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Time Management
1 The importance of time management.
2 Developing prioritisation skills
3 Delegation
4 Other people's time management problems
Introduction
In the last lecture we asked the question: what makes a good manager? We listed a number of different management attributes. However a manager should be able to deploy his or her skills effectively in order to satisfy the objectives of the organisation.
You have often heard the phrase: 'time is money'. This is pertinent to the importance of time management. Your time is a resource which the organisation is paying for, and you owe it to yourself (for your sanity!) and your employer to 'spend' it efficiently. In section 1 we explore this point and then briefly introduce the skills you will need to manage how you spend your time - first of all you will need to log how you actually spent time. Only then can you take steps to improve it.
In section 2 we discuss prioritisation. Some things are more worthy of your time than others, in terms of their urgency and importance. Spending your time doing trivial tasks is a waste of time, so you have to learn how to rank all the demands made of you.
Of course the easiest way to get a task off your desk is to get someone else to do it for you - delegation, the subject of section 3. Not only does this help you, but it provides one of the team members reporting to you with more interesting work. Delegation needs to be planned.
At times you may have to manage or co-ordinate other people's time management problems, the subject of Section 4, which we explore in two case studies. A common occurrence is having to deal with someone who has recently been promoted, but who has not developed the time management or delegation skills necessary for his or her new role.
1 The Importance of Time Management
1.1 The scarcest resource any of us has is time. No amount of investment can add more hours to the day or weeks to the year. All we can do is take steps to make
1 The importance of time management.
2 Developing prioritisation skills
3 Delegation
4 Other people's time management problems
Introduction
In the last lecture we asked the question: what makes a good manager? We listed a number of different management attributes. However a manager should be able to deploy his or her skills effectively in order to satisfy the objectives of the organisation.
You have often heard the phrase: 'time is money'. This is pertinent to the importance of time management. Your time is a resource which the organisation is paying for, and you owe it to yourself (for your sanity!) and your employer to 'spend' it efficiently. In section 1 we explore this point and then briefly introduce the skills you will need to manage how you spend your time - first of all you will need to log how you actually spent time. Only then can you take steps to improve it.
In section 2 we discuss prioritisation. Some things are more worthy of your time than others, in terms of their urgency and importance. Spending your time doing trivial tasks is a waste of time, so you have to learn how to rank all the demands made of you.
Of course the easiest way to get a task off your desk is to get someone else to do it for you - delegation, the subject of section 3. Not only does this help you, but it provides one of the team members reporting to you with more interesting work. Delegation needs to be planned.
At times you may have to manage or co-ordinate other people's time management problems, the subject of Section 4, which we explore in two case studies. A common occurrence is having to deal with someone who has recently been promoted, but who has not developed the time management or delegation skills necessary for his or her new role.
1 The Importance of Time Management
1.1 The scarcest resource any of us has is time. No amount of investment can add more hours to the day or weeks to the year. All we can do is take steps to make