Basic Prioritization Skills Within the Work Environment are Lacking These Days

Basic Prioritization Skills Within the Work Environment are Lacking These Days

Computer and IT technology appear to have affected the "basic office skills" of workers these days.
I have been taken by surprise often lately at how little "managers" and staff know about the benefits of having good basic admin skills.
It appears that companies have spoofed their staff members so much by issuing such in depth SOPs, etc, that they no longer need to think and this results in lack of skills like "prioritising and organising" ones daily job!
Workers are lost, they do not use the reminder systems available on their computers, they do not use the task schedule facilities available and they cannot even prioritise emails for follow-up.
The odd ones that do prioritise emails for instance, then forget to do exactly that - follow-up or they have given every email the same follow-up category like "tomorrow" and of course get swamped each day with all these emails that don't need looking at each day.
If workers cannot start the day by looking at the work that needs to be done, placing it in some kind of order, do the basics like email management as they go along and successfully manage tasks - what kind of a work environment is it going to be in the next decade?

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		2 Francielle Nunes Entrepreneur, Brazil
	Basic Prioritization Skills of Employees I agree with Shan Cade's observations. Some basic prioritization skills have been embedded within th... Sign up

		2 Mark Josiah S. Pillejera Manager, Philippines
	Basic Prioritization by Employees is Important I agree with Shan's and Francielle's comment. because of this, I ask my team members to each day fir... Sign up

		0 Darryl Lynn Jones, United States
	Basic Prioritization Skills and the Motivation to Use It Basic prioritization skills must become a primary professional development focus amid all bureaucrac... Sign up

		2 Nji Mathias Bohkum Accountant
	Basic Prioritization by Workers. And Competence I totally agree with Shan Cade on her views vis-à-vis basic prioritization skills. I equally feel th... Sign up

		2 Myk Rushton New Zealand
	Prioritisation and Admin Skills I do not think that it is the lack of skills, such skills are needed in life not just business. The ... Sign up

		0 Darryl Lynn Jones, United States
	Basic Prioritization Skills and the Motivation to Use It Social media prioritization over fundamental workplace functions is an addiction. It must be dealt w... Sign up

		2 K.Narayana Moorthy HR Consultant, India
	Basic Prioritization Skills While I agree that prioritization is required in work environment, it's no use to lament or mourn ab... Sign up

		2 Nash Manager, United Kingdom
	Basic Prioritisation and Email Dependency I too agree. Employees can become paralysed by the number of emails that they need to respond to - I... Sign up

		0 Om P Nirola Consultant, Bhutan
	Prioritisation at Work Shan has brought out an interesting topic. I have seen that young professionals feel overwhelmed, s... Sign up

		0 Myk Rushton New Zealand
	Email Dysfunctionality @Nash et al. One single user had over 28000 emails with 4000 unread in outlook inbox no sub folders/... Sign up

		1 Zoniaina Coach, Madagascar
	Improve Performance with Tools I totally agree, all employees should learn how to optimize their performance using tools. This is ... Sign up