Being able to manage deadlines whilst being a leader and managing your own deadlines is fundamental. As this is an area which I identified as a weakness, I am looking to try and improve on and learn techniques which will help me in the future when it comes to managing deadlines.
The first activity I looked at was the creation of a timetable which will be affective for the month of January, I created two timetables, both shown below.
The first activity I looked at was the creation of a timetable which will be affective for the month of January, I created two timetables, both shown below.
I have created this first time table in order to help me with my first assignment in the Entrepreneurial Leadership unit. As you can see I have made two days bold which allow them to stand out to me, these include the deadline for the assignment and the presentation for the assignment. By doing this it highlights it to me every time I look at the timetable helping me not forgot and keep an eye of how long i have until the deadline. The rest of the information in the calendar is there to give me a structure which i can follow in order to complete my assignment on time and at a good standard. If i have a clear idea of what to do on each day then i wont waste time when it gets to that day thinking of what to write. This also allows me not to leave the assignment to the very last minute to finish which might affect my final mark.
This second timetable is there to help me study and read around the subject to a good standard. Within the first few months of the course I found myself not reading about the subject as much as a should have. Therefore I am hoping that this kind of structure will give me something to follow and remind me that i need to do 'x' tonight and so forth. I have given more hours on days which I am not in university and less on days I work or am in university for a larger period of the day.
If this months timetable's works successfully i will carry it over to February and the following months to help work with my academic deadlines.
If this months timetable's works successfully i will carry it over to February and the following months to help work with my academic deadlines.