Description
Course Description
One of the more precious resources a manager has is his or her time. Managers can become more effective by employing time management and scheduling techniques, delegating, outsourcing key tasks, and employing technology. Effective time management helps managers achieve their goals. The concepts covered in this course will help create structure around your time management skills, and will help reveal any weaknesses in your time management habits. Making time management a priority is often the first step to keeping on task and maintaining a schedule.
Learning Outcomes
- State the key outcomes and goals of effective time management
- Assess your attitudes about your relationship to time and time management
- Employ a time log in ascertaining how you spend your time
- Recognize the common causes of procrastination and identify ways to eliminate your own procrastination
- List the key attributes of effective (SMART) goals and recognize the importance of establishing personal and professional goals
- Identify the key principles of time management (organization, prioritization, and planning) and some common methods for prioritizing tasks (ABC Method and the Eisenhower Method)
- Identify the value and purpose of common time management tools, including scheduling systems (activity logs, action plans, to do lists)
- Differentiate key characteristics of Action Plans and Task Lists
- Identify the steps in the delegation process and recognize guidelines for appropriate task delegation
- Identify strategies for handling daily tasks and distractions, such as e-mail, phone calls, and other interruptions
- List the guidelines for planning effective meetings
Key Features
Expert-supported- Mobile-friendly
- Accessible
- Badge and credit-awarding
- Games & Flashcards
- Video content
- Real-world case studies
- Audio-enabled in app
Notes
This course has an “Ask the Expert” feature, which submits your questions directly to an expert in the field you are studying. Questions are answered as quickly as possible and usually within 24 hours.
This course does not require any additional purchases of supplementary materials.
Learners must achieve an average test score of at least 70% to meet the minimum successful completion requirement and qualify to receive IACET CEU credit. Learners will have three attempts at all graded assessments.
Project Management Institute, PMI, the Registered Education Provider logo, Project Management Professional, PMP, Project Management Body of Knowledge, PMBOK, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner, PMI-ACP, PMI Risk Management Professional, PMI-RMP, the PMI Talent Triangle, and the PMI Talent Triangle logo are marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
Information in this course has been taken from A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK®Guide) — Sixth Edition, Project Management Institute Inc., 2017.
The following list outlines the PDUs you will earn for completing this course, based on the certification you have.
- PMP®/PgMP®
- Technical: 3
- Leadership: 2
- Strategic/Business: 0
- TOTAL: 5
- PMI-RMP®
- Technical: 0
- Leadership: 2
- Strategic/Business: 0
- TOTAL: 2
- PMI-SP®
- Technical: 3
- Leadership: 2
- Strategic/Business: 0
- TOTAL: 5
- PMI-ACP®
- Technical: 0
- Leadership: 2
- Strategic/Business: 0
- TOTAL: 2
- PfMP®
- Technical: 3
- Leadership: 2
- Strategic/Business: 0
- TOTAL: 5
- PMI-PBA®
- Technical: 3
- Leadership: 2
- Strategic/Business: 0
- TOTAL: 5