Introduction to Time Management
Target group
Doctoral candidates.
Content
To finish your Doctoral thesis successfully, one of the most important skills you need – next to subject related expertise – is the ability to realistically plan and organize your research in the long term – and to effectively structure every single workday. This seminar gives you space to reconsider your existing behavior and to learn about well-proven powerful techniques.
You will learn about fundamental requirements for good time management during your dissertation project:
- Setting smart goals
- Making decisions and developing initiative
- Gaining and re-gaining motivation along the journey
Also, you will become familiar with strategies for efficient and effective use of time
- Time planning and your dissertation: long term planning with your master plan, weekly and daily planning
- Setting priorities (Eisenhower Method, Pareto Principle)
- Finding your balance: research project – job – private life
- Getting rid of time-killers
- Using high concentration techniques (silent hour, Pomodoro Technique)
- Controlling your inner state through relaxation techniques
Objectives
- You know how to use powerful time planning methods on three horizons
- You know how to balance professional and private life
- You know how to control your inner state using concentration and relaxation techniques
- You can exchange experiences with other participants
Methods
Trainer input; individual, partner, and group work; written and creative focusing exercises; relaxation exercises; guided and free sequences in which participants can develop images; brief presentations by participants; group reflection.
Trainer |
Dr. Matthias Mayer, www.mmsc.de |
Workload |
15 h |
Date |
Wed, 15.05.2024, 09:00–17:00 h Thu, 16.05.2024, 09:00–17:00 h |
Registration |
Please register via the campus management portal HISinOne. |
Location |
Seminar Room of the Freiburg Research Services (FRS), |
Max. Number of Participants |
13 doctoral candidates |