Time Management
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE
TIME MANAGEMENT
BHM 206 – MANAGING PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATION
--PRABHAKARAN ATHIKESAVALU
K0960835
TABLE OF CONTENT: 1. Introduction and Rationale 4 2. Application of Theories 5 3. Change in Behaviour 9 4. References 9 5. Appendix 10
5.1 Appendix 1: The Golden Rules of Time Management 10
5.2 Appendix 2: Time Log 13
5.3 Appendix 3: To Do List Quadrant 14
5.4 Appendix 4: Pickle Jar Theory 14
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Time management skills have become most important in my life after the evaluation of my schooling and college going days. I have realised how the poor time management affected my different works.
In this report I have brought forward the reasons to choose time management as of my personal development objective and also the rules that I had followed to achieve the desired results. The golden rules are to develop the skill which gives guidelines on what are all the key features to have a look at the time of practising the skills. “Failing to plan is planning to fail” (Marx, 1982). Pre-planning the tasks with the help of to-do lists and prioritizing those tasks would helps to manage the time in a most effective way. ‘The best use’ and ‘wait productively’ are the simple techniques which help to handling the time productively. Golden rules offer other rules that tell how to handle difficult tasks and to overcome procrastination.
My organization skills could be accomplished with the help of practising these below rules. It helps to organize several things such as e-mail, paper, desk and other related stuffs.
While practising these skills, professional attitude would be developed. Time management skills create an opportunity to save several times and finishing off the tasks in given time as well. It helps to accomplish the goals in an efficient way. I could identify these all changes in my behaviour after
TIME MANAGEMENT
BHM 206 – MANAGING PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATION
--PRABHAKARAN ATHIKESAVALU
K0960835
TABLE OF CONTENT: 1. Introduction and Rationale 4 2. Application of Theories 5 3. Change in Behaviour 9 4. References 9 5. Appendix 10
5.1 Appendix 1: The Golden Rules of Time Management 10
5.2 Appendix 2: Time Log 13
5.3 Appendix 3: To Do List Quadrant 14
5.4 Appendix 4: Pickle Jar Theory 14
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Time management skills have become most important in my life after the evaluation of my schooling and college going days. I have realised how the poor time management affected my different works.
In this report I have brought forward the reasons to choose time management as of my personal development objective and also the rules that I had followed to achieve the desired results. The golden rules are to develop the skill which gives guidelines on what are all the key features to have a look at the time of practising the skills. “Failing to plan is planning to fail” (Marx, 1982). Pre-planning the tasks with the help of to-do lists and prioritizing those tasks would helps to manage the time in a most effective way. ‘The best use’ and ‘wait productively’ are the simple techniques which help to handling the time productively. Golden rules offer other rules that tell how to handle difficult tasks and to overcome procrastination.
My organization skills could be accomplished with the help of practising these below rules. It helps to organize several things such as e-mail, paper, desk and other related stuffs.
While practising these skills, professional attitude would be developed. Time management skills create an opportunity to save several times and finishing off the tasks in given time as well. It helps to accomplish the goals in an efficient way. I could identify these all changes in my behaviour after
References: and further reading Allen, D., 2003 Career Success, 2010. Importance of Time Management for Career Success. [Online] Available at: "http://www.career-success-for-newbies.com/importance-of-time-management.html" [Accessed 11 January 2011]. Covey, S., 1989. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. London: Simon and Schuster. Gary Mack and David Casstevens, 2001. Mind Gym. 1st ed. New York: McGraw Hill. Jack D. Ferner, 1995. Successful time management. 2nd ed. New York: Chichester: Wiley. Jean Woodall, 2009. Personal & Professional Development. Surrey,London: Kingston University. Marx, R.D., 1982. Relapse Prevention for Managerial Training: A Model for Maintenance of Behavior Change. The Academy of Management Review, 7(3), pp.433-41. Tracy, B., 2004. Time Power. 1st ed. AMACOM.