Here is first aid for that paramount problem of the average executive, how to manage time so that he is no longer clobbered by too-imminent deadlines, senseless interruptions, and homework. It presents a way to analyze job activities, delegate secondary tasks, and get first things done first so that there can actually be time left over in which to think and plan. Included also are hints on how to lock the door against the biggest business time thieves of all, an overactive telephone and that unscheduled caller who drops in just to “renew contacts.”
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References
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Monthly Letter of The Royal Bank of Canada, “Time for Everything,” November, 1961, p. 1.
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For executives seriously interested in improving their use of time the following collateral reading is suggested.
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ChapmanLee P., Surveying and Controlling Executive Time (Small Business Administration, U. S. Dept. of Commerce, Washington, 25, D.C.).
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CooperJoseph D., How to Get More Done in Less Time (Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1962).
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FinkDavid H., For People Under Pressure (Simon & Schuster, New York, 1956).
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JosephsRoy, How to Gain an Extra Hour Every Day (E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1955).
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McCayJames T., The Management of Time (Prentice-Hall, Inc., New York, 1959).
