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What would you do if you were given 8 tasks but only have time for 6?

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Question added by saleh Abdu , Administrative Officer , Fawaz A Alhokair & Co.
Date Posted: 2017/02/19

It is all about time management and prioritizing. You should finish first the task which has the sooner deadline and follow the sequence of priorities.

Duncan Robertson
by Duncan Robertson , Strategy Consultant , Duncan Robertson Consultancy

1) Find somebody else to do 2

2) Arrange the postponement of 2 (or implement a contingency plan for them not being done on time)

3) Inform the task-giver what is happening

4) Ignore the least important / highest effort task: it's unlikely that it really needs to be done

5) Do the 3 most urgent / important / prestigious / easy / rewarding ones myself

6) After the original deadline, but before the new deadline, do the 2 postponed tasks

 

 

It depends on what these tasks are. Since 6 are all I can achieve, these tasks would be prioritized accordingly. Top priority handled first, and list would follow this sequence until these said tasks are completed.

EMMANUEL DAIKWO
by EMMANUEL DAIKWO , General manager , Defash pharmacy Ltd.

You have to first of all maximize time, and secondly, draw a scale of preference, and solve the most pressing task, and that you can do by discussing with your superior. You can apply the SMART principle in carrying out any task,

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