New Time Management Methods for You and Your Staff

Abstract: The rationale of time management and its principles are described and discussed for managers and supervisors. It is stressed that, while time allocations can be quantitatively predictable, they are difficult to control. Over 100 reasons are given to illustrate how "time-wasters" translate sufficient time (for managing tasks and people) into insufficient time. These time-wasting functions are analyzed, and solutions are developed for their control or elimination. A novel technique is described for appraising managers as time utilizers to judge a manager's effectiveness, and to audit his improvement over a fixed time period. Time-wasting and time-saving factors are classified by management function. (wz).