Barriers To Effective Time Management

Time management is a trending topic, because of how it can help those who deploy it to be productive and effective in their place of work and other areas. Before you eagerly jump into the bandwagon of those that want to apply time management techniques in their places of work, it is important you look at some of the things that can hinder you from reaping the benefits.

Workplace Conflict As A Hindrance To Effective Time Management

There is a lot of interdependence in a workplace environment. It could be on a department-by-department level, section by section or a staff-by-staff level. As a worker in an organization, you may find yourself in situations where you will need a whole lot of things to function. Unfortunately, most of what you will need in such situations may not be under your control. 

This would make it impossible for you to function properly. In such cases, you need the next person, who has what you need to do your work. This person may not be under your control. Meaning that you have to wait on that person, until he or she gets the time to give you what you need to do your work.

You are simply part of an organization and there is a reason why they have structures. It may be at an administrative level or any other level. organizations cannot function without having such structures. These structures are manned or overseen by people. This is where workplace conflict can disrupt your time management goals.

The lines can be connected at different levels. For instance, the conflict may have nothing to do with you directly, but there could be a structural clash that could leave your file on a desk far longer than you would have bargained for. Two senior individuals could be at each other’s throat (in a blue-collar sort of way), and you would be the innocent grass that gets to suffer for it.

You can also be directly involved in a workplace conflict that will make it impossible for you to function optimally. This may effectively put everything you have to do on hold especially things that directly connect to the other party. There are different levels of workplace conflict; not having goodwill could cause a delay in the implementation of certain things that will help you along the way, with respect to meeting with your set goals. You will not be able to rely on the people you have conflicts with, in order to use your time effectively.

Workplace conflict is something you may have to avoid, if you want to have an effective time management plan. Because it can hinder it from having the kind of results you would want. Workplace conflicts can erupt at any time and they can disrupt your schedule.

Unforeseen And Unplanned Developments

Even if you have ears everywhere and know everything that is happening in your organization, there are times when things happening outside your workplace environment can disrupt your time management strategy. A government department may be under investigation and that will somehow connect to what you are doing and everything will have to stop until they sort themselves out.

Natural or man-made disasters (rainfall) could directly affect your project or cause unplanned delays. Unforeseen developments may also happen at your workplace. A new strategic direction for the organization may mean you will have to do some major change of plans, which would cause delays to your activities or suspend the project.

Another aspect of an unplanned development could be something you should have seen coming, if you had invested more time in your time management development phase. You may have been able to see something, maybe an obstacle that you missed when looking at the best way to deal with the target.

New Order From Above

This is one of the most common ways your time management strategy can be thrown into the bin. This is more common when it has to do with daily activities, because a directive from above can throw your best-laid plans off and you will have to include things you never factored in, when you were drawing up your plans for the day. Such orders can hinder effective time management and there is really nothing that can be done about it.

However, you may be able to tell that such could happen, especially if you are in a position or situation where you often get such orders. This could help you in leaving chances for such orders in your time management plan. You may not be able to tell the exact nature of the order or how long it will take for you to accomplish the new task. But, you will have prepared your mind.

There are several ways your time management plan can be rendered ineffective. But, this does not mean that you should scuttle the idea of developing one in the first place. It is an effective way of being organized and highly productive at the same time. The benefit that is associated with it makes it something that should be followed through, even when there could be things that will hinder you from fully adopting it.

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