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TIME MANAGEMENT Edited by Todor Stoilov Time Management Edited by Todor Stoilov Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2012 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. As for readers, this license allows users to download, copy and build upon published chapters even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Ivona Lovric Technical Editor Teodora Smiljanic Cover Designer InTech Design Team First published March, 2012 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from [email protected] Time Management, Edited by Todor Stoilov p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-0335-6 Contents Preface VII Part 1 Survey: Time Management 1 Chapter 1 What Do We Know About Time Management? A Review of the Literature and a Psychometric Critique of Instruments Assessing Time Management 3 Laurie-Ann M. Hellsten Part 2 Formal Models for Time Management 29 Chapter 2 Hierarchical Optimization for Fast Resource Allocation 31 Krasimira Stoilova and Todor Stoilov Part 3 Practical Cases for Time Management 47 Chapter 3 A Practical Application of Time Management 49 Darren George Chapter 4 Personal Time-Management and Quality of Life in the Network Society 59 Mercè Boixadós Anglès, Eulàlia Hernández-Encuentra and Modesta Pousada Fernández Part 4 Time Management in Academic and Sports Cases 75 Chapter 5 Distance Learners’ Time Management and Learning Effectiveness 77 Adams O.U. Onuka Chapter 6 Academic Advising, Time Management and the African American Male Scholar-Athlete 89 C. Keith Harrison and Brandon Martin Preface The lack of time is worldwide dispersed phenomenon and it takes different forms in all human being activities: industrial management, education, administration, personal duties etc. The time management can be assumed as a process for achieving personal goals and tasks. It is easy to claim that the time allocation is a key factor for achieving every personal goal. Thus, it is important task to identify common requirements, constraints and relationships, which deal with the allocation if time per activities, concerning different domains of the society. This book does not claim that it contains keys for solving the problem of optimal time management. However, this book is an attempt to summarize the current achievements and technologies, which are used for planning and managing activities nowadays, having in mind that all of them are functions of time. The content of the book tries to summarize the understanding of the time management, accommodated in the corresponding papers. It illustrates by success stories the importance and viability of the time management. Illustrations with formal models for optimal management of time are given. Several cases for time allocation between sport and academic duties are provided. The book is a collection of results from a wide range of specialists, competing with the time requirements. The diversity of the cases concerned is a prerequisite to wide the potential audience of readers, which face the problem of lack of time in their everyday activities. Finally, I would like to add my personal conclusions about the preparation of this publication. The book is published under the framework of Open Access distribution. This will give the opportunity for broad access of the scientific community worldwide. I am grateful to the INTECH publishing department for their kind support and assistance, which help me for the preparation and edition of this book. Prof. Todor Stoilov, D.Sc., Ph.D. Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria Part 1 Survey: Time Management
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