Course Description
Productivity and efficiency are fundamental skills for managers. They directly influence how you operate your teams every day. In this course on Productivity and Efficiency Basics, we'll discuss how productivity differs from efficiency. We’ll also review strategies to help you manage your time better, prioritize tasks, and maintain focus. You’ll learn about building long-term productive habits and using critical thinking and decision-making skills to run an efficient operation.
Understanding the balance between productivity and efficiency will unlock your ability to balance resources and meet goals without sacrificing quality. We’ll introduce different methods to enhance your productivity and efficiency and demonstrate how you can leverage them to streamline your workflow. These methods will also help you create a less stressful and more motivating work environment. By the end of this course, you’ll be prepared to implement these strategies at your organization to help your team reach its professional goals.
What You'll Learn
- Differentiate between productivity and efficiency and understand how they balance
- Optimize workflows through effective time management and task prioritization
- Increase focus and build a productive workspace to streamline your workflow
- Develop long-term productive habits for better individual and team performance
- Apply critical thinking and decision-making skills to reach high-quality standards
- Implement productivity and efficiency strategies to help your team reach its goals
Key Takeaways
- Productivity and efficiency are fundamental skills for managers that directly influence how teams operate every day.
- Managing time, prioritizing tasks, and maintaining focus are core strategies for running an efficient operation.
- Understanding the balance between productivity and efficiency helps you balance resources and meet goals without sacrificing quality.
- Building long-term productive habits supports better individual and team performance.
- Enhanced productivity methods can create a less stressful and more motivating work environment.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
This course is aimed at managers, since productivity and efficiency are fundamental skills that directly influence how they operate their teams every day.
What does this course cover?
It covers how productivity differs from efficiency, strategies for managing time, prioritizing tasks, and maintaining focus, building long-term productive habits, and using critical thinking and decision-making skills to run an efficient operation.
What skills will I gain?
You will develop skills in critical thinking, decision making, prioritization, time management, and process optimization.
How is the course structured?
The course includes lessons on understanding productivity and efficiency, time management, prioritizing tasks, increasing focus, building a productive workspace, habit building, and critical thinking and decision making, followed by a Test Your Knowledge section.
What will I be able to do by the end of the course?
By the end of the course, you will be prepared to implement these strategies at your organization to help your team reach its professional goals.
Professional Certifications and Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Professional Development Credits (PDCs): 0.5
KnowledgeCity is approved by SHRM as a Recertification General Provider to offer SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP professional development credits (PDCs). By taking the courses approved by SHRM, KnowledgeCity can award SHRM Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for HR knowledge and competency programs related to the SHRM Body of Applied Skills and Knowledge™ (the SHRM BASK™).
