TIME AND TIME MANAGEMENT BUSINESS VOCABULARY IN USE

 

BUSINESS VOCABULARY IN USE 42. TIME AND TIME MANAGEMENT

 

A Timeframes and schedules ‘Time is money,’ says the famous phrase. The timescale or timeframe is the overall period during which something should happen or be completed. The lead time is the period of time. It takes to prepare and complete or deliver something. The times or dates when things should happen is a schedule or timetable. B Project and project management A project is carefully planned piece of work to produce something new. Look at this Gantt chart for building a new supermarket. Project management is the managing of these stages. Big projects often include bonus payments for completion early or on time, and penalties for late completion. C Time tips Lucy speed runs seminars on how to manage time: Everyone complains that they never have enough time. Lots of employees do my time management courses, to learn how to organize their time. Here are some ideas: • Use a diary (BrE) or calendar (AmE) to plan your day week. Personal organizers (small pocket-size computers) are good for this. • Plan your day in advance. Make a realistic plan (not just a list) of the things you have to do, in order of importance: prioritize them. Work on things that have the highest priority first. EXERCISES 42.1 This is what actually happened in the building of the supermarket described in B opposite use appropriate forms of expressions from A and B to complete the text. The overall (1) _________ _________ was originally 12 months, but the project took 17 months. It started on (2) _________ in June, but site preparation took (3) _________ _________ _________ because of very bad weather in the autumn. Site preparation and building the walls should have (4) _________, but walls were started in January. We were able to  (5) _________  _________ a bit of time roof: 42.2 Harry is a magazine journalist. Give him advice based on the ideas in C. the first one has been done for you. 1. Harry started the day by making a list of all the things he had to do. You should make a realistic plan and prioritize the things you have to do, not just make a list 2. He started an article, but after five minutes a colleague asked him for help. Harry helped him for half an hour and they chatted about last night’s television.

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