MANAGEMENT

Effective Time Management

Effective Time Management

Introduction

Effective time management is the most important factor in succeeding on personal and in professional goals and objectives. The average a person spends is fewer than seven hours of his or her day effectively. The remaining time is being wasted leaving the person overwhelmed and worried. Although time management is a big day to day life problem; it can be solved by building a schedule, using time saving techniques, and fighting procrastination. If companies cannot accomplish their short term goals, there is no way to accomplish the long term goals. Organizations have to develop a plan that will allow them to accomplish their daily activities as well as their short and long term goals (Rivera, 2007, pp. 45).

Building a schedule cannot only help fulfill the required goal, but it also remind a person of tasks, due dates, and events. An effective schedule should start with a planner that helps to keeps track of events and commitments. When planning the schedule for the day, a person should allocate 20% of the day free for urgencies and disruptions. The next step is prioritizing the item to help identify important tasks and use all the energy on it. Sorting task according to priority and importance can identify tasks that are worthless or unnecessary. When completing an important task on time, a person should reward himself/herself. When building a schedule, time saving helps a person to be organized and efficient, this leads to more personal time.

Effective time management is one of the most important factors to succeed in short term and long term goals. To be an effectively time management person, first, he or she should build a schedule to finish tasks on time, and to be updated with important events and meetings. Second, a person should follow time saving techniques ...