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Preface | |
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The Organizing Principle | |
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Organizing Audit | |
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Which Reorganizing Program Fits Your Needs? | |
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Paperwork | |
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The Paperwork Crisis: A Solution in Five Stages | |
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Peter Jenks: A Case Study in Handling Paper | |
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The TRAF Technique | |
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The Daily Routine: With Secretary and Without | |
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Following Up and Following Through | |
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Digging Out from Under | |
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Setting Up Your Office: Tips for Ease of Performance | |
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Summary: Five Steps to End Paper Buildup | |
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Streamlining Paper: Shortcuts for Overload | |
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Reports Overload | |
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Forms and Standardization Procedures | |
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Time-Saving Tips | |
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Reading Expeditiously | |
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Summary: Reducing Paper Overload | |
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The Fine Art of Filing | |
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File Audit | |
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File Logic: The Classification Process | |
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Reorganizing a Filing System | |
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File Maintenance and Update | |
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Special Filing Problems | |
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Summary: A Four-Step Filing Program | |
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Time and Task Management | |
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Shaping Your Workday: Crisis Management or Cool Control? | |
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What to Do: Identifying Tasks and Priorities | |
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When to Do It: Scheduling and Allocating Time | |
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Summary: Five Action Steps to Increased Productivity | |
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Mastering the Timewasters | |
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Anti-Interruption Strategies: Your First Line of Defense | |
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Diagnosing Interruptions: Your Second Line of Defense | |
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Streamlined Meetings | |
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On the Road: Business Travel | |
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Summary: Charting Timewaster and Solutions | |
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Fight Procrastination by Finding Your Personal Work Profile | |
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Procrastination: A Problem/Solution Approach | |
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Finding Your Optimum Work Style | |
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Realizing True Efficiency | |
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Getting the Most from Five Minutes | |
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Summary: What Is Your Personal Work Profile? | |
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Project Management | |
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Project Design and Control: Overview | |
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Project Design and Control: Execution | |
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Specialty Tickler Systems | |
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Summary: The Seven Stages of Project Management | |
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Time Evaluation: From Objective to Reality | |
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Measuring Day-to-Day Mastery: An Eight-Step Process | |
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Designing a Personal MBO Profile | |
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What Do You Want to Do with Your Life? | |
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Summary: Three Analyses of Productive Time | |
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The Art of Being a Boss | |
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Managing Staff | |
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The How-To of Effective Delegation | |
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Taking Aboard New Staff: A Cost/Benefit Formula | |
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Managing Your Boss | |
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Summary: Delegation Checklist | |
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On Secretaries: The "Team of Two" | |
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The Executive Secretary | |
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Sharing a Secretary | |
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The Paraprofessional | |
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Without a Secretary: For Freelancers and Independent Professionals | |
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Summary: A Guide to Boss/Secretary Teamwork | |
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Getting Organized the Electronic Way | |
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Using Your Computer to Get Organized | |
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Computers, Networks, and Electronic Mail | |
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Getting Organized the Electronic Way | |
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Traveling Electronically | |
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Phones, Faxes, and Dictation Equipment | |
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Telephone Technologies and Tactics | |
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Faxes | |
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Dictation Equipment | |
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Computer and Electronics Appendix | |
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Glossary of Basic Computer Terms | |
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Portable Computer Features and Accessories | |
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Computer, Copier, and Fax Supplies | |
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Schedules Appendix | |
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Office Appendix | |
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Office Supplies Checklist | |
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Office Deployment Checklist | |
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Office Products and Equipment | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |