Who's Got the Monkey: Concept of Time Management
IP#2
Ben Tate March 5 2011
Coms45 IP#2
Who’s got the monkey?
1. SUMMARY
The article “Who’s got monkey?” explains the concept of time management. It explains the manager-subordinate relationship. It focuses on three types of time, boss imposed time, system imposed time and self imposed time. These are the different amounts of time that a manger has to accomplish his task. The goal of this article is to efficiently make use of that time to maximize results. The author explains different work related situations in which a subordinate passes his “monkey” or issue on to the mangers and makes it the responsibility of the manger. Monkey means issue or problems or responsibilities, using the common analogy: “monkey on my back.” This article demonstrates how subordinates commonly pass the monkeys onto their mangers and therefore live a more carefree life, asking the question who works for who? The author shows us how to pass on the monkeys so that managers can manage, thus taking initiative to identify the best candidates for their company. The lesson I learned was how to passing on monkey that don’t belong to will benefit everyone especially the parties involved.
2.
Everyone has monkeys or problems. These monkeys are commonly found in the workplace as explained by the article, but not always. Some my monkeys are found in the workplace and some at home. First monkey is to deposit all our cash at the end of week or sometimes twice a week in the bank. I am in charge of counting the cash, filling the deposit slip and delivering it to the bank. My second monkey is to take our pet Waldo, our pet Chihuahua a bath whenever he needs one or whenever I want. My third monkey is to fill out all of my parents bills(mortgage, water, utility) and make the checks and send them off. I have been in charge of this ever since my sister moved out. Once she moved out it became my monkey. My parents give me the check book and the stack of bill and I fill them
Ben Tate March 5 2011
Coms45 IP#2
Who’s got the monkey?
1. SUMMARY
The article “Who’s got monkey?” explains the concept of time management. It explains the manager-subordinate relationship. It focuses on three types of time, boss imposed time, system imposed time and self imposed time. These are the different amounts of time that a manger has to accomplish his task. The goal of this article is to efficiently make use of that time to maximize results. The author explains different work related situations in which a subordinate passes his “monkey” or issue on to the mangers and makes it the responsibility of the manger. Monkey means issue or problems or responsibilities, using the common analogy: “monkey on my back.” This article demonstrates how subordinates commonly pass the monkeys onto their mangers and therefore live a more carefree life, asking the question who works for who? The author shows us how to pass on the monkeys so that managers can manage, thus taking initiative to identify the best candidates for their company. The lesson I learned was how to passing on monkey that don’t belong to will benefit everyone especially the parties involved.
2.
Everyone has monkeys or problems. These monkeys are commonly found in the workplace as explained by the article, but not always. Some my monkeys are found in the workplace and some at home. First monkey is to deposit all our cash at the end of week or sometimes twice a week in the bank. I am in charge of counting the cash, filling the deposit slip and delivering it to the bank. My second monkey is to take our pet Waldo, our pet Chihuahua a bath whenever he needs one or whenever I want. My third monkey is to fill out all of my parents bills(mortgage, water, utility) and make the checks and send them off. I have been in charge of this ever since my sister moved out. Once she moved out it became my monkey. My parents give me the check book and the stack of bill and I fill them