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Syllabus -- Time Management, SUPV7051N, Grad. School, USDA
LESSON 1: Realities of Time
- Effective Time Management
- Myths About Time Management
- Payoffs For Using Time as We Do
LESSON 2: Tracking Time Habits
- Time Logs
- Worksheet: Daily Time Log
LESSON 3: Eliminating Time Wasters
- Time Wasters Or Time Obligations?
- Time Wasters
- Time Obligations
- Eliminating Time Wasters
- Interruptions
- Drop-Ins
- Open Door Policy
- Telephone Calls
- Perfectionism
- Procrastination
LESSON 4: Examining Time Patterns
- Effective Time
- Busy Time
- Worksheet: Busy and Effective Times
- Prime Time
- Time Wasters
- Worksheet: Time Wasters
LESSON 5: Rethinking Time Styles
- Compulsive Behavior
- Hurry Up
- Be Perfect
- Please Me
- Try Hard
- Be Strong
- TEST 1
LESSON 6: Planning Your Time
- A Note on Changing Habits
- Goals
- Effective Goals
- Influences on Goals
- Setting Goals
- Worksheet: Goal List
- Priorities
- Setting Priorities
- Pareto Law
- Task List
- Worksheet: Task List
- Daily Plan
- To Do List
- Worksheet: Daily To Do List
- Time Fillers
LESSON 7: Paperwork
- Paperwork Management
- Paperwork Solutions
- Paperwork Priorities
- Letters and Memos
- Reports
- Reading Material
- Filing
- The Wastebasket Solution
LESSON 8: Decision Making
- Decisions
- Making Decisions
- ... By Habit
- ... By Giving Others Control
- ... From Fear of Rejection
- ... On the Spur of The Moment
- ... Out of Fear of Saying No
- Effective Decision Making
- The Five-Step Technique
- Worksheet: Five-Step Decision Making
LESSON 9: Delegation
- Views of Delegation
- Supervisor's View
- Subordinate's View
- Authority and Responsibility
- Worksheets: Delegation
LESSON 10: Meetings
- When to Have a Meeting
- When Not to Have a Meeting
- Agendas
- Basic Information
- Putting it to Work
- "Stand-up Meetings"
- Conducting a Meeting
- Leader's Role
- Participants' Roles
- TEST 2
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
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