Productivity (part 2): time-management at work by Michael Schmitz

About the Lecture

The lecture Productivity (part 2): time-management at work by Michael Schmitz is from the course Success Factors at Work. It contains the following chapters:

Self-Management: Never alone!
Summary Self-Management
Time-Management
Efficiency: Prepare for it
Efficiency: Professional approach
Efficiency: Habits and Systems
Efficiency: Industrial espionage
Efficiency: Resource Management
Efficiency: Batch processing
Efficiency: Prioritization
Efficiency: Office Life
Analytical tools

Included Quiz Questions

What should you do to become more productive at studying or working?

Do useful and exciting things again.
Look for support.
Avoid exciting but useless things.
Continue with exciting but useless things.

What are the main factors to improve your self-management?

Understand the block.
Prepare the task.
Train the flow.
Work with others.
Do sports.

To prepare my perfect day ...

I should look at what went well, and then copy those factors into my normal schedule.
I should talk to my friends and colleagues and hope it happens again.
I do not need to talk to anyone, it will just happen.
I should look at what went well, and hope it will happen again.

To be more productive ...

I will ask for advice, be honest and generally try to learn from every little task I do.
I will lean back and analyse a few processes.
I should focus on the key areas of my role and select one of them, ignoring the rest.
I will delegate the boring stuff.

Efficiency is ...

not a result of many working hours.
a result of many working hours.
easy to increase forever.
easy to achieve.

What helps you to be more efficient?

Making a task list
Exchanging information with a partner
Combining related tasks into one workflow (define them first and then work on them)
Retaining important information
Noting time-bound and critical information in a calendar

Working in the real world and being a professional, it is most important to be able to say:

No.
Sorry.
Thank you.
Yes.

Many tasks are difficult but ...

once I have defined the goal, the evaluation system and the work steps, it becomes easier.
I can do them immediately.
if I work on them with a group, it will be easier.
if I do them by myself, I will be able to handle them.