Managing Workplace Chaos: Workplace Solutions for Managing Information, Paper, Time, and Stress

by Patricia J. Hutchings

On any given workday, average officeworkers are forced to contend with countless e-mails, stacks of memos, endless meetings, and non-stop phone calls--and then they have to get their work done! It's a wonder when businesspeople can manage their time, incoming information, and subsequent stress without becoming victims of office burnout. But in this one comprehensive guide, businesspeople can learn how to triumph in all three of these segments of their working lives. This book shows employees how to control all the chaos of the workplace by learning new skills such * Speed and comprehension development for more effective reading * Effective goal setting through the creation of a Master Activity list * Action steps to combat situational, physical, and emotional stress Filled with examples, anecdotes, quizzes, and worksheets, this book also features a special Stress Inventory test. This invaluable book gives readers the tools to keep office chaos at bay, both on their desks and in their minds.

231 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2002