Question

Post 1. Review "Building a Critical Skill: Managing Your Time" . Which of these techniques do you already use? What challenges do you have in managing your time and how do you overcome them? What skills have you learned since becoming a student? How can use these skills to complete your Formal Report in this class? If you could share on tip with an incoming student about time management what would it be?   Your post must be 150-250 words.

Post 2. After reviewing “netiquette” answer these three questions.

How would you rate your professional email skills?

What area mentioned in these resources could you improve?

What is the one email error you see most often?

Answer 1

1.

Some of the techniques listed which I use are as follows.

a) I create folders, mailboxes, and filters the most. I flag messages from my boss & important team members so that I am aware of when I receive them & respond immediately. This also allows me to prioritize tasks which are important. I also delete messages which are not required in future after reading & acting on them. I have also created folder to delete messages in 30 days’ time period which separates old & new messages.

b) I find it difficult to list my tasks & schedule them on the basis of priority. Sometimes I get engaged in unwanted & unnecessary tasks for long times which makes it difficult to complete other important tasks. What I did is that I analyzed my daily schedule for few days so that I can find out how I spend time & where I can save time. Now every morning I create a list of my tasks according to priority & which need urgent attention. I complete the most important tasks first, then task which are relatively less important & then least important tasks. This helps me in saving of time by organizing my daily work.

c) After becoming a student I learned how to multitask, that is doing more than one thing at a time.

I learned Prioritizing tasks. Though we have so many things to do but we need to get things done based on their level of importance.

I learned how to work in a group as a student. This helped me in dealing with other people & understanding their behavior.

d) The one thing which I will share with an incoming student about time management is to ‘use a time log’. It means writing down things you do in a week. Identify areas where you waste time & times when you are productive.

2.

I will rate my professional email skills as ‘Good’.

I can improve on finding out how my recipient’s system works to adapt my messages according to it.

The one Email error is that often I forget to delete unnecessary part of the original message while responding to a message.