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Mackenzie A. 1997. The time trap. Washington, DC: American Management Association, 282 pp.

Annotation: This book for professionals focuses on how to get optimal efficiency — and satisfaction — out of the work day. Contents include tactics, interviews, and time management tools, Topics include ways to avoid so-called “time savers” that don’t really work, tips to set realistic goals and make commitments, how to accurately estimate the amount of time needed on new tasks, and a method to pinpoint and combat the most tenacious time-wasters.

Contact: American Management Association, 1601 Broadway, New York, NY 10019, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.amanet.org http://www.summary.com/book-summaries/_/The-Time-Trap/?=. Document Number: ISBN 0-8144-7926-X.

Keywords: Time management

Covey SR, Merrill AR, Merrill RR. 1994. First things first. Salt Lake City, UT: Covey Leadership Center, 4 audiocassettes

Annotation: These tapes present a principle-centered approach to time management. The concepts discussed are efficiency versus effectiveness, four needs for human fulfillment, four unique human endowments, and a six-step process for putting first things first. This resource is also available in a print version.

Contact: Franklin Covey, 2200 West Parkway Blvd., Salt Lake City, UT 84119, Telephone: (800) 827-1776 Secondary Telephone: (801) 975-1776 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.franklincovey.com $34.95. Document Number: ISBN 1-883-21907-8.

Keywords: Audiotapes, Audiovisual materials, Time management

Covey SR. 1989. The seven habits of highly effective people: Restoring the character ethic. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 360 pp.

Annotation: This book offers an approach to professional, business, and personal relationships based on the character building effects of seven principles and habits of behavior and thought. The underlying principles address theses topics: personal vision, personal leadership, personal management, interpersonal leadership, empathic communication, creative cooperation, of balanced self renewal. The habits are: be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win/win, seek first to understand, then to be understood, synergize, and sharpen the saw. Two appendices offer information on perception of others, and time management for a business day.

Contact: Simon and Schuster, 1230 Avenue of the Americas , New York, NY 10020, Telephone: (212) 698-7000 Contact Phone: (800) 223-2336 Web Site: http://www.simonsays.com/ $24.00. Document Number: ISBN 0-671-66398-4.

Keywords: Character, Personality development, Problem solving, Social values, Teamwork, Time management

Douglass M, Baker L. 1983. The new time management. Chicago, IL: Nightengale-Conant Audio, 1 audiocassette (90 minutes).

   

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