Managing A Fifo Family

Do you have a partner who lives and works away from home? Then this book is for you! Filled with practical strategies to help you and your family not just survive but thrive while living a Fly In Fly Out lifestyle. This all-inclusive resource is for anyone involved in long-distance commuting whether it’s FIFO, DIDO, offshore, overseas, or even in the defense force. Backed by research and personal experiences, it covers topics such as: preparing for the FIFO lifestyle the two most difficult times in a roster parenting – from babies through to teenagers looking after yourself and your partner what to do when unexpected situations arise how to handle your household income tax tips exit strategies and much more. If you’re looking for a practical guide to help you navigate the FIFO lifestyle, then this is it!

Do you have a partner who lives and works away from home? Then this book is for you! It's filled with practical strategies to help you survive and thrive while living a Fly-In Fly-Out lifestyle. This all-inclusive resource is for anyone involved in long-distance commuting whether it's FIFO, DIDO, offshore, overseas or even in the defence force. "Managing a FIFO Family" covers topics such as preparing for the FIFO lifestyle, the two most difficult times in a roster, parenting - from babies through to teenagers, looking after yourself and your partner, what to do when unexpected situations arise, how to handle your household income, tax tips, exit strategies and much more. If you're looking for a practical guide to help you navigate the FIFO lifestyle, then this is it!

Using a balanced approach, Social Psychology, 2e connects social psychology theories, research methods, and basic findings to real-world applications with a current-events emphasis. Coverage of culture and diversity is integrated into every chapter in addition to strong representation throughout of regionally relevant topics such as: Indigenous perspectives; environmental psychology and conservation; community psychology; gender identity; and attraction and close relationships (including same-sex marriage in different cultures, gendered behaviours when dating, and updated data on online dating), making this visually engaging textbook useful for all social psychology students.

A socio-ecological approach to community health and the promotion of health care across the lifespan, with an increased emphasis on health literacy, intervention and health promotion.

Presenting an alternate approach to supply chain management, Lean Supply Chain Management Essentials: A Framework for Materials Managers explains why the traditional materials planning environment, typically embodied by an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, is an ineffective support system for a company that wants to adopt Lean practices.

What's it really like to live a FIFO lifestyle? How does it feel to leave your partner for weeks at a time and miss out on all the family birthdays and activities? Is all that money really worth it? And how does the partner at home honestly feel, waiting for the next phone call or airport run? What strategies do people use to cope? And, are they sustainable strategies? This collection of twenty-two real-life stories will give you an inside look at the good, the bad, and the very ugly side of FIFO life. Each story was carefully selected to expose everything, and we mean everything, that affects FIFO families today. We want to spark some honest conversations, as well as bring support, guidance and real-life experience to current, past and future wives, girlfriends, sisters, daughters, and mother-in-laws, and to those doing it tough, so they know they are not alone, and that there is support available. When we put out the call for real-life FIFO stories, we had over 300 expressions of interest and throughout all the stories there was a common theme; that FIFO is absolutely not for everyone, but it can be rewarding if you can get the balance right! From tears of joy on fly-in day, to on-site affairs, substance abuse and everything in between, these stories will inspire, support and encourage open communication.

Growing numbers of partners, parents, children, grandchildren and siblings are living far away from each other, yet their opportunities to stay in touch have never been greater. Smartphones, tablets and personal computers are used by parents in London to care for their children in the Philippines. Refugees use phones and international transfers to send money and support to parents overseas. Funerals, weddings and anniversaries prompt return visits by plane and are streamed online to kin around the world. The mechanisms and processes of globalization are transforming the ways in which people 'do' and think about their families. Families, Intimacy and Globalization examines their experiences, charting the tensions between the freedoms and choices of late modern individuals, on the one hand, and the constraints of relational ties of love and obligation, on the other, which produce the 'floating ties' of global families and intimate relationships. Using detailed examples from all corners of the globe and across the life course, from internet dating to parenting to aged care, this thought-provoking book examines the transformation of relationships by the processes of migration and the cultural and economic flows that are central to globalization.

All the contributions to this volume are condensed versions of research projects undertaken by students in the final year of the online Master of Project Management degree delivered by the University of South Australia in conjunction with Open Universities Australia. Contributors to this book consist primarily of graduated Masters’ students, supported by supervising academics and relevant industry specialists and practitioners. As a result, the authors present current research interests across the breadth of Australia – with many of the perspectives demonstrating relevance to practice globally. The research perspectives presented here focus on four key themes of project management theory and practice: people and organisations; methodologies and practice domains; issues in application; and continuous improvement and benchmarking. Collectively, this work will be of particular interest to project management academics and researchers, post-graduate students, and the broader project management community.