Importance of Time Management for Studying - Desklib

Individual Case Study
Report - Importance
of Time Management
for Studying

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Time Management Skills........................................................................................................1
Effective management of time is crucial for students' success...............................................2
Importance of effective time management to successful study..............................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Time management refers to the ability to plan, organise, prioritise, delicate and synchronise
the activities of an individual in such a manner that maximum time is utilised and least wastage
of time occurs. Time management is very important for a student to enhance their learning and
studying activities (Stewart, Miertschin and Goodson, 2020). Effective time management
encourages the work completion of the students in given deadlines and it also helps the students
to pay attention and not waste time on distractions. The following report will discuss time
management skills and its importance for the student's success in studies.
MAIN BODY
Time Management Skills
There are many time management skills that can be adopted by a student to develop time
management ability. Certain time management skills include automating tasks, organising,
clarity, completion, stress management, preparing schedule or routine, discipline and avoiding
procrastination, flexibility, focusing or avoiding multitasking, goal setting, maintaining a flow,
punctuality, rest and recovery, setting deadlines etc. Sum of the important time management
skills are explained below.
 Planning: It is very important for managing time by students because it helps to prepare
task lists, work in sequence, calendar planning, project preparations, resolving agendas all
require planning.
 Decision making and prioritisation: The decision making activities are helpful to
prioritise various activities of the students (Kuzilek, Zdrahal and Fuglik, 2021).
 Setting boundaries and saying no: Another skill of time management is setting
boundaries that is a precious resource that an individual possesses. Saying no is helpful to
avoid time wastage and boundaries helps to limit the wasteful activities.
 Delegating and outsourcing tasks: The delegation of tasks is helpful to divide tasks
among the others so that focus on highest value activities can be maintained and time for
priority tasks can be used.
There are many other time management essentials that are required for managing time
effectively such as automating tasks, organising, clarity, preparing schedule or routine, etc.
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