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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Work Smarter, Not Harder: Time Management for Personal & Professional Productivity by University of California, Irvine

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About the Course

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...

Top reviews

SK

Jan 24, 2020

This course was quite helpful. I work in a fast pace environment with multiple projects going at the same time. Planning the work, prioritizing and mapping progress was helpful. Thanks for the course.

ND

Aug 27, 2020

This course was quite helpful. I work in a fast pace environment with multiple projects going at the same time. Planning the work, prioritizing and mapping progress was helpful. Thanks for the course.

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By MUHAMMAD S

Nov 1, 2015

An interesting course for all those who does n`t know where they are lacking in of being productive..where they miss the train when they are always run along with it

As i previously talking some of time management work shops and knowing about 4 quadrants of time i am excited for this course :)

By Mohnish T

Nov 28, 2017

This is a great course. You could finish the whole course in very little time. Most of the points mentioned in the course seem obvious, but, they've been explained in a very nice fashion. I would definitely recommend this course if you are looking to improve your time management like me.

By Kars J v A

Dec 29, 2018

Course information seems here and there outdated; some references to old articles which were not fully viewable anymore. Nevertheless, still very useful information for personal productivity and planning. Not going very deep into the matters, but that also makes it easy to walk through.

By Arvindh R K ( B )

Jul 27, 2020

Good after few lessons. Basic stuff but was very useful to refresh. A much more scientific approach and many real time examples are appreciated. The supporting video in Youtube was very good. The article from web journal was not so good, could have suggested many other better works

By Thiago T R

Oct 5, 2016

It is a great opportunity to involve and invest in your knowledge. This course help you up, with an unique and key skill, to be successful in your professional and personal life. Easy to understand and easy to follow, this course worth the effort, money and time spent.

By Bernard D V

May 2, 2016

A short course on how to manage your personnal or work time.

The course will give you good advice, good practice and good tools.

After this course, you will be able to manage your time with more efficiency but you are the only person who can make the real difference :)

By Xiaohui T

Nov 25, 2015

This short course is targeted at working environment, where experience is enough. But for creative environment, or even learning scenario, the estimating techniques can be trivial. Procrastination is a bigger problem for students and workers in creative fields though.

By Wahid K

Feb 10, 2017

very useful. all the information covered, are pretty much common sense, and yet people do not pay attention to all the little things discussed in this course. well... i had fun listening to the lectures, and will definitely apply the concepts to my daily routine. tnx

By Aisling F

Jul 22, 2020

I enjoyed this course. The lectures were engaging to listen to and the tips given were very actionable including prompts and templates associated with the different topics. I would recommend it if you would like a refresher or introduction to time management skills.

By Danny Y

Jul 12, 2019

This is a very structured and highly effective course. After complete this less than one hour course, I believe I have mastered the essence of time management. What I will do is not only practicing by myself but sharing what I learned with my friends, colleagues.

By Angela L

Sep 13, 2020

Some of the assets were out of date EG link to a Fast Company quiz that was no longer available.

Very useful tips.

Would have been more useful if it also included tips for managers on how to use their time, this felt like it was designed for more junior staffers

By Kayla W

Sep 4, 2018

This course had a lot of simple AHA! moments. Things that you think are common sense, but when heard out loud and broken down into simple digestible thoughts, it makes so much sense. I would have loved for it to be a bit more in-depth but overall good course.

By Bartosz D

Jul 24, 2021

I enjoyed the course, and it somewhat helped me to increase productivity. However, I think the content should cover a bit more. I have a feeling that was just a great introduction to time management and various techniques should be explored in more detail.

By Jiakan Y

Jan 16, 2016

The profess just defined several core concept and understand about how to work more efficient. As a engineer with 2 years working experience, this course reminds me several critical concepts need to be practiced but sometimes be neglected in daily work.

By Joaquin M S

Aug 31, 2019

Es un curso tradicional de poca duración pero con consejos realmente útiles que pueden ayudar a realizar cambios en la vida diaria.

It's a traditional course of short duration but with some really useful tips that can help to make changes in daily life.

By Robert K

Oct 23, 2020

Course was full of basic information and the visual quality of videos was ashaming, but I found the form of presenting great and learned a few things that I can incorporate to my learning and working time. You can easily finish this course in 2 hours.

By Pedram L

Mar 22, 2020

The topics that were covered were great! The instructor was very clear and to the point. I wish there was an assignment that helped us with one of our challenges, so we could get feedback. This could have been under paid enrollment to cover the cost.

By Andrea B

Sep 29, 2015

For those whose duties vary from day-to-day and week-to-week, given a performance objective to improve one's time management seems to be impossible given the lectures.

I'm in the middle of the course but hopefully I will see this variation discussed.

By SEHA-15938

May 19, 2021

I found this course helpful and useful. However, the course is simple and short but it reflects and highlights few personal and professional productivity regarding time management (work smarter Not harder) that really make a big difference and real

By Sridhar S

May 16, 2021

Thanks to the Coursera and UCI for the opportunity to learn about Time management.

this is Excellent course to learn about Smart work and hard Work. by Studying this course i had learnt a lot especially about Productive work and Unproductive work.

By PINNA S C

Sep 9, 2020

This course was so informative and gave me a whole new idea of how to maintain and do my tasks on time without being anxious as to what has to be done. I am so happy that I chose this course. I will surely use and practice them in my daily life.

By Caron L

Aug 8, 2020

Great course with a lot of great tips and tricks. I learned a lot about multitasking and why it cannot be done. I feel like I can take my productivity to the next level. I have some systems in place, but this course gave me a lot of good ideas.

By Yige C

Jan 12, 2016

I have learned few very efficient strategies to improve my work productivity and balance my work-life time. Really like the concept of supporting ourselves through the change. Highly recommend anyone who wants to improve their time management.

By vg u

Aug 24, 2015

Love this course. Nice presentations and video lectures. Would love to see more reference materials in future. Thanks to the team, which helped me to realize where i stand, and where to focus in "time management and professional productivity".

By John G L

Aug 24, 2015

Maybe a little too short. Quite easy on the quizzes too. The information is very good though. Many of these techniques I am already doing, so this was more of an affirmation of being on the right track for me than much of anything else.