Eliminate the chaos at work : 25 techniques to increase productivity /

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Author / Creator:Leist, Laura.
Imprint:Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, ©2011.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 226 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13606938
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Varying Form of Title:25 techniques to increase productivity
Twenty-five techniques to increase productivity
ISBN:9781118030424
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Notes:English.
Summary:Create office efficiency and business productivity with this helpful guide. Eliminate the Chaos at Work increases your business productivity and peace of mind by showing you how to construct streamlined information systems and workflows. Using the author's 10-step process, take control of your business, space, and time, and create workable systems built to reflect how you think and process information.: Produce logical, user friendly information-management systems to ensure information is organized and easily retrievable; Create a procedure manual detailing your workflow systems; Provide custo.
Other form:Print version: Leist, Laura. Eliminate the Chaos at Work : 25 Techniques to Increase Productivity. Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., ©2011 9780470878996
Table of Contents:
  • How long will it take?
  • Biggest mistakes
  • Can you really manage time?
  • 10 of the biggest time wasters at work and how to eliminate them
  • Three priorities a day keep chaos and clutter away
  • Creating an effective action item task management system
  • Task management applications and how to use them
  • Planning your day, week, month, and year--looking forward and back
  • Planning and participating in productive meetings
  • Make time for time management maintenance
  • Paper management systems defined
  • Eliminate it--paper to recycle or shred now and in the near future
  • Turning piles into files
  • Implementing the PAPERS method
  • More than just a label
  • Electronic information management. Manage information overload
  • Using naming conventions and version control on your computer files
  • How to take control of e-mail and implement a system for tracking and organization
  • Considerations when purchasing a Smartphone
  • Tools and resources
  • Preparing for a data disaster
  • The 10-step process to organize your work space or office.