Business Practice 2Module 5

Activities

Activity 1

• Draw up a task list for any assignment that you have received from your lecturer or supervisor. Use the 10 steps to prepare the task list. Hand in the completed task list with your assignment.

Activity 2

1. List all the tasks you do at college or work for one week. Do this from a Monday to a Friday.

2. Categorise each task into one of the three categories (routine, unforeseen, open commitment)

3. Indicate how much time you planned to spend on each task?

4. How much time did each task actually take to complete?

5. Why did it take so long?

6. What percentage of these tasks actually relate to your work as a student or your job?

Activity 3

1. Explain the value or benefit to you of using and maintaining a task list.

2. Identify the steps or stages in set of tasks.

3. Select any three ‘Routine’ tasks in your daily schedule and then complete the 10-step analysis for each task.

Activity 4

• Record your regular daily, weekly and monthly activities on a work schedule

Activity 5

1. Think back about your programme of the past two days. What did you do every day? Which activities did you plan beforehand?

2. Which activities were really important and which activities could you postpone to another day?

3. How much time did you actually waste during these two days?

4. Take 20 minutes and plan each of the next two days. Make sure that you write down all activities that you plan.

5. Make sure you highlight the priorities in your schedule.

6. Hand in a copy of this ‘to-do’ list to your lecturer or supervisor. Check this list after two days and see whether you actually stuck to your planned programme. If not, why did you change it?