Personal Planning Paper
Personal Planning Paper
Time Analysis
Conducting a time analysis was a pretty eye opening experience for me. I analyzed my time from Saturday 6/15 through Friday 6/21. As a family man, the fact that I spend a great deal of my time, over half, during the course of a week working and sleeping is somewhat unsettling (see Figure 1 – Weekly Time Analysis). I spend an average of 55 hours per week working, a minimum of 11 hours each day, 5 days a week. I slept approximately 5-6 hours per night, a total of 40 hours for the week. The combination of the two is about 56.5% of my week’s time. Studying took up around 20 hours or approximately 12 %. I spent 7 hours in my car during the week, which was to and from work for the most part. Family time, eating, and recreation was a total of 43 combined hours or 25.6%. “Other” consisted of a handful of other activities and was about 3 hours of my week. Seeing how few hours I actually spend with my family doesn’t sit well. Yet, knowing I work the long hours I do for the betterment of my family makes it all worth it.
My Strengths I strongly consider myself to be a great listener. I’ve found over the years that things get done faster and more efficiently when one has a thorough and complete understanding of what the problem or issue is. Whether it’s listening to a boss’s detailed instruction, or lending an ear to an underperforming performing employee, gathering the right information has been key to my success in my current workplace. I greatly enjoy using “feedback as an opportunity for coaching employees” (Robbins & Coulter, 2001, p. 462). I would undoubtedly consider myself to be a democratic style of manager, which is something most of my subordinates seem to appreciate.
I also request constant feedback from my own bosses, especially my direct boss whom I work with very closely. I, and many others, consider myself to be an up and coming Assistant Manager for Vons the grocery chain. My boss, the
Time Analysis
Conducting a time analysis was a pretty eye opening experience for me. I analyzed my time from Saturday 6/15 through Friday 6/21. As a family man, the fact that I spend a great deal of my time, over half, during the course of a week working and sleeping is somewhat unsettling (see Figure 1 – Weekly Time Analysis). I spend an average of 55 hours per week working, a minimum of 11 hours each day, 5 days a week. I slept approximately 5-6 hours per night, a total of 40 hours for the week. The combination of the two is about 56.5% of my week’s time. Studying took up around 20 hours or approximately 12 %. I spent 7 hours in my car during the week, which was to and from work for the most part. Family time, eating, and recreation was a total of 43 combined hours or 25.6%. “Other” consisted of a handful of other activities and was about 3 hours of my week. Seeing how few hours I actually spend with my family doesn’t sit well. Yet, knowing I work the long hours I do for the betterment of my family makes it all worth it.
My Strengths I strongly consider myself to be a great listener. I’ve found over the years that things get done faster and more efficiently when one has a thorough and complete understanding of what the problem or issue is. Whether it’s listening to a boss’s detailed instruction, or lending an ear to an underperforming performing employee, gathering the right information has been key to my success in my current workplace. I greatly enjoy using “feedback as an opportunity for coaching employees” (Robbins & Coulter, 2001, p. 462). I would undoubtedly consider myself to be a democratic style of manager, which is something most of my subordinates seem to appreciate.
I also request constant feedback from my own bosses, especially my direct boss whom I work with very closely. I, and many others, consider myself to be an up and coming Assistant Manager for Vons the grocery chain. My boss, the
References: Robbins, S. P., & Coulter, M. (2001). Management (pg. 462). Prentice Hall Clifton, D Miller, A. (1991). Rethinking Work Experience (pg. 14). Taylor and Frances US.