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Figure 6.14. Example of a <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Service</strong> Director’s Weekly Planner<br />

Goals (Priorities) Estimated Time Day Completed Comments<br />

1. Complete budget (A) 61 ⁄2 hours Wednesday Give budget to secretary to type<br />

by Wed. noon; review Thurs.;<br />

turn in by Fri., 3 P.M.<br />

2. Discuss disciplinary 21 ⁄2 hours Thursday Meet with Human<br />

action (A) Resources Department<br />

3. Attend meetings (B) 31 4. Handle mail, meet<br />

with employees (B)<br />

⁄2 hours Monday, Thursday Be sure to go to staff meeting<br />

5. Review magazines (C) 1 hour Thursday<br />

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday<br />

9:00 Attend Attend<br />

9:30 nutrition Complete Complete staff<br />

10:00 support budget budget Review meeting<br />

10:30<br />

11:00<br />

11:30<br />

12:00<br />

12:30<br />

meeting budget<br />

1:00 Complete Discuss<br />

1:30 budget disciplinary<br />

2:00<br />

2:30<br />

action<br />

3:00 Turn in budget!<br />

3:30 Review<br />

4:00 magazines<br />

4:30<br />

5:00<br />

• Set specific times to review and answer all electronic mail. Delete items that do not apply<br />

to the job.<br />

Time management, like any other management skill, can be learned with practice. Managers<br />

need to begin applying time management techniques to their own schedules to achieve the full<br />

range of their professional and personal objectives.<br />

Summary<br />

The organizing function of management involves designing appropriate organizational structures,<br />

grouping work according to some common criteria such as function or product, and<br />

establishing relationships between the organization’s activities and its job positions. In addition<br />

to divisions of authority and responsibility according to departments or units, managers often<br />

Organization and Time Management<br />

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