This course is part of the Career Success Specialization

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Career Success SpecializationUniversity of California, Irvine

About this Course

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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:
      Learn to plan effectively to achieve your personal and professional goals
      Learn to recognize and overcome barriers to successful time management
      Identify specific time management tools and use them effectively
      Manage resources both effectively and efficiently
      Keep your sense of perspective to prevent and manage crises
      Learn to delegate effectively
      Learn to manage expectations and say “No” when appropriate

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Course 2 of 10 in the

Career Success Specialization

Approx. 10 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: Arabic, English, Spanish, Kazakh, Hungarian

What you will learn

Plan effectively to achieve your personal and professional goals
Recognize and overcome barriers to successful time management
Keep your sense of perspective to prevent and manage crises
Manage resources effectively and efficiently

Skills you will gain

Task Management
Management
Planning
Plan

Flexible deadlines

Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.

Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Course 2 of 10 in the

Career Success Specialization

Approx. 10 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: Arabic, English, Spanish, Kazakh, Hungarian

Instructor

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Margaret Meloni, MBA, PMP

Instructor, University of California, Irvine Division of Continuing Education

892,278 Learners

25 Courses

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University of California, Irvine

Since 1965, the University of California, Irvine has combined the strengths of a major research university with the bounty of an incomparable Southern California location. UCI’s unyielding commitment to rigorous academics, cutting-edge research, and leadership and character development makes the campus a driving force for innovation and discovery that serves our local, national and global communities in many ways.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week

Week 1

3 hours to complete

Module 1

Welcome to Module 1 of Work Smarter, Not Harder. This module we will explore the difference between productive and unproductive work, the importance of prioritizing, and basics of time planning. We will also reflect together on some of our past work situations and create our own individual work plans.

3 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 5 min), 8 readings, 1 quiz

Week

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Module 2

Welcome to Module 2 of Work Smarter, Not Harder. This module we will discuss whether work/life balance is a myth and complete a work/life balance toolkit. We’ll also reflect on the time/money tradeoff and consider what tasks we may be able to hand off to others.

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 5 min), 5 readings, 1 quiz

Week

Week 3

3 hours to complete

Module 3

Welcome to Module 3 of Work Smarter, Not Harder. This module we’ll discuss the importance of timing and how to handle communications. We’ll share our personal experiences of time management as well as journal our energy levels to find when we’re most productive.

3 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 5 min), 5 readings, 1 quiz

Week

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Module 4

Welcome to the final module of Work Smarter, Not Harder. This module we’ll wrap up by exploring focus as a competitive advantage and the idea of multitasking. We’ll share our takeaways from the course and conclude with identifying our most common distractions.

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 5 min), 8 readings, 1 quiz

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TOP REVIEWS FROM WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER: TIME MANAGEMENT FOR PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTIVITY

by CJJan 2, 2021

I learned alot from this time management course! I never knew I've been adding more tasks to my daily life than helping myself cope with all my organization stresses! this was indeed very helpful

by NMay 16, 2020

Most of the time I am unable to manage the time due to involvement in the non-productive works. This Course has given me to define urgent and important work in personal and professional work.

by PRJul 10, 2020

I am grateful to attend to Coursera classes. The data gives brief and simple explanation understandable to brain.Which we can practice in day to day life , to increase efficiency in work and life

by ACApr 14, 2020

Very practical tips and straight to the point items. I can't wait to apply all these tips in my real work, and I hope this will increase my productivity in work and personal life. Thank you.

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About the Career Success Specialization

This series of courses will help you build, develop and hone the essential skills needed to improve your employability and advancement in today’s dynamic workforce. The courses in this Specialization may be taken in any order. Each course can also be taken independently. The Specialization concludes with a Capstone project that will give you the opportunity to integrate and apply the skills you have gained throughout the courses to your individual and organizational needs.

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Work Smarter, Not Harder: Time Management for Personal & Professional Productivity