Time Management in Doctoral Research. Aligning Time and Goals.

Lecturer:

Course typ:

Workshop

Description:

The course is given by Anna Royon-Weigelt, Golin Wissenschaftsmanagement, Hamburg.

Teaching, part time work, professional development, private arrangements and not least the thesis: Time pressure results in many things only being half done. In the end there is not enough time for the important tasks and you are left with the uncomfortable feeling of again not having managed everything.
It is however not difficult to improve dealing with the personal time budget. Through the implementation of established time management methods, individual disturbances can be minimised, priorities can be set and planning horizons can be determined in order to make the own work more effective.
During this workshop the participants learn the fundamentals of time management and deal mainly with the following topics:
- Basics of time management: Setting goals and priorities
- Efficiency versus effectiveness: The subtle difference
- Structuring your time: My planning horizon
- Would "ave, could"ave, should"ave: Disturbances & time-wasters - both self-inflicted & caused by others
- Expect the unexpected: Strategies for dealing with the unplannable
- Time management: My next steps

Testimonials:

-         Although the workshop takes the whole day, it seems much shorter because it is engaging. The time is well planned and the sessions fit to the attention span. The trainer is a very pleasant person of high expertise.

-         Anna creates a very comfortable and engaging atmosphere. It gives space for self-reflection, constructive discussions and tolls to use.

-         It was comforting to see that other PhD students in my field have similar problems and ask similar questions.

-         While the description of the course might sound boring / too theoretical, the course (and trainer) really do make you to think about yourself and gives nice ideas to improve.

-         The course was helpful in terms of aligning my day to day goals.

Place:

unspecified

Semester:

WiSe 2017/18

Times:

Dates on Wednesday, 11.10.2017 09:00 - 17:00
First appointment: Wednesday, 11.10.2017 09:00 - 17:00

Course number:

340101

Participants:

Target group: GGNB doctoral students.

Learning organisation:

The course will take place at the Ernst-Caspari-Haus / GZMB Building, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077 Göttingen, seminar room 0.232, from 09:00-17:00.

Area classification:

Vorlesungsverzeichnis WiSe 2017/2018 > Forschungseinrichtungen > Göttinger Graduiertenschulen > Georg-August University School of Science (GAUSS) > Göttinger Graduiertenschule für Neurowissenschaften und molekulare Biowissenschaften (GGNB) > Professional Skills, Industry Excursions > Self-Management and Organizational Skills

ECTS credit points:

0.5

Further information from Stud.IP about this course

Home institute: Göttinger Graduiertenzentrum für Neurowissenschaften, Biophysik und molekulare Biowissenschaften (GGNB)
Participants registered in Stud.IP: 2
Number of postings in Stud.IP forum: 2