A manager has the following tasks: a report due tomorrow for the board (urgent and important), reading trade magazines (not urgent, not important), planning next quarter's training (important, not urgent), answering a routine email from a supplier (urgent, not important). Which task should the manager schedule for later but not neglect, according to the urgent/important matrix?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Planning next quarter's training
- Step 1: The Eisenhower matrix has four quadrants.
- Step 2: Important but not urgent tasks are planned and scheduled.
- Step 3: Urgent and important are done at once; urgent but not important are delegated; neither are dropped.
Answer
Planning next quarter's training.
Why not the others: The report due tomorrow: This is urgent and important and must be done now. Reading trade magazines: This is neither urgent nor important and can be dropped or left. Answering the routine supplier email: This is urgent but not important and could be delegated.
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