Research Guides: SMU-X Survival Toolkit: Time Management

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Having better time management

SMU-X projects are time consuming. Managing your time well allows you to accomplish more in a shorter period of time, which leads to more free time, allowing you to take advantage of learning opportunities and helps you to focus. The following resources provide some perspectives on effective time management that you can apply in your projects and teams.

Time is money. Everyone needs to develop their time management skills to be able to manage their time effectively and efficiently. This video introduces practical tools that will improve productivity and enable people to take control and manage their busy workloads.

This video introduces the concept of goal setting and the importance of managing time for achieving those goals.

Brad Aeon is a Ph.D. researcher at the John Molson School of Business focusing on time management, temporality, and work-life balance. He focuses on the improvement of our temporal decision-making as a solution to achieving more success by leading a less busy life. Learn how can time management may infuse your life with meaning and purpose.

Everything you know about time management is wrong. In this challenging and counter-intuitive video, Self-Discipline Strategist and New York Times bestselling author of Rory Vaden, shows you why you can't solve today's time-management challenges with yesterday's time-management.

Time-Management Lessons Should Learn In Their 20s
Montreal-based designer and author Étienne Garbugli has struggled with all of that. As he's gotten older, he's learned how to manage his time and workload more effectively and has analyzed what's worked for him and fellow entrepreneurs.

Work Smarter, Not Harder
The idea that “staying busy” means you’re working hard and are going to be more successful. While this belief may be true to an extent, it often leads to mindless “productivity”. Instead of behaving in this way, why not chose to do things differently?Here are the twenty-one management tips.

Sharpen Your Time-Management Skills
One of the most important keys to personal and professional success lies in how you spend your time. Here are 65 of the best ways to manage it.

This section lists some recommended readings.

Time Management by Brian Tracy More than any other practice in your career, your ability to manage time will determine your success or failure. It's a simple equation. The better you use your time, the more you will accomplish, and the greater your rewards will be. This pocket-sized guide reveals 21 proven time management techniques you can use immediately to gain two or more productive hours every day. Featuring the strategies that business expert Brian Tracy has identified as the most effective and that he himself employs, this handy volume reveals how you can: * Handle endless interruptions, meetings, emails, and phone calls * Identify your key result areas * Allocate enough time for top priority responsibilities * Batch similar tasks to preserve focus and make the most of each minute * Overcome procrastination * Determine what to delegate and what to eliminate * Utilize Program Evaluation and Review Techniques to work back ward from the future...and ensure your most important goals are met * And more Filled with Brian Tracy's trademark wisdom, this book will help you get more done, in less time...and with much less stress.
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ISBN: 0814433448
Publication Date: 2014-01-20
Taking Control with Time Management: EBook Edition by M. j. Weeks; Janis Fischer Chan How to balance the demands of work and personal life. Apply the tools and techniques in this book to meet contemporary time challenges and balance the demands of work and personal life. Now packed with exercises and application tools, this up-to-the-minute revision of the classic gives you proven time management strategies to increase your productivity and your efficiency. You ll discover how to use effective systems for setting and achieving your goals and reducing on-the-job stress. You will learn how to: Conduct a personal time audit Conquer time wasters, including pitfalls of e-mail, cell phones, and the Internet Delegate appropriately and effectively Set SMART goals and establish priorities Uncover the time you need for planning, supervising, and decision making Manage information overload and avoid wired stress Schedule and conduct well-run meetings that focus on effective actions and goals Maximize the returns on your telephone, travel, and meeting times Use team time more productively Set up and implement a Time Management Plan Make changes that will reduce stress and add balance to your life. This is an ebook version of the AMA Self-Study course. If you want to take the course for credit you need to either purchase a hard copy of the course through amaselfstudy.org or purchase an online version of the course through www.flexstudy.com."
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ISBN: 1283688999
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
The Concise Time Management and Personal Development by John Adair; Melanie Allen (Editor) You will build a truly successful career only if you manage your time effectively and plan your personal development properly. There are many books on time management and personal development. However, John Adair's wide experience of management development in the business, military and academic spheres adds a rare degree of insight, depth and context to practical advice. John Adair's books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies. This book encapsulates his writing on how to establish clear long-term goals and link your daily action planning to their achievement. It provides you with the tools, techniques and framework for continuing personal development.Contents includeDeveloping a personal sense of timeIdentify long-term goalsMake middle-term plansMake the best use of your timeOrganise office workManage meetingsDelegate effectivelyMake use of committed timeManage your healthPersonal developmentWhere you are nowHow you can learn and develop yourselfWhere you want to be Evaluate, check, review and updateYour personal profileAbout the author John Adair is widely acknowledged as one of the most significant influences on management and leadership development in the world. He studied history at Cambridge University and holds high degrees from the Universities of Oxford and London. He became the world's first Professor of Leadership Studies at the University of Surrey and is internationally known as a consultant. He is the author of many respected books on management and leadership. Visit his website at http: //www.johnadair.co.ukTHE ADAIR LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION For more information on the Adair Leadership Foundation and the training they provide, please click here to visit the website.
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ISBN: 1280233192
Publication Date: 2003-01-01