Good Time Management and Good use of
Technological Tools.
Time management is the planning and execution of the
control of the time dedicated to certain activities, to gain efficiency and
productivity. Knowing the time of each task allows us to define priorities,
deadlines, and objectives, which will help to keep the organization in its
functions. The efficient use of time is of vital importance not only because of
what we have already pointed out in previous lines, but also because it brings
us multiple benefits, both in our student life and in our daily life.
Time management is the ability to allocate and
distribute time to complete a certain number of tasks and, consequently, to
complete a project.
Management is a very interesting area in which it is
necessary to have good time management and technological tools since it is
useless to call yourself an accountant if you do not handle the most strategic
points for the use of accounting operations. The area has had to make use of
certain applications or programs that facilitate the manipulation of accounting
information. It is a reality that all this time optimization helps us to
organize ourselves better because we have more time, this is an important fact
that helps us to have more time to use it in what is more convenient for us.
Nowadays in the area of Administrative and Tax
Management, the use of technological tools has become a fundamental method for
class management and the different programs that are necessary for the area,
they provide greater speed to process the data of the company to carry out the
updated data and to have a quick decision making. They reduce the accounting
process, and also balances are obtained quickly, these programs give the
facility to report the annual accounts in the business records in addition to
generating, and making the monthly report of the different taxes, as well as
can be seen when making accounting records such as the general ledger, general
journal, balance sheet, balance sheet, among others.
The applied technology allows us to access information
more quickly as tasks are automated and thus reduces time, it is proven that
technological advances have helped in the process of managing to make the
assignments less complex. Everything mentioned above is good, but undoubtedly
one of the biggest advantages of the digitization of accounting is to be able
to make backups, accounting software gives the facility to store data securely
something that can be of great help to our business.
The accounting profession requires a lot of
organization and concentration since we handle important documents, as well as
large sums of money.
Accounting is commonly called "the science of
organization".
We know that time is an amazingly valuable resource,
and that only the wisest and most prudent people find the true secret to managing
it correctly. It is even said that those who manage time well can accomplish
anything. How amazing it would be!
Good time management.
The technological accounting tools allow the company
to carry out the updated data to have quick decision-making. They reduce the
accounting process, and also balances are obtained quickly, the use of this
accounting software gives the possibility of depositing the annual accounts in
the commercial registers in addition to generating and settling the different
accounting taxes.
Having a good organization both at work and outside it
will help you to have priorities, in this way you will be able to do everything
you propose in your day-to-day without leaving anything to the last minute, so
much so that implementing the necessary tools for your organization would be an
effective plan:
1. Every person who wants to have good time management
has to plan and organize themselves due to their work priorities these are
organized by priority scales each one must be evaluated due to the time frame
determined and you manage the necessary tools for its proper function in this
is to make a schedule, mind maps, etc.
2. The
good use of technological tools in the labor area of administrative and tax
management would be Word, and Excel, among others since this is based more on
the accountant's function to carry out the registration of all purchases and
sales of products, transactions, knowing how to fill out a check or other
tools.
If we organize our time, we can:
ü Create a safe and orderly work environment.
ü Improve the ability to concentrate
ü Allows you to complete tasks faster
ü Workday is more effective and makes better use of it.
The implementation of an effective work system that
streamlines the productivity of a company is based on good time management
through the application of defined guidelines that involve all team members.
Now then, taking the main idea, as accountants daily
there are huge challenges, which we must face in the best way, and what is the
best way to use the time to your advantage?
Steps to better time management in business life.
Become an expert in time management:
1. A plan.
Planning plays an important role in time management,
as the two go hand in hand. You can make the most of your time only when it is
fully planned.
2. Prioritize
Prioritizing your daily tasks is the key to successful
time management, it helps to keep in mind that not everything you do is of
equal importance.
·
Make
a priority scale: This will help us identify which things are really important
to invest our time in them.
·
Make
periodic planning (weekly or monthly): It will be very useful to keep a count
of the important tasks and meetings that we will have in these periods.
3. No multitasking
Multitasking is one of the biggest time-wasting
activities. The best way to use your time is to take one task and finish it
before moving on to the next.
·
Set
clear limits: When we learn to say NO, we can control our schedules as we
please, without overextending ourselves unnecessarily.
The good use of technological tools has its
advantages, such as quick access to information and knowledge, attracts
innovation, and favors entrepreneurship. With technological advances, problems
arise that need innovative solutions. This creates new job opportunities, which
drive economic development on multiple levels. Speaking of business management,
this is a tool that can be used to optimize and improve production processes,
organization, dispatch, sales and collection, training, etc.
Making good use of technological tools in business
management brings benefits such as:
ü Improve record-keeping tactics.
ü Use remote work methods, if necessary.
ü Supporting manual work for any situation that may
arise.
ü Reduced process execution times.
ü Improved inventory management.
Technology is a useful servant, but a dangerous boss.
The good use of technology.
This has many important factors, but it has to be used
with a good balance because everything in excess is harmful.
To unite these two issues is very important to have
good use of technology, manage time well helps to not have excessive use of it
and instead of the technological tools something good does not become something
where it can affect your self-discipline.
Technology is a medium that offers both advantages and
disadvantages. The misuse of technology can cause the faster dissemination of
bad information, we must be very careful with the things we consume or upload
to the internet as these can affect third parties or ourselves. But, just as
technology allows bad information to be disseminated quickly, it also makes
information with educational purposes more accessible to users, thus allowing
important fields for the development of society such as scientific research to
benefit from it.
Technology also favors accountants because they can
obtain tax forms, and affidavits and can save company information in a computerized
format.