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PRINCIPLE OF MANAGEMENT
- Definition of Home Management
- Careers in Home Management
- The Management Process - Planning
- The Management Process - Organization
- The Management Process - Implementation
- The Management Process - Evaluation
- Application of process to Specific tasks
- Motivations for Home Management - Personal characteristics
- Motivations for Home Management - Values
- Motivations for Home Management - Goals
- Motivations for Home Management - Standards
- Motivations for Home Management - Needs
- Motivations for Home Management - Events
- Family Resources - Definition
- Family Resources - Characteristics
- Family Resources - Kinds - Human (time energy skill, work simplification as it applies to the home)
- Family Resources - Kinds - Non-human/material community
- Decision-making - Definition
- Decision-making - Process
- Management of time and Energy
- Price elasticity of demand
- Forms of business ownership
FAMILY LIVING
- The family - Definition
- The family - Types - Nuclear
- The family - Types - Monogamous, Polygamous
- The family - Types - Extended
- The family - Types - Advantages and disadvantages of each type family
- The family - Family life cycle – beginning, Expanding, contracting and Empty-nest
- The family - Functions of the family
- The family - Roles and responsibilities of family members (e.g. mother, father, children, working mothers, single parent etc.)
- The family - Family relationship (e.g. husband and wife, parent/child, sibling/sibling, nuclear and extended families)
- The family - Factors affecting family relationship, e.g. communication, family values
- The family - The effect of these relations on well being
- The family - Conflict and conflict resolution
- Courtship and marriage - Types of marriage
- Courtship and marriage - Boy/Girl relationship – definition
- Courtship and marriage - Traditional/custom guidelines for healthy boy/girl relationship
- Courtship and marriage - Problems of unhealthy boy/girl relationship
- Courtship and marriage - Consequences of Indiscriminate sexual Indulgence
- Courtship and marriage - Sex education
- Courtship and marriage - Choosing a life partner - Factors to consider (e.g. blood group, geno-type, HIV status)
- Courtship and marriage - Choosing a life partner - Dating, courtship, engagement
- Courtship and marriage - Preparation for marriage - Readiness (where to live, maturity, finances)
- Courtship and marriage - Preparation for marriage - Introduction to each other's family
- Courtship and marriage - Marriage Ceremony – Marriage Ceremony in different locality
- Parenthood - Preparation for parenthood - Planning a family
- Parenthood - Preparation for parenthood - Reproduction
- Parenthood - Preparation for parenthood - Pregnancy
- Parenthood - Preparation for parenthood - Ante-natal care
- Parenthood - Child birth - Labour
- Parenthood - Child birth - Delivery
- Parenthood - Child birth - Post-natal care
- Parenthood - Child birth - Immunization
- Parenthood - Parenting - Meaning
- Parenthood - Parenting - Importance
- Parenthood - Parenting - Responsibilities - Provision of needs
- Parenthood - Parenting - Responsibilities - Bathing
Feeding the family
- Cooking terms and methods
- Flour and flour mixtures
- Classes of food and food nutrients
- Cooking equipment, utensils and table wares
- Scientific study of good nutrients
- Table setting and service
- Effect of heat on nutrients
- Special nutrition needs of infants, toddlers, adolescents, adults, pregnant women, lactating women, the aged, convalescents, invalids and vegetarians
- Foods storage and preservation
- Planning of balanced meals for different groups of people
- Kitchen plan, hygiene and safety
- Food purchasing
- Preparation and serving of meals, snacks and beverages
- Entertainment
CLOTHING THE FAMILY
- Clothing - Meaning, types, functions
- Household linen - Origin of fibres
- Textiles - Classification of fibres/fabrics
- Fabric construction - Weaving, knitting, crocheting etc.
- Planning a wardrobe
- Maintenance of clothing
- Sewing equipment and tools
- Sewing processes - Simple garment repairs
- Storage of clothing
- Laundry agents - Water, Detergents, fabric rinses, Stiffening agents, bleaches
- Laundry equipment and tools
- Laundry work - Management of the family wash
- Stains and stain removal
- Care of special garments
HOUSING THE FAMILY
- Family house - Definition of House
- Family house - Types of House e.g. storey building, bungalow, duplex etc
- Family house - Classification of Houses e.g. traditional and modern
- Choosing family house - Acquiring a house - Renting
- Choosing family house - Acquiring a house - Mortgage
- Choosing family house - Acquiring a house - Building
- Choosing family house - Acquiring a house - Buying
- Choosing family house - Acquiring a house - Inheritance
- Choosing family house - Acquiring a house - Gift
- Choosing family house - Factors influencing the choice of a house - Economic
- Choosing family house - Factors influencing the choice of a house - Social
- Choosing family house - Factors influencing the choice of a house - Psychological
- Choosing family house - Factors influencing the choice of a house - Sites
- Choosing family house - Factors influencing the choice of a house - Ventilation in the house
- Choosing family house - Factors influencing the choice of a house - Design
- Choosing family house - Guideline for choosing a family house
- Setting up a home - Definition - Difference between a home and a house
- Setting up a home - Equipment and furnishing in The Home - Types - Large and small Equipment
- Setting up a home - Equipment and furnishing in The Home - Types - Hard and soft Furnishing
- Setting up a home - Equipment and furnishing in The Home - Types - Fixture
- Home Improvement/Interior Decoration - Meaning and importance
- Home Improvement/Interior Decoration - Element and principles of art and design and their application - Colours
- Home Improvement/Interior Decoration - Element and principles of art and design and their application - Textures
- Home Improvement/Interior Decoration - Element and principles of art and design and their application - Lines
- Home Improvement/Interior Decoration - Element and principles of art and design and their application - Proportion
- Home Improvement/Interior Decoration - Element and principles of art and design and their application - Rhythm etc.
- Home Improvement/Interior Decoration - Guidelines for interior decoration
- Home Improvement/Interior Decoration - Flower arrangements
- Utilities in the home - Water - Sources, uses, Purification, storage
- Utilities in the home - Light - Electricity - Meter reading, Electric bill
- Utilities in the home - Fuels - Uses, storage, control, advantages, disadvantages - Cooking gas
- Utilities in the home - Fuels - Uses, storage, control, advantages, disadvantages - Kerosene
- Utilities in the home - Fuels - Uses, storage, control, advantages, disadvantages - Fire wood
- Utilities in the home - Fuels - Uses, storage, control, advantages, disadvantages - Charcoal
- Utilities in the home - Fuels - Uses, storage, control, advantages, disadvantages - Electricity
- Simple home maintenance and Repairs - Cleaning agents and materials - Identification, preparation and use of local and commercial cleaning agents - Water
- Simple home maintenance and Repairs - Cleaning agents and materials - Identification, preparation and use of local and commercial cleaning agents - Soaps
- Simple home maintenance and Repairs - Cleaning agents and materials - Identification, preparation and use of local and commercial cleaning agents - Abrasives
- Simple home maintenance and Repairs - Cleaning agents and materials - Identification, preparation and use of local and commercial cleaning agents - Polishes
- Simple home maintenance and Repairs - Cleaning equipment and tools
- Simple home maintenance and Repairs - Care of surfaces - Wood
- Simple home maintenance and Repairs - Care of surfaces - Tile
- Simple home maintenance and Repairs - Care of surfaces - Formica
- Simple home maintenance and Repairs - Care of surfaces - Concrete
- Simple home maintenance and Repairs - Care of surfaces - Plastic etc.
- Simple home maintenance and Repairs - Care of floors/floor coverings/Finishing - Carpets
- Simple home maintenance and Repairs - Care of floors/floor coverings/Finishing - Linoleums
- Simple home maintenance and Repairs - Care of floors/floor coverings/Finishing - Mats
- Simple home maintenance and Repairs - Care of floors/floor coverings/Finishing - Rugs
- Simple home maintenance and Repairs - Care of floors/floor coverings/Finishing - Terrazzo
- Simple home maintenance and Repairs - Care of floors/floor coverings/Finishing - Parquet etc.
- Simple home maintenance and Repairs - Care of home furnishing and ornaments - Ceramics
- Simple home maintenance and Repairs - Care of home furnishing and ornaments - Metals
- Simple home maintenance and Repairs - Care of home furnishing and ornaments - Collage etc.
- Simple home maintenance and Repairs - Cleaning of different functional areas in the home
- Simple home maintenance and Repairs - Bed making
- Safety measures in the home - Importance
- Safety measures in the home - Common accidents
- Safety measures in the home - Prevention
- Safety measures in the home - Use of first aid
- Sanitation - Definition
- Sanitation - Importance of sanitation
- Sanitation - Waste disposal - Household waste
- Sanitation - Waste disposal - Drainage system
- Sanitation - Waste disposal - Disposal methods
- Sanitation - Waste disposal - Pollution and health hazards
- Sanitation - Household pests - Types
- Sanitation - Household pests - Control
Wealth Creation and Management
- Creativity and Entrepreneurship - Meaning
- Creativity and Entrepreneurship - Importance
- Creativity and Entrepreneurship - Relationship between creativity and entrepreneurship
- Creativity and Entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurial skills - Creativity
- Creativity and Entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurial skills - Management
- Creativity and Entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurial skills - Communication
- Creativity and Entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurial Activities/Enterprises - Fashion designing
- Creativity and Entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurial Activities/Enterprises - Hair dressing
- Creativity and Entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurial Activities/Enterprises - Fast Foods
- Creativity and Entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurial Activities/Enterprises - Bead making etc.
- Money Management - Meaning
- Money Management - Guidelines
- Money Management - Processes
- Money Management - Family budget – income, Expenditure, steps in budgeting
- Wealth Creation - Meaning
- Wealth Creation - Types
- Wealth Creation - Advantages
- Wealth Creation - Ways of creating wealth e.g. Saving, investment, trading etc.
- Capital Market Investment - Meaning
- Capital Market Investment - Advantages
- Capital Market Investment - Guidelines
- Capital Market Investment - Investment opportunities e.g. Stocks, shares, treasury bill
- Distribution and marketing
- Banking and finance
- Supply and demand
- Demand and supply
Consumer Education
- Definition and Importance of Consumer education
- Consumer education - Sources
- Consumer education - Uses
- Rights and responsibilities of a Consumer
- Consumer Information - Types
- Consumer Legislation and Agencies - Functions
- Consumer Legislation and Agencies - Regulations of agencies
- Principles of Consumer Education - Types
- Consumer Agents - Functions
- Environmental Friendly - Market and market survey
- Purchasing practices - Meaning
- Purchasing practices - Types
- Purchasing practices - Uses/importance
- Purchasing practices - Procedures for market survey
- Purchasing practices - Wise purchasing practices
- Purchasing practices - Prevention of wastage in the home
Other Topics
- International finance
- International trade
- Cost analysis
- Fiscal policy
- Population growth
- Distribution
- Population studies
- Profit maximization
- Revenue allocation
- Business ownership structures
- Inflation
- Agricultural economics
- Taxation
- Limited liability
- Scarcity
- Wage determination
- Monetary policy
- Distribution channels
- Subsistence farming

Economics

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