Time Management-A Major Stress Buster -A Study Conducted In 5 Star Hotels Of Kolkata

Abstract

Background: Time is an important factor in everyone’s life as it is a key tool helping  one in organizing, planning, prioritizing and completing any task successfully. One of  the most valuable tools for the hotel industry is efficient and effective time management. Objectives: To identify the effect of time management on employee performance and  concentration. To determine whether time management helps in professional  development of employees. Methodology: Survey research design was used in this  study in order to collect data. Questionnaire instrument was administered on the  sampled respondents and respondents replied using Likert Scale. Simple random sampling techniques were adopted. The sample size was 113 respondents working in  different hotels and the population was categorized on age and experience in years of  the staff members. Data was analysed using graphical percentage of responses. Results: Through graphical data analysis it was deduced that time management has  considerable impact and there are various factors influencing proper time  management. The factors would include but not limited to unplanned day,  unpleasant tasks, employee drop-ins, lack of manpower and coordination, social media,  handling calls and mails etc. Conclusion: These issues are to be analyzed as it is  crucial for any organization to keep up the time management skills to complete tasks  and achieve target on time. On average, it was found that time management behaviors  were not significantly different across gender, age, entry qualification.