Time management /

In today's fast-moving workplace, time has never had greater value - or been in shorter supply. [This book] provides you with the tools and techniques you need to make each minute count. Filled with workplace-tested strategies for either improving upon the systems you currently use or replacing...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mancini, Marc (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education, [2003]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering.
Temas:
Time management.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A. Preface
  • The right way and the wrong way?maybe
  • The benefits of time management
  • Special features
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the author
  • B. Other titles in the briefcase books series include:
  • 1. Taming time
  • Knowing your time management style
  • How you relate to time
  • Your environment
  • Where do the hours go?
  • Manager?s checklist for chapter 1
  • 2. A few myths about managing your time
  • Myth 1: time management is just another label for obsessive behavior
  • Myth 2: time management extinguishes spontaneity and joy
  • Myth 3: maybe i can organize myself, but my company can never organize itself
  • Myth 4: one style fits all
  • Manager?s checklist for chapter 2
  • 3. Lining up your ducks: prioritize!
  • The abc system
  • The index card/post-it? system
  • The inventory system
  • The payoff system
  • The pareto principle
  • Manager?s checklist for chapter 3
  • 4. Procrastination: the thief of time
  • What?s behind procrastination?
  • Why do you procrastinate?
  • What are you procrastinating about?
  • The eight factors
  • Conclusion
  • Manager?s checklist for chapter 4
  • 5. Rocks, blocks, goals, and clusters
  • Establishing goals
  • Leave me alone!
  • Doing nothing
  • Clustering
  • Discovering patterns
  • What?s your clock?
  • A few hints
  • Conclusion
  • Manager?s checklist for chapter 5
  • 6. How to delegate effectively
  • To whom can you delegate?
  • What can you delegate?
  • Why is it hard to delegate?
  • The key steps of delegation
  • Manager?s checklist for chapter 6
  • 7. Learning to say no
  • What to say no to
  • How to say no
  • Dealing with meetings and committees
  • If you?re not the chairperson
  • Conclusion
  • Manager?s checklist for chapter 7
  • 8. The art of anticipating
  • How well do you anticipate?
  • The parking meter syndrome
  • The false deadline strategy
  • The pack-rat approach
  • Gobbledygook
  • The wallenda effect
  • Bell?s blessing (or curse)
  • The ultimate setbacks
  • Conclusion
  • Manager?s checklist for chapter 8
  • 9. Plugging time leaks
  • Time leak #1: socializing
  • Time leak #2: misplacing things
  • Time leak #3: forgetting things
  • Time leak #4: commuting and air travel
  • Time leak #5: reading time
  • Time leak #6: long-winded people
  • Conclusion
  • Manager?s checklist for chapter 9
  • 10. Power tools for time management
  • Five essential questions
  • The basic hardware
  • Soft tools
  • The ultimate tool: your environment
  • Conclusion
  • Manager?s checklist for chapter 10.

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