How hard should I work?

MGMT101

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A time model for MGMT101

Research on the performance of university lecturers

How the greatest mathematician worked

Homework (from your lecture notes)What is the multiple of difference in

output between successful & unsuccessful lecturers?

What are the basic steps for researching high performance?

Plan the best recreation ever at UC!

Time Model for MGMT101

SIX hour loadLectures (2 hours)Study Group (1-2 hours)Reading (2 hours)Tests (1 hour but 5 hours in the weekend/day

before the test)

Pace yourself in the multiple choice tests(1 minute per question or 4 minutes per page)

Study of University Lecturers

Tenure (After 2 to 5 years you have to show that you are good enough to keep your job)

Research (write & publish papers)Teaching (student feedback)Administration (administrators’

satisfaction that we have done the paperwork correctly and on time)

Research output of young lecturersSuccessful

Average 1.8 research papers a year

UnsuccessfulAverage 0.2 research papers a year

What makes the difference?

The romantics vs others

RomanticsWork very hardOrganise work TWO hours at a timeConcentrate very hardWork fastFinish other work before they start new workMake sure they are in the moodGet everything right first timeWork always comes first

Others

Never work for more than one-and-a-half hours

Have at least four breaks an hourNever work fastThey start and stop tasks doing a little at

a timeHave lots of recreationPut their relationships first

The output of binge workers

The style of romantics

Romantics, bingeing & output

Rules for enjoying uni (and doing well)Everything in moderation

Balance the ‘must’, the hard, and the fun

Be reasonable: Aim to for the space between ‘doing everything’ and ‘doing nothing’

Be ambitious but secure tiny movements forward each day

Rules for enjoying uni (and doing well) Use your diary

Plan your recreation

Protect time for people and relationships

Keep score

The best published mathematics Professor in the worldGot up early and had his best ideas when he was shaving

Good ideas on Mondays and spent the rest of the week writing them up

If he had a good idea on a Tuesday, he took the rest of the day off

Always stopped work on Saturday lunchtime and went rock climbing for the rest of the weekend

Always took his vacations (8 weeks work, 3 weeks vacation climbing mountains in another country)

Remember to do your homeworkIf the same multiple between the successful

and unsuccessful applies to students, what is the difference between good and bad marks?

Where are those ‘five minutes’ and ‘ten minutes’ you could use to get done the things you don’t really enjoy?

If I check your diary, will I find the time are you saving for people and play?