Unit: Consumer Analyze the use of available resources to achieve goals. Obj Identify available resources.

Available Resources Resources available: –A. Human 1. Knowledge 2. Skills 3. Imagination 4. Energy 5. Time 6. Family 7. Friends

Available Resources B. Material (also known as Non-Human) – physical objects you can use to accomplish your goals. –1. Technology –2. Possessions –3. Money C. Natural D. Community- people facilities & organizations that help you enjoy life, improve your skills and solve your problems.

Available Resources Spending more time with friends than online chatting with strangers is a positive way to manage technology. Oil is a natural resource that cannot be replaced within the environment. Imagination is a human resource that can be used to entertain young children while babysitting them.

Available Resources Talking a class, listening to friends, and listening to radio programs could all be classified as human resources to use to achieve a goal. Material resources are personal possessions like money, books, and clothes. To reduce the amount of trash (garbage) in the environment, one can recycle, reduce, and reuse products.

Available Resources Writing a paper for school, would be an advantage, of using a home computer. Money would be a nonhuman resource.

Unit: Consumer Teen Living Obj Managing resources

Managing resources A. Wants (something that you would like to have) and Needs (something that you must have to live). B. Goals – a conscious aim that requires planning and effort to achieve. –1. Short term – something you want to accomplish soon. –2. Long term – something you can plan to accomplish sometime farther in the future, perhaps 6 months. –3. Fixed – one that can be met only at a certain time. (Ex: High School Diploma – Age 21 or monthly car payment – bill will be the same every month) –4. Flexible – one that has no definite time limit. Ex: long distance phone bill (bill will change from month to month)

Managing resources Dovetailing – doing 2 things at one time, simplifying time. Resourceful – using resources around you to get a job done. Barter – trading resources with someone else. Prioritize – you decided which needs and wants are more important than others are. Improvising – making another plan when one does not work out.

Managing resources C. Management process –1. Planning A. Assess the situation B. Develop a task list C. Identify your resources D. Decide on your priorities –2. Organizing A. Develop a schedule B. Assemble the needed resources C. Prepare to act

Managing resources 3. Implementing –A. Put the plan into action –B. Monitor the plan and your progress 4. Evaluating –A. evaluate the plan –B. evaluate your performance

Managing resources When you make a list of homework you have go to do, you are in the management process step 1 of planning. Wants can be considered extra things people acquire to make life more enjoyable. Needs are basic things that people must have to survive like food and water.

Managing resources Setting aside money from a weekly paycheck to buying a car later in the future would be a good example of a long term goal. Clothes for each family member to wear would be a “family need” that must be met. Using a family car is a want for a teenager, but not a need. Having clothes to wear would be a need.

Managing resources Having a bathroom for every family member would be a want, not a need. Having just one bathroom available is a need. Effective planning means that a person will use time wisely. Passing the VOCATS ASSESSMENT TEST would be a fixed goal for a 15 year old student.