Online Course
Work Smarter, Not Harder: Time Management for Personal & Professional Productivity
University of California, Irvine via Coursera
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- Provider Coursera
- Cost Free Online Course (Audit)
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- Language English
- Certificate Paid Certificate Available
- Effort 2-4 hours a week
- Duration 4 weeks long
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You will be able to gain and apply your knowledge and understanding of personal and professional awareness, organization and commitment, and use the tools, methods and techniques that you have learned in goal setting, prioritization, scheduling, and delegation to overcome time management challenges and enhance productivity.
Upon completing this course, you will be able to:
1. Learn to plan effectively to achieve your personal and professional goals
2. Learn to recognize and overcome barriers to successful time management
3. Identify specific time management tools and use them effectively
4. Manage resources both effectively and efficiently
5. Keep your sense of perspective to prevent and manage crises
6. Learn to delegate effectively
7. Learn to manage expectations and say “No” when appropriate
Upon completing this course, you will be able to:
1. Learn to plan effectively to achieve your personal and professional goals
2. Learn to recognize and overcome barriers to successful time management
3. Identify specific time management tools and use them effectively
4. Manage resources both effectively and efficiently
5. Keep your sense of perspective to prevent and manage crises
6. Learn to delegate effectively
7. Learn to manage expectations and say “No” when appropriate
Syllabus
Smart Work Habits Just Don't Happen
Time Is the Most Limited Resource
Little Tips That Make a Big Impact
Let's Bring It All Together
Time Is the Most Limited Resource
Little Tips That Make a Big Impact
Let's Bring It All Together
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Reviews for Coursera's Work Smarter, Not Harder: Time Management for Personal & Professional Productivity Based on 41 reviews
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Panos G
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Panos
completed this course, spending 1 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be very easy.
This "class" is more like an hour long presentation split up into modules. And it's being charged $32 in the specification...really!?
The content was ok. It really isn't challenging in the least bit. It offers some interesting advice on how to improve your time management and avoid "useless" actions.
The instructor was hardly engaging. I found myself doing things on other tabs on the last two weeks because she couldn't keep my attention. I do know that these are videos and not actual interactions but she was repetitive, dull and the productions generally needs work to keep attention since the object being taught is really self explanatory.
Which brings me to my next point. The class in itself offers some good advice but it's not something you will miss out on. In my opinion, give it a go. Spend a couple of hours total time to finish the class get some good tips and move on.
The content was ok. It really isn't challenging in the least bit. It offers some interesting advice on how to improve your time management and avoid "useless" actions.
The instructor was hardly engaging. I found myself doing things on other tabs on the last two weeks because she couldn't keep my attention. I do know that these are videos and not actual interactions but she was repetitive, dull and the productions generally needs work to keep attention since the object being taught is really self explanatory.
Which brings me to my next point. The class in itself offers some good advice but it's not something you will miss out on. In my opinion, give it a go. Spend a couple of hours total time to finish the class get some good tips and move on.
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Muhammad K
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Muhammad
completed this course, spending 1 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be very easy.
As far as MOOCs go, I have not seen a worse design. This course which is supposed to be taken over 4 weeks will actually take you at most around 2 hours to complete. The tips given in this course are quite basic and there is not any content that was new to me because you can find the same and better content for free on the internet. Therefore, paying for such a course does not make sense to me.
However, the tips given in the course are useful and their utility can not be denied. Try the course but I would suggest not paying for it.
The following topics are covered in 5-10 minute long videos:
-Importance of making a work plan
-Importance of tracking and estimating time
-How to avoid getting burnt out during your job
However, the tips given in the course are useful and their utility can not be denied. Try the course but I would suggest not paying for it.
The following topics are covered in 5-10 minute long videos:
-Importance of making a work plan
-Importance of tracking and estimating time
-How to avoid getting burnt out during your job
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Marko S
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Marko
completed this course, spending 2 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be easy.
For me personally this was 2/5 but I'd rate it 4/5 generally. As I'm from Finland, and no one works 80-100 hours per week here, I have difficulty imagining such conditions. Now I understand the term "wage-slave" better. If you are in that kind of situation, the tools and techniques in this course will surely work for you. Otherwise, maybe not so much.
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Rizwana S
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Rizwana
completed this course, spending 10 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be easy.
The course is great and helpful for individuals of all age groups, working at any level in a company or even managing their own businesses. The instructor is awesome in the way she teaches techniques with relevant examples. This kept me engaged to the course until I finished it.
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Anonymous
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Focus on the main topic, simple, easy. Just as I need it! 100% recommended for those who want to improve their productivity and time management.
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Vickey V
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Vickey
is taking this course right now, spending 1 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be very easy.
I started the course, but it was a bit tedious. I am taking several other courses and decided to drop this one in order to make better grades in the others. Sorry.
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This course is relatively short, straightforward, and simple. I did have some background knowledge on the topic, however I found this course to be very helpful in putting things into perspective. I appreciated the practical resources offered.
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Ul'yana
completed this course, spending 1 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be very easy.
Only for beginners in time management who know nothing about time saving tecniques. That is why I used it as a background sound for my housework. Unsatisfied
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Anonymous
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I got this MOOC provided by my company so didnt pay anything. Thought it will be useful so I suscribed.
If your starting your career maybe itcan be useful otherwise managing yoyr time will be to avoid this MOOC.
Advices are extremely basic like : try to evaluate time for tasks, give priority to priorities etc... even videos are of poor quality which strengthen the feeling of beeing loosing your time. With all the good will that i had (I had a look to all of the 4th week) I unsuscribed because didnt want to see it in my certification.
If your starting your career maybe itcan be useful otherwise managing yoyr time will be to avoid this MOOC.
Advices are extremely basic like : try to evaluate time for tasks, give priority to priorities etc... even videos are of poor quality which strengthen the feeling of beeing loosing your time. With all the good will that i had (I had a look to all of the 4th week) I unsuscribed because didnt want to see it in my certification.
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Ayman
completed this course, spending 1 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be very easy.
I think the major problem with this course is the poor presentation skills, such as monotonous voice and absent animation. In addition, it needs more real-live examples & activities.
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Anonymous
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is taking this course right now.
I am expecting be a smart way work life
and same time expecting professional dovelopment
and be a leader in life style
and same time expecting professional dovelopment
and be a leader in life style
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Panagiotis B
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completed this course and found the course difficulty to be very easy.
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