Time Management Strategies and Personal Development Plan Report

This report examines the impact of effective time management on academic performance, highlighting its importance in reducing stress, improving work-life balance, increasing focus, and boosting productivity. It discusses the student's personal experiences with time management challenges and the implementation of the ABC method for prioritizing tasks. The report also includes a personal learning and development plan with objectives focused on improving time management, communication, leadership, coordination, critical thinking, and decision-making skills. The plan outlines specific activities and resources required to achieve these objectives, with timelines for each. The conclusion emphasizes that effective time management is crucial for achieving personal and professional goals, enhancing various skills, and overcoming obstacles to success.

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ASSESSMENT 2.............................................................................................................................3
Introduction..................................................................................................................................3
Effective management of time.....................................................................................................3
Importance of time management.................................................................................................4
Personal Learning and Development Plan...................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

ASSESSMENT 2
Introduction
The term time management is used to refer to the ability of a person that allows him to
use its time in the optimum manner. Here optimum way for utilization of time is putting the time
available with oneself in effective and productive actions that make the work or task that has to
be done being completed in time meeting the deadline. As the Effective management of time is
very crucial for the students because they have to perform many task and learn many things in
this phase (Jia, 2018). Time management is important in doing any type of work whether it is
small or big every activity requires proper time management for the efficiency in the work. The
report will discuss the importance of time management. Further this report will include
effectiveness of time with own reflection in academic performances and their importance in the
students life. This report will also include preparation of personal learning and development plan
with reflection of all the objectives and the activities or resources required to achieve those
objectives.
Effective management of time
Effective management is important in every field of success because without effective and
efficient time management in the academics the students cannot accomplish their task on time.
Effective time management helps student to complete its task in less time with full accuracy
(Aslan,2021). I learned from My past experiences that My time management skills were not
good due to I am not able to manage all the activities with My time management skills. I always
got late in My classes due to waking late in the morning, or not able to manage My personal and
professional life on time, and many skills like coordination, team working, leadership and
decision making skills are lacking due to poor time management skills. I cannot take frequent
decisions on time or coordination of My all work is also decreasing due to doing all the work
with inappropriate timing.
Then I decided to overcome all this problems by scheduling My time By using ABC
method by arranging My time on those activities which are important and which are not (Jane,
2018). I arranged My time into 3 categories A- Must do in which I strictly gave time to those
things which are most important to me like studies, learning, fitness, etc the I applied category B-
Should do In this I arranged all My activities like which I need to do for My improvements like
sleeping on time, improving communication skills and other skills too. The lastly I arranged C-

Nice to do In which I arranged all My activities which are not important to me and can be
canceled if needed they are going out with My friends, watching movies etc (Cokely, 2018). This
method helps me to arrange all my activities according to fixed time for My future success.
Time management skill is interrelated with various skills and helps in increasing the ability
to get things done, helps in taking quick and effective decisions and helps in completing the task
on time. I arranged all My skills and activities in accordance with the time and planned many
ways for others too so that it helps me in My higher academic performances and future. This
helps to reduce My stress and work burdens and also boost My confidence for doing the task
perfectly. I prepared a personal development plan from my past and present learning and decided
various strategies to achieve it.
Importance of time management
Less Stress: There are a number of benefits that comes with the effective time management.
Time management is all about keeping the time managed, doing things timely. When everything
is previously planned and all the tasks are done in accordance with the decided manner and
considering the time allotted for each part of the task the stress is reduced. The task that has to be
done becomes stressful when the deadline is near and everything seems to be impossible to
complete on time (Murphy, Malenczak and Ghajar, 2019). With effective time management task
is done on time and hence it chances for having stress are minimal.
Better work-life balance: Time management promotes a good balance in work life. The balance
between the professional life and personal life of an individual. Giving too much time at work
adversely affects the personal life and relationships with family and friends. Spending too much
time with family and related matters affects the work life negatively. So a better balance between
the work and personal life necessitates the ability in an individual to manage time between
personal and professional life (Fung, Abdullah and Hashim, 2021). Thus effective time
management has the importance of maintaining this balance.
More time freedom: The techniques that are generally taught while learning time
management ensures that when these techniques are applied by the individual gives the freedom
to make the most of the time available. For instance, tasks are done by setting objects when the
techniques for time management are applied. Setting the objectives high gives the freedom to
achieve more from the productive use of time.

Greater focus: Every task is performed by allotment of fair time to each division of the task.
When every part of the task is done by taking enough time the focus area of each division is
maximum. This gives the benefit of greater levels of focus during the performance of task.
Higher levels of productivity: The skills of managing the time effectively increases the
productivity of the performer of the task. Time management skills are concerned with the
productive use of time and minimizing the wastage of time (Hurst, 2020). When the time is
utilized productively the individual can do more in the given deadline thus the productivity
increases. Increased level of productivity further ensures that the work at workplace is appraised
by the seniors.
Further with the analysis it can be stated that time management is also very important in
order to reduce the procrastination. The procrastination occurs when the person is not able to
manage the time. In case person is having proper time management skills then the
Procrastination will not occur and this will not cause any destruction within the working of the
person (Adeani, Febriani and Syafryadin, 2020). This is the major importance of time
management for the person as it assists in reducing the Procrastination and improves the time
management skills. When a person is having good time management skills then this reduces the
chances of procrastination and it improves the working efficiency of the person.
Along with this another importance of effective time management being identified is
increase in energy. This is particularly because of the reason that when the person is in situation
to manage all the work on time or before time then this motivate them and increases their energy
level. Along with this when person is in position to complete their objectives on time then this
increases the enthusiasm of the person and improves the level of working in efficiency as well.
In addition to this another crucial importance relating to time management is that when the
student is in position to implement the time management strategies an effective manner then this
provides additional time to think. This is very important because when the person isn't position
to analyse things being done and whether they are in right direction or not then there is ample of
time with the student in order to ensure that all the work being done is correct and in the required
manner. Also in case student completes that task before the deadline then they have enough time
to check whether all the requirement of the project has been met correctly or not. In case there
will be any changes then it will be implemented on time before the submission.

Furthermore another importance of using effective time management skill and strategies
is that it lemon is distraction and improve the concentration of the student. This is particularly
because of the reasons that when a student is having good time management skills then this
results in the concentration level and reducing other distraction. Hence as a result of this the
student is in position to attain all the objectives of them before time.
In the end it can be stated that effective time management is necessary in order to
continue with successful study. This is very necessary because when student is in position to
complete the task on time then this motivate them to work in much better manner (Sutharshini,
Thevanes and Arulrajah, 2019). Hence this attracts other group members and tutors and it
improves the working efficiency of the student. This provides a better growth opportunity to the
student in order to improve that career and life.
Personal Learning and Development Plan
Objectives Activities required to
achieve objectives
Resources required
to achieve objectives
Timeline
Time management
skill
I arranged all My
time according to the
importance and giving
importance to those
activities which
required more time
and removing the
unnecessary activities.
Managing and
distributing my works
weekly so that
multitasking can be
avoided.
I started using
watches and graphs or
charts so that I can
manage My time and
compare My time
according to the task
requirements. Reading
books of time
management and
planning all the
activities and giving
them appropriate
time.
3 months

Communication skill I started interacting
with more people as
much as I can because
due to lack of time
My communication
skills are also lacking
and need
improvements so I
started
communicating with
My team members
and listening to them
also.
I started getting
feedbacks from My
team members and
family members. I
started reading books
and articles so that I
get fluent in My
communication skills.
Using social media
for more interaction
with peoples.
6 months
Leadership skill Due to weak time
management My
leadership skills are
not good due to I am
not giving proper time
to My teams so I
started giving proper
timings to teammates
and encouraging them
with proper
communications.
I used various
leadership style or
theories and applying
it into real life.
Reading old article of
famous business
persons. Taking
online training for
learning new rules
and regulations.
5 months
Coordination skill Coordination skill
requires proper time
effectiveness and I
started coordinating
all the work like
proper giving all the
activities appropriate
Applying various
theories for
coordinating the work
and reducing the cost
or time in doing any
task.
3 months

time (Hussin, 2018).
Critical thinking skill I started developing
My critical thinking
skills with effective
time management
because if managing
My time helps me to
think more advance.
Started solving My
group problems or
solving some real life
problems etc.
Using various games
which involve
brainstorming like
puzzles, chess, and
many other brain
games for thinking
more critical. Solving
some situations or
taking training online
etc.
3 months
Decision making skill I develop My decision
making skill also with
effective time
management and I
started taking My
personal life decision
and checking the
accuracy of decisions.
I started working in
teams and
participating in
various decision
making so that I learn
things from my
feedbacks from the
team members or
leaders.
I am reading various
books and learning
many theories related
to this. I applied
various decisions like
how to the things I
which way and
checking the accuracy
by measuring them.
5 months

CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been concluded that effective time management brings
efficiency in doing the work correctly and helps in achieving all the personal and professional
goals efficiently. Further it also has been concluded that with effectiveness of time management
skill My other skills also improved Like coordination, communication decision making etc.
Properly giving time to each activities and removing the multitasking helps in removing the
barriers comes in achieving the objectives. In addition to this the importance of time
management involves the factors like decrease in procrastination, less distraction, enough time to
think, increased energy level and many other different types of the importance.

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