Management Of Family Resources

Lesson 14 : Standards And Their Classification

Introduction

Standards are the specifications of values. They are set of criteria stemming from value patterns, determining the amount and kind of interest in a item or activity, and the satisfaction received. They indicate the degree or the measure of strength of an impelling value. As decisions are made standards serve as measure or criterion for measurement of objects, ways of implementing goals and ways of living they act as limits on individual and family behavior for individuals standards act as self –imposed or socially inflicted demands. Standards can be used as a basic for comparison. It varies in its precision according to the accuracy with which it can be measured; whether it is a unit of length or the neatness of the working space.