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Instant Manager: Time Management
Polly Bird

Paperback
RRP: £8.99
ISBN: 9780340957202

Published: 28/03/2008
Extent: 224 pages
Series: CIM

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Summary:
Whether you are finding your way as a manager or you want to enhance the skills you already have, the Instant Manager series is exactly what you need! Written by leading experts, these books are inexpensive, concise but above all authoritative guides to the subject at hand. The portable format allows you to carry the book wherever you go and to fit learning and development into your busy work life. Based on the 10 most FAQs, each chapter ends with a quick tip that can be taken on board immediately. A tear out card covering the most salient points allows you to carry the expertise with you wherever you go. 'Time Management' includes coverage of the following, specifically tailored to give you an understanding of how time management can help you at work: what time management is and why it is important in management, how to plan your time, how to deal with all the paper, phone calls and electronic communication that forms such a large part of the working day, how to delegate and how to save time at meetings. Backed by the authority of the Chartered Management Institute, this is an essential addition to the manager's library.

  • Based on the most frequently asked questions, this book gives an effective and inspiring view of the subject in hand
  • Supported and endorsed by the highly respected Chartered Management Institute
  • Written by an established expert and writer in the field
  • Written in easy to read chunks to allow you to fit in learning with your busy worklife
  • Portable and affordable format

Table of Contents:
1. What is time management?
2. What do I do first?
3. How should I plan my time?
4. What time management tools do I need?
5. How do I deal with all of the paper?
6. Why does my phone always ring at the wrong time?
7. How can I deal with interruptions?
8. How can I get someone to help me?
9. How else can I save time?
10.How can I save time at meetings?

About the Author(s):
Polly Bird is a prolific professional writer of business books, specialising in time management, including several successful titles for Hodder Education

Readership:
Managers of all kinds but particularly the manager who has not fixed on a management career but has arrived in management by progression.

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