Organizing your work space [[electronic resource] ] : a guide to personal productivty / / Odette Pollar

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455209803321
• Autore: Pollar Odette
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Los Altos, Calif., : Crisp Publications, c1999
• ISBN: 1-4175-2487-1
• Edizione: [Rev. ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (117 p.)
• Collana: A Fifty-Minute series book
• Disciplina: 650.1
• Soggetti: Paperwork (Office practice) - Management; Time management; Records - Management; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 107).
• Nota di contenuto: ""TITLE""; ""COPYRIGHT""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHOR""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PREFACE""; ""SECTION 1 Why Get Organized?""; ""YES, YOU CAN GET ORGANIZED""; ""BENEFITS OF BEING ORGANIZED""; ""KEY PRINCIPLES""; ""WHERE ARE YOU NOW?""; ""Rate Your Skills""; ""SECTION 2 How Backlogs Develop""; ""WHAT IS CLUTTER, ANYWAY?""; ""HOW DO PAPER BACKLOGS DEVELOP?""; ""BLOCKS TO GETTING ORGANIZED""; ""TWO COMMON MENTAL BLOCKS""; ""1. The Fear of Dumping""; ""When to Dump""; ""When to Save""; ""2. The Fear of Becoming Rigid and Inflexible""; ""SECTION 3 Where to Start ""; ""DECIDE ON YOUR GOALS""; ""WHERE TO BEGIN""""THE BOOKCASES: REDUCE, REFER, REARRANGE""; ""REARRANGING: HOW TO DO IT""; ""HANDLING THE EXCEPTIONS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""SECTION 4 Your Work Area ""; ""THE CREDENZA""; ""YOUR DESK DRAWERS""; ""EQUIPMENT""; ""Ergonomics""; ""THE FILE DRAWERS""; ""STEP 1""; ""STEP 2""; ""STEP 3""; ""CLEARING THE TOP OF WORK SURFACES""; ""HOW ARE YOU FEELING?""; ""SUMMARY""; ""SECTION 5 Filing It and Finding It ""; ""COMMON FILING MISTAKES""; ""FILING GUIDELINES""; ""Your Personal Files""; ""SETTING UP YOUR SUBJECT FILES""; ""STEP 1 Create Working Project Files""; ""STEP 2 Create Working Administrative Files""""EXERCISE:""; ""FILING PRINCIPLES""; ""PRINCIPLE #1""; ""FILE PAPERS IN THE BROADEST ; POSSIBLE CATEGORY""; ""PRINCIPLE #2""; ""HEAD FILES WITH A NOUN""; ""EXERCISE:""; ""Labeling Exercise""; ""CHECK YOUR ANSWERS""; ""PRINCIPLE #3""; ""ALPHABETIZE""; ""PRINCIPLE #4""; ""FILE ARTICLES BY SUBJECT""; ""ADDITIONAL FILING INFORMATION""; ""Heading Files With a Noun-Supplemental""; ""More than One Heading""; ""Another illustration:""; ""HOW TO MAINTAIN YOUR FILING SYSTEM""; ""SUMMARY""; ""SECTION 6 Managing Your Desk and Your Papers ""; ""THE TOP OF YOUR DESK""""OUT OF SIGHT IS OUT OF MIND""; ""1. CALENDARS""; ""2. DAILY TO-DO LISTS""; ""3. MASTER LIST""; ""TRACKING DELEGATED WORK""; ""SUMMARY""; ""SECTION 7 Clearing Off the Stacks""; ""TYING UP LOOSE ENDS""; ""BUSINESS CARDS""; ""TICKLER FILES""; ""THE NEXT-WEEK FILE""; ""ODDS AND ENDS""; ""MAINTAINING YOUR ORGANIZATION""; ""Part 1: Processing the “In Boxâ€?""; ""Part 2: Keep the Stacks Away""; ""Part 3: Establish Good Paper Management Habits""; ""SECTION 8 Managing Your Mail and Your Reading ""; ""SORTING INCOMING MAIL""; ""Sorting by Priority""; ""Shorting By Action""; ""Shorting By Date""""MANAGING THE READING""; ""SECTION 9 Managing E-Mail and Personal Organizers 9""; ""MANAGING E-MAIL""; ""Cautions""; ""Etiquette""; ""DAY PLANNERS AND PERSONAL ORGANIZERS""; ""What They Do""; ""Things to Keep in Mind When Choosing a Paper-Based Planner""; ""SUMMARY""; ""SECTION 10 Quick Review, Charts and Checklists""; ""REVIEW: GETTING ORGANIZED FROM A TO Z""; ""Getting Started""; ""The Bookcases""; ""The Credenza""; ""Your Desk Drawers""; ""The File Drawers""; ""Clearing the Top of Work Surfaces""; ""Filing Guidelines""; ""Filing Principles""; ""The Top of Your Desk""; ""Maintaining Your Organizition""