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Time Management FCS 3000 M. Burns
Today’s child has become the unwilling, unintended victim of overwhelming stress – the stress borne of rapid, bewildering social change and constantly rising expectations. The contemporary parent dwells in a pressure-cooker of competing demands, transitions, role changes, persona, and professional uncertainties, over which s/he exerts slight direction. M. Burns, 2007
You know you’re too busy when, you… • Eliminate moisturizer from your nightly routine to save 20 seconds. • Feel decadent for taking time off to see the dentist. • Less water = fewer bathroom breaks • Shout ‘hurry up’ at the MW. M. Burns, 2007
A few definitions • Time displacement • Time spent on one activity that takes away from another • Time management • Conscious control of time to fulfill needs and achieve goals M. Burns, 2007
Freedom from Want M. Burns, 2007
Top 10 Time Wasters • Telephone interruptions • Drop-in visitors • Meetings (scheduled or not) • Crises • Lack of objectives, priorities • Cluttered desk/personal disorganization • Ineffective delegation • Attempting too much at once • Indecision and procrastination • Lack of self-discipline M. Burns, 2007
Time as a unit • Discretionary • Free time an individual can use any way you want • Non-discretionary • Time that an individual cannot control M. Burns, 2007
Time measures • Quantitative time measures • Refers to the number, kind and duration (minutes, hours, days) of activities • Qualitative time measures • Investigates the meaning or significance of time use and how they feel about their time use M. Burns, 2007
Time Methods • Self-report/diary method • Recall method • Observation method • Self-observational control-signaling method M. Burns, 2007
Time Perception • Awareness of the passage of time • Becomes more accurate at 7-8 years old • Influencing factors • Age, temperament, culture, environment, and absorption into the task M. Burns, 2007
Models of time perception • Linear-separable model • Western European countries • An investment in time today is expected to have a payoff in the future. • Long-term planning is accepted and promoted M. Burns, 2007
Models of time perception • Procedural-traditional model • The actual steps, event, or procedure is more important than the time spent in the activity • The Job isn’t done until the last task is completed. M. Burns, 2007
Models of time perception • Circular-traditional model • Emphasizes the repetitive nature of time • Assumes that today will be much like yesterday and tomorrow will be more of the same. • Southeast Asians M. Burns, 2007
Biological Time Patterns • Circadian rhythms • Daily rhythmic activity cycles • When to wake up, go to sleep, eat • Effect on the family life? M. Burns, 2007
A few more definitions • Time tempo • Pattern or pace that feels most comfortable to you • Sequencing ability • One task at a time person? • Multi-tasker? • Interdependent, dovetailing, overlapping • Time-tagger? M. Burns, 2007
Time tagging • Time tagging is a mental estimation of the sequences • that should take place, • the approximate amount of time required for each activity in the sequence, and • the starting/ending time of each activity. M. Burns, 2007