Management Of Family Resources

Lesson 11 : Values

Introduction

Values are the key to all motivating factors in human behaviour. These are the fundamental forces which motivate human activites.Values grow out of human interests and desires. They are the ways behind human actions and the basis for setting goals. They are the products of the interaction between an individual and some object or a situation in his environment. As we seek solutions to problems, values stand as some measure of worth, which is seen as significant in human choices. Our decisions are based on values and our values are identified by the choices we make. Thus values are like a stimulus response reaction. Some of the values like looking at a sunset, listening to the music, going to see a play or cinema, going to a fair or sitting and chatting with friends give many of us a great deal of pleasure.

The term value signifies the meaning or the definition of worth or worthiness’ that is attached to any object, condition, principle or an idea. Values are the meaningful actions of an individual in a given situation.