Effective Management of Personal Work Priorities: A Detailed Report

This report focuses on managing personal work priorities, offering insights into enhancing skills and setting future perspectives for effectiveness in personal and professional life. It begins with a resume and cover letter example, followed by a Gantt chart and time schedule to illustrate task planning. The report explores personal and business goals, prioritization matrices, task accomplishment, and resource allocation. It also delves into the reasons behind failure to achieve goals, the significance of planning, and time management skills. Further sections cover methods to meet managerial expectations, measure success, balance responsibilities, and conduct a SWOT analysis. The report concludes with a discussion on work goals and motivational offers, providing a comprehensive guide for learners to understand and implement effective personal work priority management strategies. The content is designed to aid in improving quality of work and creating a balance between personal and professional lifestyles.

MANAGE PERSONAL WORK
PRIORITIES

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
Resume and cover letter..............................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
Gantt chart and time schedule.....................................................................................................3
1) Personal or business goals to achieve success in specific time..............................................5
2) Prioritisation Matrix................................................................................................................6
3) Tasks to be accomplished and required resources for them...................................................7
4) Reasons behind people do not achieve their goals.................................................................8
5) Planning and its significance..................................................................................................8
6) Prioritised tasks.......................................................................................................................9
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................9
1) Time management skills.........................................................................................................9
2) Method to meet expectations as manager.............................................................................10
3) Measurement of succession..................................................................................................10
4) Responsibilities in professional and personal life.................................................................10
5) Goals for the future...............................................................................................................11
6) SWOT for personal abilities.................................................................................................11
7) Methods to increase strength and reduce weakness..............................................................12
8) Work goals within motivational offers in learning material.................................................12
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCE.................................................................................................................................14

ILLUSTRATION INDEX
Illustration 1: Gantt Chart................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Priority refers as an activity to arrange strategies in importance at first. It is helpful to
improve quality of work and creating balance between personal and professional lifestyles of an
individual. This report is based on understanding development plans in priorities for improving
skills and setting future perspective for effectiveness in personal life. In this regard, method to
achieve success and evaluation on abilities of an individual are will be introduced through this
assignment. Moreover, several tools to enhance strength and reduce weaknesses are to be
described that affect personal and professional life. In addition to this, work goals within
motivational offers in learning can be expressed. Thus, learners are able to understand
management of personal work priorities through this report.
TASK 1
Resume and cover letter
Resume is considered as a document to present background and skills of any candidate is
to face interview including his/her educational qualifications, work experiences, interest etc
(Busse, Aboneh and Tefera, 2014). In this regard, resume for job application for vacant
marketing manager for John Lewis partnership can be understand as below:
RESUME
David Das
Manor Farm
Countryland
London
Email ID: [e-mail]
Contact number: 21369542144
Aim:
To achieve all challenging tasks in management for any organisation and contribute in team
work with dedication for increasing its sales revenue at maximum level.
Work experience:
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Company name Dixons Ltd
Profession (Work profile) Sales manager
Year of experience 2-3 years
Educational qualifications:
Course Year Achieved grade
Master's in Business
Administration (MBA-
Marketing)
2014 75.00%
Bachelor of Commerce 2012 70.00%
Senior Secondary (12th) 2010 66.00%
Secondary (10th) 2008 78.00%
Abilities:
 Good communication skills
 Strong work ethics
 Sponge grasping ability to learn upgrade with new technology
 Adaptability to new environment
 Able to maintain balance between personal and professional life.
Interests:
 Getting aware of current affairs
 Learning new equipment for increasing skills
 Increasing contacts with people
References:
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 Mr AN
ADD Ltd
Marketing manager
London
(Contact number: 2454552596)
 Ms SK
10 Drawing Street
London
(Contact number: 285454256410).
Cover letter:
David Das
Manor Farm
Countryland
London
Email ID: [e-mail]
Contact number: 21369542144
30th August 2017
Managing Director,
John Lewis partnership
620, Manor Farm Barns
London
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TASK 2
Gantt chart and time schedule
Plan Activities Time frame (in
days)
A Analysing actual schedule 3
B Identifying all skills and abilities
critically
2
C Setting goals and preparing strategies 4
D Decision making and action plan 3
E Converting action plan into
implementation
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F Evaluating all performances and
improvements of skills critically
5
G Bridge the gap as per comparison
between actual and expected
performances
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H Taking feedback and reporting 3
Gantt chart:
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Illustration 1: Gantt Chart
Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
Analysing actual schedule 4 days Wed 8/30/17 Mon 9/4/17
Identifying all skills and
abilities critically 2 days Tue 9/5/17 Wed 9/6/17 1
Setting goals and
preparing strategies 3 days Thu 9/7/17 Mon 9/11/17 2,1
Decision making and
action plan 3 days Tue 9/12/17 Thu 9/14/17 3
Converting action plan
into implementation 9 days Tue 9/12/17 Fri 9/22/17 3,2,1
Evaluating all
performance and
improvements of skills
critically
5 days Fri 9/15/17 Thu 9/21/17 4
Bridge the gap as per
comparison between
actual and expected
performances
7 days Mon 9/25/17 Tue 10/3/17 6,5
Taking feedback and
reporting 3 days Wed 10/4/17 Fri 10/6/17 7
1 day? Wed 8/30/17 Wed 8/30/17
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TASK 3
1) Personal or business goals to achieve success in specific time
For achieving success in personal and professional life as well effective maintenance of e
both. I would like to set targets to reach out them within upcoming 6 to 12 months which would
be helpful for my personal and professional development (McLeod and Julia, 2014). In this
regard, I wish to improve my skills and working abilities in more effective ways. However,
some essential tools are required to be used for these skills and proper balancing. In addition to
this, personal and business goals are to be set for accomplishment can express as below:
 Increasing punctuality towards any task accomplishment in determined specific time.
 Following on smart plans to develop personality and improving skills at higher level
(Swain, 2016).
 Learning problem solving skills and reducing issues occurred at the workplace.
 Enhancing working abilities and more comparability towards work and team building on
large scale.
 Getting more aware with current and business affairs going on in market for accepting the
latest trends.
 Enhancing learning abilities for improving quality of work and getting assurance towards
them efficiently.
Thus, above mentioned targets are set for increasing working capacities and effective
team building as well personal and professional lifestyles. It will be helpful for enhancing my
living and life standards. Moreover, through working upon these objectives, different skills can
be improved such as; communication, problem solving, adaptability towards new environment
and so on (Silverman, Kurtz and Draper, 2016). In addition to this, I can learn to create good
understanding with work and positive environment of the workplace more efficiently. Thus, all
the goals would be helpful for development of my skills in both prospectives as personal and
professional work life balances effectively.
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2) Prioritisation Matrix
From all the above mentioned determined targets, some are essential as prioritised for
personal and professional development of team workers (Deming, 2015). In this regard, priorities
of tasks can be understood as below in matrix form as:
Urgent and important tasks Not urgent but important task
 Team building
 Communication and problem solving
skills
 Increasing knowledge towards market
and competition
 Punctuality for task accomplishments.
 Improving leadership styles.
 Creating coordination and good
understanding towards team work.
 Awareness towards enhancing working
efficiencies.
Thus, by identifying above this matrix, selection of essential tasks is created that
impacted on work life and personal life maintenances. In addition to this, important and required
tasks on priorities are recognised for overall development of an individual. Moreover, it will be
able to create team building and encouraging all workers to coordinate in group more efficiently.
In addition to this, it is considered that by acquiring knowledge of the latest technologies and
market positions of other competitive entities, working styles can be improved (Flook and et.al.,
2015). Similarly, more awareness towards personal and professional life developments can have
that impact on working environment as well. In this regard, punctuality towards task
accomplishments and behaviour to handle occurred situation can be managed adequately.
Therefore, all of these priorities' task are required to be accomplished at first that impacts on an
individual's lifestyles as well balance between both of them systematically.
3) Tasks to be accomplished and required resources for them
At initial stage, it is required to accomplish the tasks which are on priorities for working
and personal life maintenances. In order to this, different resources can be used for development
and enhancing working styles of an individual worker (Vann, Coleman and Simpson, 2014).
Therefore, prioritised tasks and resources to accomplish them can be introduced as follows:
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 Team building: It is one of the essential task for improving working style as well
encouraging team members for effective contribution team building. However, positive
environment of entity can be created by coordination of all team workers towards goal
accomplishment (Towler and Stuhlmacher, 2013). This task can be accomplished through
selecting appropriate workers and segmenting work according to their abilities. Thus, this
task is considered as to be accomplished on priority and enhancing working efficiencies
effectively.
 Awareness towards current and business affairs: It is necessary for individual to get
aware of current trends in market by which variety of ideas can be generated regarding
business activities. It will be able to enhance working efficiencies and proper
management of all operations. Therefore, personal and professional development can be
gained effectively.
 Punctuality towards goal accomplishments: Having time management ability is like
skill impacts on personality and professionalism of an individual. In this regard, by
setting small targets in specific time smartly will be able for punctuality. Therefore,
learning and goal accomplishment ability can be enhanced properly (Thompson, Amatea
and Thompson, 2014).
Hence, these are required tasks to be accomplished on priorities that are essential for
personal and work based lifestyles. These are able to create good understanding towards
balancing both as well maintenance of an individual's working style effectively.
4) Reasons behind people do not achieve their goals
For accomplishing tasks and meeting expected goals, having some skills are necessary
like; regularity, strong mind set and dedication towards target (Professional Development, 2017).
Some people remains unable to reach out the set targets because of some reasons mentioned
below as:
 Lack of concentration and dedication towards set target and implementing determined
plans.
 Improper planning for meeting expected goals.
 Lack of confidence and getting hesitate to look at hurdles.
 Influence of their familiars that affect their determination negatively.
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 Occurrence of sudden changes in their life which distract them for goal accomplishments.
Due to lack of concentration and irregularity towards goals and plans, people remains
unable to achieve goals so effectively.
5) Planning and its significance
Through creating planning procedure, all tasks can be accomplished which is needed for
getting success efficiently. It includes decision making and forecasting for goals and actions
according to tasks (Busse, Aboneh and Tefera, 2014). It is significant as well remains effective
for proper development also related with working style of each worker effectively. However,
systematic planning processes are required to be made for goal accomplishment effectively. In
this regard, significance of planing for personal and professional development can be understood
as below:
 It is useful for implementing plans properly in specific time.
 It remains suitable for effective decision making and following on all steps
systematically.
 Expenses incurred and sources for action plans are clear that impact on management of
activities and effective growth (Silverman, Kurtz and Draper, 2016).
 Preparing plans are vital for reaching out to set target and proper balances efficiently.
Therefore, preparing planning procedure is vital for reaching out to set target and creating
balance of all activities effectively. It is able to make an individual as punctual and improving
time management skills effectively. In addition to this, it is recognised for this case scenario that
by creating planning process including all schedules and activities personal and professional
development can be implemented efficiently (Flook and et.al., 2015).
6) Prioritised tasks
As per identifying all tasks for personal and work life management of an individual,
important and required tasks are selected among them. In this regard, tasks which are considered
on priority includes as team building, improving problem solving skills, punctuality and
increasing knowledge towards current affairs etc. In the given scenario, these skills are
considered as task and on priority for working life balances (Vann, Coleman and Simpson,
2014). However, personal and professional development of an individual is able that affect
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