Prioritizing Tasks: A Report on Personal Work Management

This report analyzes personal work priorities, starting with an introduction that emphasizes the importance of self-improvement and goal setting. Task 1 focuses on setting successful goals, utilizing a prioritization matrix, and identifying resources. It also explores reasons for goal failure and the advantages of planning. Task 2 delves into personal time management skills, setting expectations, measuring success, and defining responsibilities. The report highlights the application of SMART principles for goal setting and emphasizes self-awareness. The report examines the student's experience in business and management, detailing the steps taken to achieve their diploma, including time management, research, and analysis. The report also uses a prioritization matrix to organize objectives and targets, and outlines tasks completed, resources used, and potential obstacles. Planning is discussed as a crucial element for efficient resource allocation and risk management. The student also prioritizes tasks, emphasizing the importance of an effective CV and job search strategies. The report concludes with an overview of personal management techniques.

Manage Personal Work
Priorities

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1. Successful personal or business goal set for yourself in last six to twelve months............1
2. Own objectives, targets, Key Performance Indicators or goals. Plot them in Prioritization
Matrix.....................................................................................................................................2
3. Tasks you complete in your workplace or when studying and resources you used on regular
basis .......................................................................................................................................3
4. Five causes why people may not achieve their goals.........................................................3
5 Explain planning according your point of view and its advantages in workforce..............4
6 Prioritize your tasks that you made.....................................................................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
1. Personal time management skills.......................................................................................6
2 Set and meet expectations as a manager and prospect from yourself and others................8
3 Measure your success in workplace and personal life and its importance. Experience in past
and future plans......................................................................................................................8
4 Responsibilities in one's work and personal life. Probabilities to meet your responsibilities..9
5 Your goals for future in terms of SMART principles.........................................................9
6 Characteristics and knowledge of you about yourself and strengths and weakness of you10
7 Weaknesses and foster any strengths of you and discuss goals........................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Personal work is perform in order to enhance and boost individual's performance,
knowledge, abilities and agendas. A person requires motivation, inspiration and a role model to
stimulate him to be like them or to develop himself (Adolph, Kruchten and Hall, 2012). To
achieve success and objectives, one need to determine, document and identifies his vision, and
objectives. This help individual to develop, emerge and enhance their capabilities and achieve
success. This report analyse the set goals and priorities according importance in work in order to
achieve one's goals and aims. This will also study the ways and methods through which one can
accomplish their goals and how it will be helpful through time management activities as well as
role of SMART techniques in setting and succession of aims. Also it will study importance of
planning and responsibilities of manager in order to manage his task as well as other duties in an
organisation.
TASK 1
1. Successful personal or business goal set for yourself in last six to twelve months
A person always require a proper planning and time management in order to achieve
success and develop one's abilities, skills, and improve himself for success. A man who don't
change and improvise himself remain retro because everything which starts, evolves with time.
Not only individual but a small business or a large organisation also need to change even
professional with ocean of knowledge, he will always can find something new to learn.
I had started my diploma in business and management 12 months ago seeking a future as
a manager in a large organisation and now, I have completed my diploma and in pursuit of a
successful future. I have completed my degree with best score in my beach and scored as a
brilliant student (Armstrong, 2011). To pursue your dreams, goals and objectives, it is essential
to make plan and make hard efforts to achieve them. Nothing is going to get easily. Higher your
desires, harder the efforts require, so as I did. I knew it will be harder and challenging journey to
achieve my expectation and well (Darcyand et. al. 2012). Here what I did in order to achieve my
set goals:
 Planned and managed my time schedule of entire activities that occurred in my life.
 Deep research, analysis and investigation utilized in my assignment's study.
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 Monitored my whole activities and documents all assignments that I collected from my
lectures (Campbell, 2016).
 Analysed all activities, approaches and practices and implemented in entire schedule.
2. Own objectives, targets, Key Performance Indicators or goals. Plot them in Prioritization
Matrix
Objectives, targets help an individual in developing and evolving with time and seeking
perfect decision and building strategies to attain best outcome. I am a student of management and
business that will require some objectives and targets to reach my future objectives to
accomplish my targets. Here are my aims and missions:
Objectives
 To complete my assignments for degree. To study all aspects that is required to compete my diploma.
Target
To meet desired goals, accomplish my objectives and pursuit best job in field of
management and business.
QUADRANT 1
Urgent and Important Tasks
QUADRANT 2
Not urgent, but Important Tasks
1. Proper research and analysis for
assignments.
2. Enhance communication and presentation
abilities.
3. Schedule time management into segments
(Davila, Epstein and Shelton, 2012).
1. Proper attendance of all lectures.
2. Improve and develop my language and
communication skills.
3. Identify barriers and hinder from hurdle and
issues.
QUADRANT 3
Urgent, but no Important Tasks
QUADRANT 4
Not Urgent but Important Tasks
1. Collection of entire lecture schedule and
interaction with professors and fellows.
2. Submission of all dues and complete entire
process to avoid further conflicts.
1. Modification in priorities according to
situations and requirements.
2. Keep checking objectives and measurements
of entire activities and practices that is being
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occurred to understand circumstances.
3. Tasks you complete in your workplace or when studying and resources you used on regular
basis
Development on basics of life require regular tasks and activities to complete to meet
desired goals and objectives. These assignments lead a person to the success to meet primed
goals and assists in building an amateur as a professional. To attain objectives of an individual,
one can eliminate that into some tasks which can help them in partially successful as well as
together, they can make a large and strong bundle of skills and abilities. I have just complete my
graduation in business and management sector. Here are some tasks that helped me in achieving
objectives:
Tasks Needed to Acquire
 Creating an Effective CV for seeking job as a manager or asst. manager job profile.
 Updating my CV on all most popular and desired companies.
 Enhance my skills and prepare myself for interviews.
 Schedule my time and prepare a portfolio. Improve presentation skills.
Utilized Resources
 New media to identify best company.
 Analysis of effective CV to create one.
 Used communication tools such as newspaper, TV, newsletter to stay updated.
 People around me which help me to practice presentation in front of them.
4. Five causes why people may not achieve their goals
Obstruction restrain growth of person but if the determination is high, no barrier can
suppress his success. An individual who has determined to achieve success, have to face many
hurdles that occur to demotivate him and stop him to accomplish his mission. One who have
ability to hinder such causes or can come over from entire phase of demotivation and
demoralisation can achieve success. History bears testimony that successful businessmen do not
look over the obstacle but focus on building their weakness into strengths (Fiabane and et. al.
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2013). I am a beginner and amateur, and there are a lot of barriers occur in way of success in my
life that can be my fun loving fellow and their company or demotivation from my parents or
society. Here are five reasons that may become obstacle in my achievement which is briefed
below:
1. Surrounded by people who have not accomplished objectives and missions of their own
life. This demoralise one which they are also not capable to demonstrate their own goals
and the path one is occurring is entirely appropriate (Galea, Houkes and De Rijk, 2014).
2. Helping people not only assist them and relief them but also satisfactory for one as well
as boost their confidence, values and may be beneficial while payback time. But some
people become so mean and focus on self-interest so much that they hurt and demotivate
others which comes back to them at the end.
3. Too much negativity in one's minds affect not only their mentality but also influence their
decision making process. Negative thoughts hinder person's to move or effort assuming
the fact this cannot attain their objectives.
4. Not concentrate over one thing or goals and assuming of reaching various goals and aims
at one time is most obvious and most mistake that people think. No one can ride in two
boast at once. He have to wait for finishing one ride for riding another one.
5. Listening those who demonise their feeling ignorance, negativity and jealousy etc.
5 Explain planning according your point of view and its advantages in workforce
Planning is a process of designing and identifying objectives, aims and mission which
goal to accomplish through structuring strategies, setting and forming essential methods,
implication techniques, controlling and direction ideas and accurate steps in order to attain that.
This is fundamental process required in organisation to function the management to produce and
create effective plans and strategies in regard to optimize demands and requirements with limited
sources available. This is significant and beneficial for organization for successfully implicate
the plan and reach competitive objectives. Here are some advantages of planning in workplace
explained below:
Efficient Utilization of Resources
Small or large organisation or individual, everyone have resource that are limited.
Planning helps them in efficient allocation of resources on accurate time and perfect
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management that assist them in achieving set goals (Garman and Forgue, 2011). Planning reduce
the chances of waste of resources and enlarge the productivity and probability.
Maintain Uncertainty and Hazards
An organisation or person must manage and maintain hazards and risks. Even the
professional cannot avoid upcoming risks and uncertainty in future. Planning helps in analyse
and manage those risks that can occur as threat. Organisation or individual needs to identifies
and help in creating effective strategies to control them.
Building Competitive Benefits
Planning assist an organisation or person in identifying and understanding their own
weakness and strengths. Thus, this help in analysis them to transform their weakness in strengths
or vary the consequences. Planning observes either the rival is using your weaknesses as their
opportunity and help in determine opportunities to grow and develop and attain as much
objectives in a period of time.
6 Prioritize your tasks that you made
Various plans and strategies is required to be create and manage in order to
systematically and to effectively reach competitive goals and objectives. For that a person need
to schedule their task and activities that is required and also manage a time schedule in order to
attain goals in managed way (8 Top Tips for Managing Personal Work Priorities, 2017). But
first they require is, to prioritize their scheduled task and activities. Those prioritised task help in
understanding what is needed to done urgently and what is important but can be done in a while
and also fix time limits for work. It also assist in fixing daily routine of work and reminds what is
done and what is needed to be done in what time also time span will be acquired to accomplish
the task.
I, while pursuing my diploma, prioritised my work and time according the importance
and urgency which helped me gaining my objectives and goals in effective manner and enhanced
my several skills. Now in my first priority is seeking appropriate job for my future that can
develop my abilities and enable my skills as well as qualities and improvise me through
motivating and stimulating me. But for that first an attractive and effective CV is require to
create to pursuit suitable job in business and management sector's MNC's such as Mark and
Spencer, ALDI, Tesco and others (Koerner, 2014).
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To prioritize task, a person need to account all factors and elements that will need to
attain the task. Then they have to make a list of those activities that is basis of their importance
and urgency. Also they have to list time period within the work is required to be finished for
better results. This is how an individual can easily and effectively meet set goals.
TASK 2
1. Personal time management skills
Time management contains various methods and approaches in order to meet desired
outcome within efficient time period. This not only limited to designing, strategy planning,
implication and prioritising tasks but involve analysis of time and utilization of resources in
balanced way in order to complete specific tasks to self-development. It helps a person to
measure their success and get a result in a specific period.
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(Source: Essential Management Skills, 2008)
My time management helped me in seeking perfect job according my needs and
expectation after my graduation. It took me a while to arrange everything and maintain required
task to complete to reach the post of manager in ALDI. I managed my time schedule in my
college segmenting activities and now, as a manager of ALDI have been managing my time by
scheduling my sleeping hours, prioritising my urgent task, and needed work and finishing them
within a time.
I am entirely satisfied the way I work because it aid me understanding my work in
managed way and monitor me in managing my time (Mazerolle and et. al. 2011). Like this way,
I work in systematic and scheduled manner which help me operating all functions clearly and
efficiently.
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Task
Mode Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
Manuall
y
Schedule
d
Day 1
Auto
Schedule
d
Wake Up 10 mins Wed 06/09/17 Wed 06/09/17
Auto
Schedule
d
Basic Work 60 mins Wed 06/09/17 Wed 06/09/17 2
Auto
Schedule
d
Breakfast 30 mins Wed 06/09/17 Wed 06/09/17 3
Auto
Schedule
d
Office 30 mins Wed 06/09/17 Wed 06/09/17 4
Auto
Schedule
d
Review and allocation
of entire work 150 mins Wed 06/09/17 Wed 06/09/17 5
Auto
Schedule
d
Clearing all e-mails 90 mins Wed 06/09/17 Wed 06/09/17 5
Auto
Schedule
d
Lunch 40 mins Wed 06/09/17 Wed 06/09/17 7,6
Auto
Schedule
d
Meeting and other
management work 350 mins Wed 06/09/17 Thu 07/09/17 8
Auto
Schedule
d
Leave office 30 mins Thu 07/09/17 Thu 07/09/17 9
Auto
Schedule
d
Dinner 60 mins Thu 07/09/17 Thu 07/09/17 10
Auto
Schedule
d
Bed 480 mins Thu 07/09/17 Fri 08/09/17 11
Manuall
y
Schedule
d
Day 2 Wed
06/09/17
Auto Wake Up 10 mins Fri 08/09/17 Fri 08/09/17 12
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Schedule
d
Auto
Schedule
d
Basic Work 60 mins Fri 08/09/17 Fri 08/09/17 14
Auto
Schedule
d
Breakfast 30 mins Fri 08/09/17 Fri 08/09/17 15
Auto
Schedule
d
Office 30 mins Fri 08/09/17 Fri 08/09/17 16
Auto
Schedule
d
Review and allocation
of entire work 150 mins Fri 08/09/17 Mon 11/09/17 17
Auto
Schedule
d
Audit 120 mins Fri 08/09/17 Mon 11/09/17 17
Auto
Schedule
d
Lunch 40 mins Mon 11/09/17 Mon 11/09/17 18,19
Auto
Schedule
d
Planning and
administration of strategy 150 mins Mon 11/09/17 Mon 11/09/17 20
Auto
Schedule
d
Monitoring work of all
teams 250 mins Mon 11/09/17 Mon 11/09/17 20
Auto
Schedule
d
Leave office 30 mins Mon 11/09/17 Mon 11/09/17 21,22
Auto
Schedule
d
Dinner 60 mins Mon 11/09/17 Mon 11/09/17 23
Auto
Schedule
d
Bed 500 mins Mon 11/09/17 Tue 12/09/17 24
Manuall
y
Schedule
d
Day 3 Wed
06/09/17
Auto
Schedule
d
Wake Up 10 mins Wed 13/09/17 Wed 13/09/17 25
Auto
Schedule
Basic Work 60 mins Wed 13/09/17 Wed 13/09/17 27
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d
Auto
Schedule
d
Breakfast 30 mins Wed 13/09/17 Wed 13/09/17 28
Auto
Schedule
d
Office 30 mins Wed 13/09/17 Wed 13/09/17 29
Auto
Schedule
d
Allocation and preview
work 180 mins Wed 13/09/17 Wed 13/09/17 30
Auto
Schedule
d
Meetings with CEO and
investors 60 mins Wed 13/09/17 Wed 13/09/17 30
Auto
Schedule
d
Lunch 40 mins Wed 13/09/17 Wed 13/09/17 31,32
Auto
Schedule
d
Training and
development programme 80 mins Wed 13/09/17 Wed 13/09/17 33
Auto
Schedule
d
Analyse activities and
other management
activities
250 mins Wed 13/09/17 Thu 14/09/17 33
Auto
Schedule
d
Leave office 30 mins Thu 14/09/17 Thu 14/09/17 34,35
Auto
Schedule
d
Dinner 60 mins Thu 14/09/17 Thu 14/09/17 36
Auto
Schedule
d
Bed 480 mins Thu 14/09/17 Fri 15/09/17 37
Manuall
y
Schedule
d
Day 4 Wed
06/09/17
Auto
Schedule
d
Wake Up 15 mins Fri 15/09/17 Fri 15/09/17 38
Auto
Schedule
d
Basic Work 60 mins Fri 15/09/17 Fri 15/09/17 40
Auto
Schedule
d
Breakfast 30 mins Fri 15/09/17 Fri 15/09/17 41
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