I have been looking but can’t find anyone in academia who is studying time management. I have a theory as to why that is, in two parts.
Firstly, I think that time management, as a personal practice, does not neatly fit into any single discipline. Is it Industrial Engineering? Operations Research? Management Science? Psychology? Sociology? Business?
Because it does belong to any single area of study, it therefore belongs to none. (more…)
In the HBR article, “The Making of an Expert”, referred to in my last post, the author makes the case that “real expertise must pass three tests“, and I think that these three tests must also be applied to the 2Time system in a variety of ways.
“First, it must lead to performance that is consistently superior to that of the expert’s peers. Second, real expertise produces concrete results. Brain surgeons, for example, not only must be skillful with their scalpels but must also have successful outcomes with their patients. A chess player must be able to win matches at tournaments. Finally, true expertise can be replicated and measured in the lab.”
This has made me wonder. What are the measurable outcomes that expertise in time management should produce? (more…)
Why is there so very little research in personal productivity?
In designing the 2Time Management system, I have found that there is a severe lack of scholarship with respect to time management.
I can only think that this is because there is not a single, united field that clearly applies to the problem of managing time. What school or college should a graduate student apply to in order to pursue studies in this field? (more…)
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