Article Peer Review

Week Three Assignment

MMBA 6501

Walden University

Kimberly Leonard

July 21, 2013

Title: A Personal Approach to Organizational Time Management.

Authors: Bregman, Peter

Source: McKinsey Quarterly. 2013, Issue 1, p42-47. 6p.

1. A Personal Approach to Organizational Time Management is a look at the 2013 role of time management in industrial management.

2. Mr. Bergman states that insufficient time and misallocation of resources are universal problems in today’s business world. He goes on to state that time management is a priority at both the personal and organizational levels.

3. Mr. Bergman presents a time and task planning tool to be used by employees at all skill levels. He states that the use of this tool will align employees time with corporate strategy. The article offers an example of successful use of the planning tool by an anonymous financial service sales manager.

4. The main inferences of the article are the success that comes from instilling time management theories tied to strategic goals at an organizational level

5. The key concepts required for the understanding of this article are time management, strategic planning, and key performance indicators

Peer Review of A Personal Approach to Organizational Time Management

The article written by Peter Bergman is a look at the 2013 role of time management as an universal element of successful corporate management. He provides a comprehensive time management tool that can be incorporated at all corporate levels. This tool allows management to align employee time management to corporate strategy. The article addresses how the improvement of the cohesiveness of priorities at all levels of a corporation is a winning situation. The author offers an example of the failure that can come from the failure of time management aligning to corporate goals. Mr. Bergman offers a simple step by step guide that will aid in aligning individual time management to the...