Title: Organization and Time Management
Course: Career Communication

Organization and Time Management
Organization and Time Management

Organization and Time Management

At the end of this module you will be able to:

1. Demonstrate the ability to set clear and realistic goals......
2. Be able to effectively establish priorities that work toward goals
3. Demonstrate the ability to use at least one method for planning and scheduling

Graded Assignments:

1. x
2. x

The Key to Time Management

According to Wikipedia, time management is "the act or process of planning and exercising conscious control over the amout of time spent on specific activites, especially to increae effectiveness, efficiency or productivity.

Self-Assessment on Time Management

Take this short, web-based quiz on "How Good is Your Time Management?" (link opens in a new window) Take the quiz and at the end of the quiz you will be given the opportunity to "Calculate My Total". Write down your total number and post it into the "Quiz Me" question below. Spend no more than 10 minutes on the quiz.

Reflection

If you scored 46-75: You are managing your time very effectively, but don't rest. There are many ways to help improve you make your time management even better.

If you scored 31-45: You are good as some things, but there's room for improvement elsewhere. Focus on Goal Setting, Prioritization, Managing Interruptions, Procrastination and Scheduling.

If you scored 15-30: You have a great opportunity to improve your effectiveness both in your personal and work life. To increase your success long-term, you will need to fundamentally improve your time management skills. Start with Goal Setting, Prioritization, and Scheduling. After you have succeeded in creating goals, prioritizing the goals and creating a schedule, you then can work on Procrastination and Managing Interruptions.

Goal Setting

View the presentation "Goal Setting and Time Management" below to familiarize yourself with how to:

•Set clear and realistic education and career goals

•Effectively establish priorities that support education and career goals

•Use at least one method for weekly planning

SMART Goals Assignment

1. Complete the worksheet to rewrite the goals using SMART
2. Write 2 educational goals and 2 career goals for yourself using SMART.
3. Download "Test for SMART Educational Goal" (opens in new window). You need to save this document two (2) times. You will be testing each of the educational goals you set above with this test. Information you will be required to complete this test includes:

Today's Date: Target Date: Start Date:

Date Achieved:

Specific Goal:

Justify that your goal is SMART

Specific: What will you accomplish?

Measurable: How will you know when you have made it to your goal? Be specific!

Achievable: is achieving your goal realistic when considering effort and commitment? Do you have the resources you need to achieve this goal? If not, how will you obtain them? Show steps you can take to achieve your goal.

Relevant: Why is this goal important to your life?

Time-Bound: When will the goal be achieved?

Time Management and You

Now that you have self-assessed your time management and set some goals, it is now time to explore how to practice both skills.

Read this article, "The Key to Good Time Management", (link opens in a new window)

After reading the article, you will then explore "Time Management with the Eisenhower Matrix" by viewing the video below.

Educational Prioritization Assessment: Part 1--Assignment

Now that you have completed the lesson on prioritizing, you need to show your understanding of the lesson by demonstrating how you prioritize the specific steps that need to be taken to achieve your goal. Show the estimated amount of time each step should take. Indicate what are high, medium, and low priority and why. Use the priority matrix and the

Education Prioritization Assessments Test Sheet" (link opens in new window) to help you decide the level of importance of each step.

Download "Education Prioritization Assessments Test Sheet" (link opens in new window) Your work will be assessed using the "Prioritization of Steps to Reach Goals Assessment" (link opens in new window)

Now What?

Do you really understand the concept of time? Watch this video "The Time You Have (in JellyBeans)"

Now that you have perspective on your life in JellyBeans, take a second Time Management Assessment (link opens in new window) to see if you are at least thinking about time managment differently from when you started this module. *Note you will have to manually keep tally on the number of questions/points/habits that you have (2 points for each of the habits).

Write down your total number and post it into the "Quiz Me" question below. Spend no more than 10 minutes on the time management assessment.

Recording, Analyzing and Change

Now view this video, "How to Manage Your Time Better"