Product Description

Effective time management is one of today's most overlooked--yet essential --keys to career growth in business and management. Time Management provides hands-on techniques and tools for making every minute count as it dispels myths that can actually cost instead of save valuable time. It helps managers match the right time-saving tool to each situation, reveals secrets for anticipating instead of reacting, and explains how any manager can eliminate procrastination.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #855477 in Books
• Published on: 2003-04-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .53" h x 6.06" w x 9.06" l, .58 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 180 pages

From the Back Cover

Quick and Easy-to-Implement Techniques for Making Better Use of Your Time, Both On and Off the Job

In today's fast-moving workplace, time has never had greater value--or been in shorter supply. Time Management provides you with the tools and techniques you need to make each minute count. Filled with workplace-tested strategies for either improving upon the systems you currently use or replacing them with methods that are proven to be more efficient and time-saving, this latest book in McGraw-Hill's renowned Briefcase Books series will provide you with:

• Strategies for matching the right time-saving tool to each situation
• Management techniques for recognizing and eliminating procrastination
• Methods for working toward team goals while still saying "NO!" to time wasting activities and ideas

From reduced stress and frustration to increased confidence and fulfillment, the benefits of leading a time-managed life are immense and immediate. Discover how professionals from virtually every industry are getting more accomplished in less time, while lowering their minute-to-minute workloads and anxiety, with Time Management.

Briefcase Books are written specifically for today's busy manager. Each book features eye-catching icons, checklists, and sidebars to guide managers step-by-step through everyday workplace situations. Look for these innovative design features to help you navigate through each page:

[Key Terms icon] Clear definitions of key terms, concepts, and jargon

[Smart Managing icon] Ways to improve time usage for both you and your staff

[Tricks of the Trade icon] How-to hints for sensing and avoiding time wasting commitments

[Mistake proofing icon] Advice for limiting time management miscues and mistakes

[Caution icon] Warning signs for seeing--and heading off--deadline disasters

[For Example icon] Stories and insights from the experiences of others

[Tools icon] Specific methods for improving your time management skills

About the Author

Marc Mancini, Ph.D. is a professor at West Los Angeles College and operates Marc Mancini Seminars and Consulting, the travel industry's largest provider of industry training.