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Time management for new employees : unlock the secrets of effective time management with strategies and tools designed to boost your productivity / Prakash V. Rao.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rao, Prakash V., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Time management.
- Employees.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (131 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Birmingham : Impackt Publishing, 2015.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- If you want to make an impact in a new role, effective time management is vital. Packed with exercises and strategies, this book is a reliable resource for anyone who understands the value of exceptional time management.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Copyright
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewers
- Contents
- Preface
- Behavior and change
- A brief history of time management
- Indirection and control
- How to use this book
- What this book covers
- Who this book is for
- Conventions
- Reader feedback
- Customer support
- Errata
- Piracy
- Questions
- Chapter 1: What is Time Management?
- The limited view and the big picture
- Signs and results of poor time management
- Benefits of time management
- A definition of time management
- Activity management
- Event control
- Dividing the pies
- Exercise
- Discussion and illustration
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Setting Goals
- Values
- Value system
- Benefit
- Goals
- SMART goals
- Benefits of having SMART goals
- Action plans
- Short-term objectives
- Daily activities
- Chapter 3: Task Management
- Activity lists
- The to-do list
- Exercises
- Prioritization
- The A-1 method
- Importance and urgency
- Filtering tasks
- The 4 Ds
- The Pareto Principle
- Task dependencies
- Chapter 4: Schedule Management
- Definitions
- Handling appointments
- Maintaining appointments
- Preparing for an appointment
- Follow-up
- Meetings
- Agenda
- Agenda item resolution
- Meeting minutes
- Chapter 5: Managing Daily Tasks
- Managing expectations
- Unrealistic expectations
- Dealing with expectations efficiently
- Estimation
- Creating a realistic daily tasks list
- Chapter 6: Deadline Management
- Parkinson's Law
- Murphy's Law
- Student's Syndrome
- Strategies
- Strategy 1 - Frontend load
- Strategy 2 - Artificial deadlines
- Strategy 3 - Failure management
- Summary.
- Chapter 7: Overcoming Obstaclesto Productivity
- Obstacles
- Internal obstacles
- Professional obstacles
- Emotion
- Thought issues
- Action issues
- Preparation
- Crisis management
- Interruption management
- Self-discipline
- Taking responsibility
- Deliberate distractions
- Chapter 8: Measuring Your Time Management Skills
- Why measure?
- What should be measured?
- Collecting metrics
- Using the metrics
- How to be more productive
- How to be more effective
- How to be more efficient
- How to be more punctual
- How to be more dependable
- How to improve quality
- Chapter 9: Tools
- Tasks
- The process for managing tasks
- Appointments and meetings
- Paper products
- Day-Timer
- Franklin Covey planner
- Technology
- Outlook calendar
- Google calendar
- The process for managing appointments
- Deadlines
- The process for managing deadlines
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 15, 2017).
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