anagement: The history of time management starts with the age of the industrial revolution such as doing things effectively to gain control over one's life. In the mid-18th century, most people led simple one-dimensional lives as farmers, anglers, bakers , and their work depended on natural forces and sources like the sun and the wind. The main meaning of time management depended on agricultural flow, weather, and seasons for example daylight determined work hours, windy or snowy weather determined holidays, and the sun and the moon determined timekeeping like when the sun come out it is day people go to work, to school ,to beach or whatever while when it comes down it is the night at which most people sleep at this time . The industrial …show more content…
It also affected the way that people connected with each other which was in the past a postal service, then to the arrival of the telegraph, and the spread of railroads .All of that required exact time keeping and increased the importance of the value of time on productivity and speed. But the big credit and reliance for establishing the importance of time management goes to Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin whom the first installed a clock that had a dial with three hands to indicate hours, minutes, and seconds to schedule chores, which allowed punctuality to all and the second through his famous views on time and management included advice such as “Time is …show more content…
A scientist made an approach to management, which he centered on the principle of effective time management. He laid the cause of inefficiency to his workers' slow work, because there weren’t any incentives or motives to work fast. He advocated establishing specific work targets like praising or rewarding and paying workers for the tasks and goals accomplished. This loads a better usage of time and became the basis for modern time management approaches. The following emphasis on multi-tasking, workplace flexibility, and dual-income families mandated striking a balance between work and home responsibilities. Today in this century, there are many of time management approaches, and the requirement of multi-tasking, balancing work and home give time management more importance than ever before. In this modern century, time management evolute in to four generation: First generation of time management is the traditional approach based on clock alarms reminders and alerts. And the second approach focuses on planning and preparation of work schedules and events, including setting time-based goals. While the third generation of time management approach aims at prioritizing tasks and events, and controlling them using schedulers. And the last approach is the contemporary approach that aims at prioritization based on importance of the task rather than the urgency. It helps also tp advocate doing