Thesis (Ph.D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 208-214). Also available in electronic version.

M.Com. (Industrial Psychology) / The twentieth century is marked by fast developing communities which are currently moving into a new era of social, political, economic and cultural change. These developments include, among other, increased economic activities, over-population and an international tendency towards political conflict. In the South African environment these factors, together with the socio-economic structure and heterogeneous racial composition place an ever increasing demand on the occupational and organisational environment...

A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Education in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Education in the Department of Social Science Education at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2014 / Effective time utilisation leads to greater freedom to use time as one would like to: to do more of the things one has always wanted to do; in short to enjoy life more. Like in any other business organisation, time for planning, organising, leading and controlling is managed carefully. The principal needs time to perform all the above mentioned tasks. In this study, the author accentuates that it is disconcerting that from time to time, there are schools that do not even have a time table when the schools open at the beginning of the year. It would be interesting to know how much time might be wasted as a result of a lack of planning, lack of priorities, paperwork and reading, meetings, unclear objectives, procrastination, lack of delegation, incompetent subordinates and many other time wasters. The purpose of the study was to determine the school principal’s understanding of the time management task and explore how effective school principals manage time in performing their different tasks. Fifty principals from Phumelela and Umbumbulu Circuits, under the Umlazi District completed a survey questionnaire and semi structured interviews were conducted. The researcher was able to determine the pattern of time usage. The findings revealed that factors hampering time management include among other things meetings that principals have to attend, departmental expectations, visitors, the organisational stress, administrative obligations and inability to differentiate between urgent and important matters to attend to hampers the principal’s time management tasks. The study among other things recommended that the provincial education departments need to provide appropriate training for school governing bodies that a well organised and goal directed system should operate to control school visitors in the schools’ interest.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the time management skills of Indiana vocational high school home economics teachers. The problem accessed in the study are: (1) Do Indiana vocational high school home economics teachers have higher means for time management skills than the established norm (mid level management students) and (2) Is there a difference in the means for time management skills of the Indiana vocational high school home economics teachers by teaching assignment?Three hundred and fifty Indiana vocational high school home economics teachers selected by systematic random sampling design were mailed the instrument with 232 usable responses. The Time Problems Inventory by A. Canfield measured the teachers' time management skills in priority setting, planning, delegation and discipline. Reliability and construct validity were measured with factor analysis. The subjects' teaching assignment was determined with a demographic question.The findings of the study indicated the following:1) Indiana vocational high school home economics teachers' time management skills in the areas of priorities and planning were lower than those of the norm.2) In the area of delegation, the norm group and the home economics teachers showed no significant difference.3) Indiana vocational high school home economics teachers tested significantly above the norm group in the time management skills of discipline.4) The home economics teachers did not differ in management skills by teaching assignment.In total time management skills, Indiana vocational high school home economics teachers are weaker in the areas of planning and priorities. These skills might be strengthened through inservice education. / Department of Home Economics

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Alberta, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 253-285). Also available online (PDF file) by a subscription to the set or by purchasing the individual file.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Alberta, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 253-285).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Alberta, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 253-285).

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The USDA-SEA NE-113 Time Use Data Bank was used to examine 2100 homemakers' use of shared time to complete household activities. Shared time was defined as a time management technique involving the performance of two activities simultaneously. Inspection of primary and secondary time use indicated that primary activities tend to require the homemaker's immediate attention and physical activity, while secondary activities are often nonphysical activities requiring the use of the senses and can be left unattended. Two independent variables, age of the youngest child and employment status of the homemaker, were analyzed to determine their impact on the homemakers' use of secondary time. Analysis of variance and Duncan's multiple range tests were performed for each of nineteen activities to determine the acceptance of four hypothesis. It was found that as the age of the youngest child increased the total amount of secondary time reported by homemakers decreased, and the amount of secondary time spent in food preparation, physical and nonphysical care also decreased as the age of the youngest child increased. Although the full-time employed homemakers did use a higher percentage of secondary time (adjusted for paid work time) than full-time homemakers, no significant differences were found. However, there was a significant difference found for the activities of dishwashing and management by employment status, suggesting employed homemakers spend a higher percentage of secondary time in these activities than full-time homemakers. / M.S.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1999. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-90). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.