Talk:Time management/Archives/2013

Neutral POV
This article seems to have a large amount of evaluation and judgement oriented language, so I added the NPOV flag to it. I would recommend checking out NPOV for some pointers, but specifically the section on Fourth generation: being efficient and proactive seems loaded with a review/evaluation of the subject. Slavlin 22:07, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Does anyone have some thoughts on what would constitute an objective authority in this area? There are numerous books on time management, or task management, or personal productivity management, but is there even one source of authoritative, disinterested, above-the-fray information on the field? I would not expect it from anyone in the business field, of which the article is a part. Is there a psychologist in the house? It seems to me that, in the absence of some authoritative sources, this article will necessarily consist of either original research or links to marginal sources See link farm. Wikipedia policy is 'no original research'. DCDuring 20:22, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Taken from the no original research page:

"Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought."

"Articles should only contain verifiable content from reliable sources without further analysis."

"Content should not be synthesized to advance a position."

The most that we should be doing is "synthesizing", but not to "advance a position". That would seem to mean that we should be looking hard for surveys of time management that are objective, have been fact-checked at least and, preferrably, have some kind of learning behind them that is valuable for understanding and evaluating the field. Thoughts???

DCDuring 20:31, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

I agree with the earlier user that this article is putting forth more of a judgemental approach, or is advancing a position. It should be rather a descriptive one rather than prescriptive one. (Niketsundaram1977 (talk) 23:49, 10 April 2008 (UTC))

In my opinion Alan Lakein is the de facto primary authority in time management. Someone once said that philosophy is just footnotes to Plato. Similarly, time management is footnotes to Lakein's book, How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life. Most modern time management books borrow heavily from this seminal work by Lakein. Kerry (talk) 23:54, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Vocation versus Vacation
In the Eisenhower Box, was the use of the word "Vocation" intentional? It seems possible that what was meant was "Vacation." Kerry (talk) 23:34, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Block 1
Time management includes tools or techniques for planning and scheduling time, usually with the aim to increase the effectiveness and/or efficiency of personal and corporate time use. These are embodied in a number of books, seminars and courses, which may offer conflicting advice. The common denominators of these strategies are a to-do-list, setting priorities and goal management. Some of the best known examples of time management strategies are tied to specific lines of time management products.

Time management for personal use is a type of self-management. In a corporate setting, time management software can satisfy the need to control employees, make it easier to coordinate work and increases accountability of individual employees.

Planning time and writing to-do-lists also consumes time and needs to be scheduled. This is one of the major criticisms of time management. is the — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.64.16.19 (talk) 11:14, 30 December 2013 (UTC)