IBM e-learning : Analyze Your Use of Time (Getting Organized – Lesson Overview)

Are you running your job or is your job running you?

 

In today’s business environment, it is easy to get overwhelmed and lost control over one’s day-to-day activities.

 

Increasing workloads, demanding customers, and families create more stress and less controllable time. As a result, there is an acute need to manage time effectively.

 

Select the statements that best apply to the benefits of getting organized.

l         You believe that everything is doable.

l         You are running your job, not your job is running you.

l         You are very nice to yourself.

l         You use your time well both in your personal and professional lives.

l         You always focus on the priority items.

(More than one correct answer is possible, select each answer.)

 

This lesson emphasizes the skills needed to get organized. You will learn how to prepare a “To Do” list that will help you focus on your goals.

Initially, you can enter all the items that have to be done in your “To Do” list. But don’t worry about accomplishing everything. The key is to get the right things done. Prioritize the items on your ‘To Do’ list and accomplish as many as possible.

 

You will also learn to identify the sources of a “To Do” List. The four sources of this list are:

l         Boss-imposed task.

l         System-imposed activities.

l         Subordinate-imposed activities.

l         Self-imposed goals and activities.

 

Effective time management is not about getting more done, but about getting the right things done.