Improving personal efficiency: Time management in today's changing university computing environment

ABSTRACT

With escalating technological advances and increased computing demands, the director of a university based computing facility finds greater professional responsibilities to perform with somewhat diminishing resources. To partially resolve this imbalance of task and resources, the leaders of computing organizations must seek to utilize their own time as efficaciously as possible. Planning to achieve maximum efficiency in a given time frame is a complex and individualized process. Even though people react differently to time constraints, each can seek to improve individual productivity within a constant time parameter. Practical ways to manage time to improve performance in a changing university computing environment is the theme of this paper.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.4 INFORMATION SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS
      H.4.1 Office Automation
          Subjects: Time management (e.g., calendars, schedules)

General Terms:
Management