Managers at all levels face stress emerged from not having a good time management in order to keep their work running in the best way possible, in which they can achieve their tasks as efficient as they could be, in addition to effectiveness, in which time management is commonly defined as the various means, by which people effectively use their time and other closely related resources in order to make the most out of it.
There are five stages that managers can implement, in which these stages can help them in managing their time in the best way possible, these stages are to plan, analyze, reflect, change and review. Also, managers should be aware of what is important and what is urgent, and have the good balance between them, otherwise, they will be misjudging on the issues they are dealing with, and their actions will be as a reflection to what might emerge from the environment.
Managers should plan and draw how they ought to use their time, in order to be more effective in achieving their tasks and eventually their goals, for example, for me as a head section for inventory and control; I should plan for the annual stock taking for more than thirty five retail store located in all over Lebanon. In order to do so, a plan should be prepared carefully; otherwise, unintended consequences will occur, in which this will affect the whole organization.
Also, managers should do analysis for their time, in which they can know if they are using their time as efficient and effective as they should do, in which this analysis can help them to foresee their activities, based on the past actions they have taken, this might take place by keeping the records for good days of work, in which they might implement in the future. For example, in my work, we always analyze the activities we have made, in order to overcome any wrong use of time, since time is crucial in our work, in order to have fast and accurate stock taking, since time cost