time management
Introduction
Time management has become a more and more critical element in all human activities. It is not only closed related with individual’s performance, but also businesses’. Frank J. Lucco (1994) pointed out that effective time management is the most important ingredient for success in the 1990s. In order to do something to make the most effective use of people’s time and work schedule, understanding some effective time management techniques has also become a necessary part in people’s life.
The essay is divided into two main parts: the first part attempts to do some brief research in some effective time management techniques; the second part aims to explain the relation between effective time management and the performance of individuals and businesses in a more detailed and critical way.
1 Effective time management techniques
Time management techniques play a very important part in people’s daily life. Many people have spent their time in a lot of activities but achieve little for the reason that they are not concentrating on the right things. Different people have different ways to control time. Through using effective time management methods, people would know which part of the things they do are important, and which can be just thrown away, by that people can use time in a most effective way, breaking down the barriers that waste, increasing the effectiveness. Here are four main ways.
1.1 Set clear goals and make a plan
People should first know what their short-term and long-term goals are and make a clear plan about what is important. Long-term goals are important because they enable people to prepare for their future. Short-term goals are necessary steps towards achieving those long-term goals. Then they can prepare a sequence of action steps to achieve them. Locke & Latham (1990) once said that targets will gain attention and effort through providing clear targets to people and then they can distribute their energy into different
Time management has become a more and more critical element in all human activities. It is not only closed related with individual’s performance, but also businesses’. Frank J. Lucco (1994) pointed out that effective time management is the most important ingredient for success in the 1990s. In order to do something to make the most effective use of people’s time and work schedule, understanding some effective time management techniques has also become a necessary part in people’s life.
The essay is divided into two main parts: the first part attempts to do some brief research in some effective time management techniques; the second part aims to explain the relation between effective time management and the performance of individuals and businesses in a more detailed and critical way.
1 Effective time management techniques
Time management techniques play a very important part in people’s daily life. Many people have spent their time in a lot of activities but achieve little for the reason that they are not concentrating on the right things. Different people have different ways to control time. Through using effective time management methods, people would know which part of the things they do are important, and which can be just thrown away, by that people can use time in a most effective way, breaking down the barriers that waste, increasing the effectiveness. Here are four main ways.
1.1 Set clear goals and make a plan
People should first know what their short-term and long-term goals are and make a clear plan about what is important. Long-term goals are important because they enable people to prepare for their future. Short-term goals are necessary steps towards achieving those long-term goals. Then they can prepare a sequence of action steps to achieve them. Locke & Latham (1990) once said that targets will gain attention and effort through providing clear targets to people and then they can distribute their energy into different
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