Top Management Use of Time Management Strategies at Private and Public Organizations in Jenin and Qalqilia

Abstract

The purpose of this research paper has been to figure out up to what

extent can top management level make use of time management strategies

in their daily work, in (Jenin and Qalqilia) cities of both private and public

organization. How could this level improve the use of their time efficiently

and effectively through the use of certain strategies. For achieving this goal

the researchers has employed the personal interview by visiting some of the

subject firms of the study, in addition to that a questionnaire was constructed

which consist of 67 variables, and was distributed to 71 respondents; 36 of

which from the public sector while the remaining 35 from the private sector.

Findings illustrated the agreement of the respondents for the usage of time

management strategies in its lower extent, while the respondents hesitated

to use both “time +100 percent” and “tough it once” strategies. Wasting

time factors were classified and ranked from most to least, as phone calls,

paper work, lack of clear plans and objectives, the use of pieces of papers

instead of dairy, lack of listing daily duties. Also the study clarified that there

were a significant differences of using the strategy pertain to “create and

develop your important list strategy” according to respondents’ age, nature

of work, specifically for the young leadership employees. Furthermore the

study showed a similar significant differences between “time +100 percent

strategy” according to sex and, moreover significant was registered for “ keep

your must do list limited strategy” according to both distance of residence

from work place and experience. However the study showed that female like

to double their time while performing their duties , also findings of the study

showed that usage of “keep your must do list limited strategy” differentiated

according to distance of residence from work place which cause the delay

of work performance efficiently and effectively, while for those who are rich

with experience are using a short and limited list of duties.