FROME TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL
FAMILY AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
GRADE 10
CLASS ACTIVITY Principles of Management
Each student is required to answer the following questions on the spaces provided
1. Define each of the following terms:
(i) Goals
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Goals are target that we have set to achieve. They are objectives we want to attain.
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(2mks)
(ii) Values
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Values are learned beliefs about what we consider to be important, worth while and
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desirable. Values are what a person prizes in life. They serve as the basic source for
our goals.
(2mks)
(iii) Attitudes
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A settled way of thinking or feeling about something.
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(2mks)
(iv) Behaviour
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The way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially towards others.
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(2mks)
(v) Conflict
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Conflict is a dispute between two parties.
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(2mks)
2. The Jones family convened a family meeting to discuss an emerging conflict between
12 year old twin’s girls, Kelsie and Kadian, about sharing a bedroom in the family’s
new two bedroom house.
a. Suggest TWO creative ways in which soft furnishings can be used to provide possible
solutions to the twin’s sharing problem
Section the room in two parts with a curtain.
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Create a different colour scheme.
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(2mks)
3. Before James went to college, he attended church regularly with his family. He also
spent one afternoon per week at the community centre, volunteering to teach seniors
how to use the computer. Upon graduation from college, he got a job as a computer
technician and stopped doing volunteer work. He also stopped worshipping with his
family and began going to the beach with friends instead.
a. Identify TWO values displayed by James prior to graduation
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He attended church regularly with his family and He spent one afternoon per week
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at the community centre.
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(2mks)
B. Outline TWO ways in which EACH of the following values identified in (3) (a) has
changed after James graduated from college.
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Since James graduated from college she stop worshipping with his family and he began
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going to the beach with his friends.
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(4mks)
