Time Management

In: Time & society, Volume 10, Issue 2-3, p. 387-400

Abstract

The topic of time management inevitably emerges when researching concepts of time in organizations. And, as we live in a society where we deal with organizations all the time and in a variety of forms, we are continually confronted with the way in which time is managed in an `organizational' way. This article departs from a critical overview of time-management literature and confronts the assumptions therein with the experiences of a (female) chief executive, managing her time. By taking time management literally, it is shown that underneath, other temporal markers are essential and that concepts of time management necessarily provide a perspective that is risky and too limited.