How to Manage Your Time Effectively Prepared By: Paula Ynne Louise C. Serrano

Why is Time Management important?

1. Time is a special resource that you cannot store or save for later use. Everyone has the exact same amount of time each day. Time not well used cannot be retrieved. 2. Time management helps you make conscious choices, so you can spend more of your time doing things that are important and valuable to you.

3. Time management will help you set up your priorities. 4 3. Time management will help you set up your priorities. 4. To stay organized and so remain calm and unstressed.

TIPS ON HOW TO MANAGE YOUR TIME ADMIT MULTITASKING IS BAD. People who always do several things at once tend to lose their productivity. Do things one at a time.

DO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FIRST. Even if you can’t get the whole thing done in an hour, you’ll be much more likely to go back to it once you’ve gotten it started. KNOW WHEN YOU WORK BEST. You can discover yours by monitoring your productivity over a period of time. Then you need to manage your schedule to keep your best time free for your most important work.

MAKE IT EASY TO GET STARTED. Divide the things you need to work on into chunks so that you will think it is easy

Time Management Conflicts

STRESS Stress management issues extend from the person who has poor time management skills to the entire team. When one team member is unable to organize his time effectively to keep projects moving forward, the other team members feel the stressful effects of being behind schedule. 

2. EXCESSIVE MEETING TIME Because poor time management causes projects to fall behind schedule, additional meetings are typically required to plan and reallocate resources to bring the project back up to speed

3. ABSENTEEISM Absenteeism and excessive break time is another symptom of poor time management. People with poor time management skills often call in sick or take longer breaks, largely because of the stress they experience because of their work performance.

References: http://www.livestrong.com/article/175088-how-can-poor-time-management-skills-cause-conflicts-in-a-company/ http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/10/10-tips-for-time-management-in-a-multitasking-world/ http://www.time-management-huddle.com/importance.html