Family Resource Management, Fifth Edition, delivers the most current, accurate, and engaging information for students preparing for careers in family services. This edition goes beyond individual decision-making to explore how choices impact the entire family unit, emphasizing the complexity and diversity of modern families. Moore and Asay draw on extensive research, practical experience, and active teaching to guide students through a structured Five-Step Decision-Making Model, connecting theory to real-world practice. With its focus on both survival and fulfillment, Family Resource Management equips future professionals with the skills and understanding needed to support families in an ever-changing world.
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The inclusion of family case studies helps bring the concepts in this text to life. Examples of families, both with regard to specific concepts and the case study assignment throughout all chapters, help students understand the needs, demands, and circumstances that families must process as they make decisions and utilize their resources. -- Sarah Lee The structure of the book is great - that is, that each unit is structured by the 5-Step Decision-Making Process itself is brilliant. It is a lovely way to walk-the-walk of the model that is so integral to the field. -- Bethany Willis The single greatest strength of this text for my class has been the casebook family assignments. I use those assignments to make the course like a kind of "game," like the old Game of Life board game. I randomly sort the students into the fictional families provided by that casebook, and they complete the assignments as the semester progresses. It keeps the students engaged, they really look forward to the days that we do the case assignments in class. -- Greg Brooks
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Unit 1: The Study of Family Resource Management
Chapter 1: The Complexity of Managing Family Resources
What Is a Family?
How Do Families Use Resources?
Managing Families
The Decision-Making Process
Contextual Influences in Family Resource Management
Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Chapter 2: Understanding Families and How Resources are Managed
History of the Family
The Family Today
Defining the Family
Changes in the Family
Families Within Cultural Contexts
Family Functions
Resources Available to Families
Managing Family Resources
Key Family Management Challenges
Chapter 3: Studying Family Resource Management
The Scientific Process
Theories
Family Research Design
Application of Research to Family Resource Management
Unit 2: Discovering Family Needs
Chapter 4: Categorization of Needs
Needs and Wants
Changing Perceptions of Needs
Needs Assessment
Individual Needs Versus Societal Needs
Chapter 5: Values, Attitudes, and Behaviors: Understanding Family Choices
Values
Attitudes
Behaviors
Values, Attitudes, and Behaviors in the Decision-Making Framework
Values and Behaviors in Family Purchasing Decisions
Impact of Culture on Values, Attitudes, and Behaviors
Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Values, Attitudes, and Behaviors
Consistency Over Time and Situation
Unit 3: Understanding Resources
Chapter 6: Identification of Family Resources
Resource Availability
Resource Theory
Human Resources
Economic Resources
Environmental Resources
Social Resources
Measurement of Resources
Resource Allocation and Use
Chapter 7: Families Within the Economic Environment
Beginnings of Consumerism
Economic Principles
Families in the Economy
Chapter 8: The Impact of Society on Family Decisions
Individuals and the Tax System
Government-Supported Assistance Programs
Privately Funded Programs
Compulsory Education
Supply and Demand: An Application in Education
Unit 4: Making Choices
Chapter 9: Managing the Future
Goals, Objectives, and Standards
The Planning Process
Family Financial Planning
Creating the Financial Plan
Emergency Action Plans
How Plans Emerge
Chapter 10: Communication Within the Decision-Making Process
Communication Theory
Communication and Information Technology
Application to Family Decision-Making
Chapter 11: The Individual Within Family Decision-Making
Group Dynamics
Groupthink
Leadership
Unit 5: Implementing and Evaluating Decisions
Chapter 12: Making it Happen
Implementation
Estate Planning
Family Business Succession
Risk Management
Chapter 13: Defining Success
Societal Responsibility
Family Responsibility
Individual Responsibility
Chapter 14: Current and Future Challenges
Technology
Family Structure
Natural Resources
Changing Demographics
References
Tami James Moore, Ph.D., CFLE, is an Professor of Family Studies at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, in 1995. She is a Certified Family Life Educator through the National Council on Family Relations. She has more than 20 years of post-secondary teaching experience and has taught the Family Resource Management course for the past 10 years.
Sylvia M. Asay, Ph.D., CFLE, is a Professor of Family Studies and Chair of the Family Studies and Interior Design Department at the University of Nebraska, Kearney. She received her Ph.D. in Community and Human Resources at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, in 1998 and received her Certified Family Life Educator credentials through the National Council on Family Relations. As a post-secondary educator, she has taught a wide range of courses including Marriage and Family Relationships, Cross-Cultural Family Patterns, Families in Crisis, and Family Resource Management. Her authored books include Strong Families Around the World: Strengths-Based Research and Practice (Haworth) and Family Resource Management (SAGE).
