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Family Resource Management
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Family Resource Management

Fifth Edition


May 2026 | SAGE Publications, Inc
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.
 
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

Supplements

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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
University of Wyoming

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
Towson University

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
Abilene Christian University

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