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Efficiency Best Practices for Microsoft 365

By : Dr. Nitin Paranjape
Book Image

Efficiency Best Practices for Microsoft 365

By: Dr. Nitin Paranjape

Overview of this book

Efficiency Best Practices for Microsoft 365 covers the entire range of over 25 desktop and mobile applications on the Microsoft 365 platform. This book will provide simple, immediately usable, and authoritative guidance to help you save at least 20 minutes every day, advance in your career, and achieve business growth. You'll start by covering components and tasks such as creating and storing files and then move on to data management and data analysis. As you progress through the chapters, you'll learn how to manage, monitor, and execute your tasks efficiently, focusing on creating a master task list, linking notes to meetings, and more. The book also guides you through handling projects involving many people and external contractors/agencies; you'll explore effective email communication, meeting management, and open collaboration across the organization. You'll also learn how to automate different repetitive tasks quickly and easily, even if you’re not a programmer, transforming the way you import, clean, and analyze data. By the end of this Microsoft 365 book, you'll have gained the skills you need to improve efficiency with the help of expert tips and techniques for using M365 apps.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Section 1: Efficient Content Creation
7
Section 2: Efficient Collaboration
10
Section 3: Integration

Chapter 6: Time and Task Management

In this chapter, you will see how you can manage your work and time effectively. You will also learn how to delegate work and monitor delegated work easily.

The key principle to learn here is not to rely on email when there is a better way to get the job done. In this case, we will use tasks along with the calendar to manage our work and time.

We will cover the following topics in this chapter:

  • Growth mindset
  • Creating a master task list
  • Proactively finding time to execute work
  • Delegation and monitoring
  • Managing tasks on mobile
  • Briefing emails
  • Managing contacts
  • Online service booking
  • Managing shifts

In the process, we will cover Outlook and the To Do app.