Unit: Consumer Analyze the use of available resources to achieve

goals.

Obj. 9.01 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: ConsumerTeen Living

Obj. 9.02 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.