Importance of Time Management in Personal and Professional Life

Running head: TIME MANAGEMENT
Time management
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1TIME MANAGEMENT
Time management is the process of planning and organization of task in a way to
accomplish all activities within specified time. Time management skill is essential in personal as
well as professional life to work efficiently and minimize stress in life. On the other hand, failure
to manage time has an impact on work flow efficiency and workplace performance. To develop
the skills of time management, it is necessary that employees learn to plan beforehand and
allocate time slots to accomplish the task. This essay further gives insight into the challenges
faced by people in managing time and provides possible strategies to manage time in a
profession manner.
Time management related challenges are faced by people only when they lack problem
solving and decision making skills. Such problem has damaging effect for the organization as
well as individual staffs. If managers or an employee is unable to solve problems on time, they
are most likely to spend maximum time in managing escalations. This results in time
management issues and its eventual impact is inconsistent performance and increased cycle time
for completing any task (Proctor 2014). Hence, problem solving skill is critical to positively
utilize time.
For some employees, time management issues occur when they enter a new environment
or suddenly places in an unfamiliar situation. They develop insecurity and face challenges in
adapting to the new environment. Some of the serious problems that they face is that poor time
management skills delays their daily work priorities and results in great stress and anxiety for
them. Addressing this limitation of time is essential because employees who underperform
develop frustration and have low morale. In such situation, they develop intentions to leave the
job (Bonenberger et al. 2014). In order to retain the talent and work in a competitive business
environment, employees must develop time management skills to thrive successfully in the