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A finance assistant has a long list of tasks. She sorts them by whether each is urgent and whether it is important, and does the urgent and important ones first. Which time management approach is she using?
She is using Eisenhower matrix prioritisation, because she classifies tasks by urgency and importance and tackles those that are both first. The other options concern delegation, moving staff between jobs, or agreeing targets, not ranking tasks.
- AEisenhower matrix prioritisationCorrect
- BDelegation by exception
- CJob rotation
- DManagement by objectives
Explanation
Classifying tasks by urgency and importance is the Eisenhower matrix. Delegation by exception concerns passing work to others, job rotation moves staff between jobs, and management by objectives sets agreed targets. None of these involves sorting tasks on two axes.
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