about the various local services available in case of emergencies, such as fire, theft, accident, death etc.
- Disseminating the information about the various social orginisations like Resident Welfare Associations, Mahila Mandals, Mahila Samitis, Yuvak Kendras, Panchyats and community centers.
Decisional roles
The manager in the home is expected to perform the following decisional roles also:
- Setting family goals.
- Planning the family members' time and energy resources in such a ways that the work is done and their demands are satisfied.
- Planning and guiding the use of family income, bringing a balance between income and expenditure, supplementing family income, besides saving money for the future etc.
- Planning for and providing for the family, which will meet the day-to-day needs of its members.
- Planning for purchasing equipment and furnishings for the home.
- Being aware of her rights and responsibilities as a consumer. This shall enable her to use her knowledge to choose the best of her ability to select the right quality product in the right quantity at the right time for the right price.
The managerial responsibilities as mentioned so far are all interrelated. For example, family finances and their management touch all phases of life as they influence the desires, decisions and choices of all the family members.
To be able to accomplish the daily household work without undue strain and tension, the housewife should think of each managerial responsibility and task to relate to it in terms of time and effort required for their accomplishment.
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