Often in management, we have use this great word..MULTI-TASKING especially when management wishes their star employees to deliver all tasks promptly meeting the deadlines or benchmarks set.
What is actual multi-tasking in real senses ? From the wikipedia...it defines as the ability to execute more than one task at the same time.
So, does this happen to anyone of us or will it actually be achieveable ? By strict meaning, YES it is possible and it depends on what sort of tasks involved.
Example of multi-tasking : Reading newspaper whilst having breakfast or foods or easing youself in the toilet.
For computer CPU, it can deliver more tasks at the same time and speed of completion would depend on the size of the RAM memory. I believe it would be quite similar to us, human...if we want to move faster and accurate we must increase the usage of our brains so that it could manage the tasks assigned in a systematic manner.
Yesterday, I am quite dissapointed with one of my staff when she admitted that she could not be multitasked. She can only do one task at a time and at a very slow pace. Therefore her compliance for the month is only 9% when comparing to her colleague who can achieve 60% with double loads and variety of products.
What is actual multi-tasking in real senses ? From the wikipedia...it defines as the ability to execute more than one task at the same time.
So, does this happen to anyone of us or will it actually be achieveable ? By strict meaning, YES it is possible and it depends on what sort of tasks involved.
Example of multi-tasking : Reading newspaper whilst having breakfast or foods or easing youself in the toilet.
For computer CPU, it can deliver more tasks at the same time and speed of completion would depend on the size of the RAM memory. I believe it would be quite similar to us, human...if we want to move faster and accurate we must increase the usage of our brains so that it could manage the tasks assigned in a systematic manner.
Yesterday, I am quite dissapointed with one of my staff when she admitted that she could not be multitasked. She can only do one task at a time and at a very slow pace. Therefore her compliance for the month is only 9% when comparing to her colleague who can achieve 60% with double loads and variety of products.
To help her, I have advised her to work out her To-Do List whilst put extra focus on sharpening her skills to speed up her learning process. The To-Do List will help her in planning her work rather than just processing one tasks for the whole day.
Interest and commitment may also play the part of whether multi-tasking skills can be acquired or not ?
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