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Human Management
Resources: Human and
Non-Human Resources
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1.HumanResources:
Human resources are less tangible resources which
originate internally and they constitute the personal
characteristics or attributes. Some resources are more
tangible than the others. They are used for productive
purposes. Human resources play a vital role in creating
a satisfied and a successful individual. The potential of
human resource is often not realized and they tend to be
overlooked. Some of the important human resources are
Knowledge, Abilities, Skills, Interest, Attitude, Energy
etc.
Knowledge:
Knowledge is a human resource which can constantly be
built up and utilized in every sphere of activities. The
home makers knowledge goes a long way in
determining the success of managing a home. A home
maker can use this human resource in meal planning for
the family to meet the quantitative an qualitative
standards of the nutritional requirement. Her
knowledge about latest techniques of achieving goals
with least expenditure of money, time and energy, help
her to achieve her goals.
Knowledge is a resource when it is used by the
homemaker for selection and buying appropriate food at
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suitable times of the year, an understanding of the use of
time and energy saving equipments. Purchasing of
goods, commodities, furnitures and furnishing proper
places and brands.
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The home maker should have knowledge of repairing
minor electrical, learning how taxes are to be paid how
to get maximum interest from saving, running her home
economically with new techniques, giving admission to
her children, knowledge about handling and repairing
household equipment which will enhance their value
and use etc. Knowledge as a human resource can help
the homemaker to manage her home properly.
Abilities and Skills:
Abilities and skills are important human resources by
which the family can achieve the goals. Abilities and
skills of the homemaker and the other members of the
family can range over wide areas from cooking, knitting,
sewing and other domestic activities. Some skills can
either be inherited or learned by practice.
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New skills can be learnt or old skills may be improved to
achieve family goals in relation to self development and
effective use of leisure time. Skill of sewing and
embroidering can not only give one a sense of
satisfaction of indulging in something creative but also
help to save something in terms of money and time by
preparing dresses for the different members of the
family. Thus the tailoring bills can be cut short, e.g.
Housewife may use her tailoring skills for making
inexpensive curtains or dresses for her family.
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The skill and abilities of repairing electricity, leaky taps,
doing minor carpentry and painting work by the
homemaker or any member of the family can become
the genuine resources by which the family can achieve
the goals. Gardening skill is a fruitful use of leisure time
and space available. Cheap and fresh vegetables and
fruits are also available to the family. The housewife can
learn new ways of cooking or preserving foods thereby
improving the quality of food, she gives to her family.
Interest:
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Interest is also a human resource. Members of the
family posses different types of interest. For e.g. the
daughter may be interested in cooking and sewing while
the father or the son may be interested in gardening or
painting. All these interests of the family should be
developed and made use of for the benefit of the family
which are important human resources. Interest in
interior decoration also becomes a wonderful resource
to decorate the house with minimum expenditure.
Attitudes:
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Attitudes are the opinions and feelings which can
stimulate or retard a particular action. Positive attitude
helps one to fulfill the aim of life. The men with positive
attitude becomes successful in every field while negative
attitude prevents in reaching goal. So the negative
attitude of the members of the family must be changed
by different ways.
It is very important which helps them to improve. For
e.g. Attitudes to bring about the change in the food
habits of people, to consume common, inexpensive and
seasonal vegetables are the resources of the family. By
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these positive attitudes the housewife can provide
nutritious food with her budget and without spending
much time and energy to search for different types of
unseasonal vegetables and foods.
Many traditional attitudes which the families posses
must be changed by means of education as they act as
hindrance in achieving family goals. Optimism,
willingness to experiment or try out new ideas and to
accept change are some examples of positive attitudes
towards the situations one meets in life which are the
resources of the family.
Energy:
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Energy is an important human resource. This is defined
as the ability to do the work. All activities like personal
works as standing, sitting walking, climbing stairs and
other household activities as dusting, cleaning, washing,
and cooking, repairing works require human energy.
When energy of different members of the family is
wisely utilized for household activities to achieve the
family goals, then they are considered as resource of
that family.
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All the members of the family should use minimum
energy for maximum benefit by proper management.
The home maker needs energy to carry on with her daily
activities. Lack of energy makes her unfit for both
mental and physical activity. She should learn to use her
energy resources wisely. All human resources should be
made use of in managing family. They help the family in
achieving short term as well as long term goals if
utilized properly.
2.NonHumanResources:
Non-Human Resources are time, money, properties,
goods, services and community facilities. These are also
known as material resources. These are easily identified
and are essential for the achievement of most of the
family goals. Material resources include everything
possessed by the family and by the community to which
the family belongs.
Time:
It is an important non human resource for a family for
achieving the goals. Time is such a resource which is
available in equal amount to each and every member of
the family. Every individual has twenty four hours a day
to complete his job. For the proper utilization of time,
basic awareness along with practice is necessary. Time is
the most easily perishable of all the resources.
Time and energy are closely related to each other. Using
the right amount of energy and vigour to complete a
task, saves time and energy for other activities in the
home. One must always be conscious of time available
and time needed to carry out various activities. Time is a
useful resource not only for occupational activities but
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also for rest and leisure. Planning the wise use of time
enables the homemaker to achieve more by reducing
tension and worries.
Money:
Money is the most important resource of each and every
family. It has the purchasing power. It can be exchanged
for goods and services. As money is not available equally
to all families and is limited, the home makers must
carefully manage it to achieve goals of the families.
Properties:
Material resources of the family include immovable
property like houses, shops, land etc. and movable
property like money, jewellery, cars, motorbikes
equipment, furnitures and furnishings. These are the
assets of the families by the use of which a family can
achieve the goals.
Goods and Services:
Material goods may be durable and long lasting like airconditioners, cars, television sets, other furnitures or
they may be consumable, item like food, clothing,
cosmetics etc. These goods are generally acquired by the
family by the use of money. The quantity of goods and
commodities in a family is limited by the availability of
money, which is an important non human resource.
All these goods and commodities must be utilized
properly to become a resource. Services of all the
members of the family are the resource of a particular
family. Services are utilized for doing different
household activities. For e.g. instead of keeping a
servant if the family members are doing the household
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work by themselves the services are considered as
resources.
Community Facilities:
The most important resources of the community which
the family makes use of are hospitals, public libraries,
schools, collages, co-operative stores, markets, parks,
water and electricity supply, playgrounds etc. Utilization
of these resources often helps to provide a family with
services and goods at a reasonable cost.
Some resources can be considered as being both human
and non human resources, e.g. time and energy. If these
resources are utilized by the homemaker herself they
are considered as human resource. For doing household
activities the housewife can utilize her own energy and
time.
In other cases, if the housewife employs a maid servant
for doing household activities the energy and time of
others are utilized in exchange of money. This becomes
the non human resources because here labour is hired
or exchanged for money. Now-a-days human energy is
substituted by other types of energy like electricity, gas
etc.
Energy of the housewife is also being saved by the
advancement of common community services such as
tap water supplied in the house by the water supply
system of the town, where the family is living. In the
absence of water supply system, the house wife had to
fetch water from a well to be used by her family. This
has resulted in lot of conservation of energy of the
housewife by community facilities.
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As all the resources are limited they should be properly
managed and utilized. The success of management
process depends upon the recognition, allocation and
use of resources. In order to do this one should have the
basic knowledge of classification and characteristics of
resources. Family goals guide the use of family
resources.
While making use of the limited family resources the
important goal of the well being of the whole family
should be kept in view. Interests of all the members
should be taken into consideration. By doing this the
family will enjoy happiness and satisfaction as there will
be proper balance between the needs of the family and
the family resources.
Factors affecting the use of Resources:
1. Education and opportunity
2. Environment
3. Knowledge and Interest
4. Ability and skill
5. Size and composition of the family
6. Age of the members of the family
7. Housewifes ability to work
8. Income of the family
9. Family life cycle
10. Socio-economic status
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