Course content: Time Management

1. INTRODUCTION
   1. Expectations, Objectives
   2. Context
   3. Definition of Stress
   4. Two Types of Stress
   5. Effects of Chronic Stress
   6. Vulnerability to Stress
   7. Stress Factors
   8. Cognitive Approach to Stress
   9. Self Analysis
2. DAILY STRESS MANAGEMENT
   1. General Methods for Stress Reduction
   2. Resistance to Methods
   3. Solutions
   4. Relaxation Techniques
3. ESTABLISHING A PLAN: DEFINING SUCCESS
   1. Defining a Life Plan
   2. Discovering Long Term Goals
   3. Critical Success Factors (CSF)
   4. Analysis of the Current Situation
   5. Establishing Priorities
   6. Short Term Goals
   7. Action Plan
   8. Tools
   9. Exercises
      1. Brainstorming on the CSF
      2. Professional and Personal Goals
      3. Precise Goals
4. DAILY TIME MANAGEMENT
   1. External factors
      1. Meetings
      2. Phone Calls
      3. Reading
      4. Writing
      5. Delegation
      6. Change Management
      7. Visitors
      8. Paperwork
      9. Travel
      10. Understaffing
   2. Personal factors
      1. Self-Discipline
      2. Inability to Say No
      3. Attempting to Do too Much
      4. Unrealistic Time Estimates
      5. Over Ambition
      6. Inadequate Planning
      7. Disorder
      8. Communication with the Superior
      9. Exercises
5. CONCLUSION