Reflection Essay

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In everyday life, problems comes across every individual person no matter your social or professional position.

No matter what we do in our daily activities, we cannot escape the facts of coming across unexpected plans an organizations. Whether we are working on a big project or simple management at work and at home with our children, time management and critical thinking is always important. To be successful in business mean to manage projects, analyze situations and make reliable decision using relevant digital tools and information. As a chief operating officer in a a huge production company, my responsibility is to make sure that company function properly for a better income revenue. …show more content…

The was no time to complete the monthly report that is due today for my boss. In addition the meeting with a supplier of renegotiation of contract for the toilet paper and cleaning supplies used in the restroom of the business has to canceled. This is an unpleasant situation to not be able to get everything done, but according to the priority of my boss I get the very important things done. I would reschedule the meeting to next day and work extra hours to prepare to report for the next day too. This items left over should be first things to be done urgently the following day in order to get on track. I will explain the situation to my boss and ask for extension of the due day of the report. I will consider to do whatever it takes to present him the report as the first accomplishment in the morning. Working for extra hour at work or at home can be an option for me to get it done. My second concern eventually is the meeting. This meeting is an opportunity for me to renegotiation the current expensive of our restroom supplies. I might come up with the agreement of reducing this cost so is very important. Keeping the outgoing expensive of the company is one of the priority of my boss and I have to make sure that point is mark

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