“THE EFFECT OF TIME MANAGEMENT TOWARDS GRADE 12 HUMSS SENIOR

HIGH STUDENT IN ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION COLLEGE”

Chapter I
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study
Time management is very important and it may actually affect individual's overall
performance and achievements. Students nowadays always commented that they do not have
enough time to complete all the tasks assigned to them. In addition, a university environment's
flexibility and freedom can derail students who have not mastered time management skills. Time
management is the process of organizing and planning how to divide your time between specific
activities. Good time management enables you to work smarter not harder so that you get more
done in less time, even when time is tight and pressures are high. Failing to manage your time
damages your effectiveness and causes stress. It also refers to the way that you organize and plan
how long you spend on specific activities. It may seem counter-intuitive to dedicate precious
time to learning about time management, instead of using it to get on with your work, but the
benefits are enormous; Greater productivity and efficiency, A better professional reputation, Less
stress, Increased opportunities for advancement, and Greater opportunities to achieve important
life and career goals.
Time is to be deemed very substantial to human beings as age and capital; especially that
entire human life is made of time segments which mean the second that is gone is going to
shorten the human life and make the death nearer. The whole life is a test to see who deserves the
paradise in the judgment day, so exploiting the time to fulfill ambitions is of great importance in
both worldly life and in the hereafter (Algaradawi, 2003, p14). Time management is very
worthwhile issue during to being it a key factor in any success at all levels of life and for that the
term time management is strongly associated with administrative work. Despite of its
importance, it is never an easy task to manage time individually and a need to specific
qualifications along with many personal skills is then a must. Let alone exploiting the available
resources in order to meet the society and individual needs at the same time and the ability to
adjust with the present and future situations (Alghamdi, 2008, p 49).
To manage time is another sense of distributing priorities and exert efforts upon that
distribution, according to Covey (2004) seven matters a person must give priorities for, as
namely; improving the contacts with others, preparing the activities more effectively, improving
the process of managing and planning for the duties, caring for the personal interests, seizing
new opportunities, improving the personal skills and information, admitting the power of other.
In this respect, mentioning the academic level is of close link to the level of success one may
gain; as Academic achievement is the dream of family and social status of the individual, where
a human needs to have a positive view of him/her self as this view along with the physical
abilities will lead to make real resources to future success. It follows then that in order to get
self-satisfaction, one will need to link self–recognition to achievement and self-expressing. A
good finding on this is represented in high achievements done by self- recognized intellectuals
compared to those with low-recognition (Asakreh, 2003, p 54). Studying successful people
schedules is a very contribution towards the knowledge behind making true the goals. The
contribution of this paper is to study some of the close links people always advise to gain high
grades at school which is time management.

In the modern world, time is seen as an indefinitely divisible and usable commodity. It
helps to infuse e the concept of time through the institution. All the material and human
resources possessed by organization ns can be enhanced in the course of time or be transformed
as time goes on; yet the only asset that cannot be changed or purchased or stored is time itself.
The secret to a achieving success in life is effectively managing the is resource that everyone
possesses equally and paying sufficient emphasis to planning (Macan, Shahani, Dipboye &
Phillips, 2000). Though effective and efficient use of time varies with respect to the tasks
performed , the further increase in the level of knowledge and skills expect ted from modern
employees has further increased the necessity of time planning. The road to success in social life
passes through effective and efficient working which is only possible via time management. The
competitive environment we live in today encourages people from as early as their elementary
education to plan and manage time effectively. The high performance required by competitive
conditions forces organizations and directors to use time effectively and stipulates the search to
control time (Alay & Koçak, 2003).

In developing countries where students have a lot o f issues during academic journey have a
new story for the researcher to dig out much more interesting results . Time management
practices have an impact on the results of students as empirical studies done by past researchers.
In spite of knowing about the impact of time o n academic achievement, this relationship is not
given importance by the students (Sevari & Kandy, 2011). At high education level the study
schedule must properly planned, implemented and controlled for better results.
Emphasizing time also helps to develop cost effective educational policies by the authorities
especially at higher education level (Kaushar, 2013). Ongoing problem of scarcity of knowledge
in connection with time management and academic outputs is due to lack of easiness and of
costly ways of collecting data. Driven by this fact, particular emphasis has been paid in the
modern education system to time management issues by every students’ attitudes and behaviors
related to time and its management (Karim, Sevari, Mitra & Kandy, 20 15). Based on the
necessity of effective time management required from students during their academic and
professional life, field research has been conducted d in the present paper towards the aim of
designate ng their position with respect to effective time management and determining the effect
of their time management skill son their academic achievements.
Several factors were found to significantly affect the academic performance of the students
such as the number of tasks to be submitted and accomplished, interaction with classmates
during study time and most especially the allotted study time. Due to the situations mentioned,
there searchers would like to determine the significant relationship between the study time
management and academic performance of the students in Asian Development Foundation
College.
Statement of the Problem

This study aims at determining The Effect Of Time Management Towards GRADE-12
Senior High Student In Asian Development Foundation College. Specifically, this study seeks to
answer the following questions:

1. Do you need some help managing your busy schedule?

___YES ___NO
2. Do you create schedule in every tasks?
___YES ___NO
3. Do you use your free time in doing schoolwork’s?
___YES ___NO
4. It is hard for you to balance your time?
___YES ___NO
5. Do you balance your time in doing your schoolwork’s and household chores?
___YES ___NO
6. Have you estimated how many hours you need to study this semester?
___YES ___NO
7. Do you begin working on long-term assignments at the beginning of the semester?
___YES ___NO
8. Do you schedule time to study for exams?
___YES ___NO
9. How do you manage deadlines?
10. Describe how you manage stress at work?
Alternative Hypothesis

If the students cannot manage their time wisely can experience stress and make their work
not presentable, than the students who use their time wisely and know how to manage their time
have a better plan and take make their self presentable and confident in what they are doing.
This qualitative research primary goal of determining the effect of time management
towards Grade 12 Humss senior high student of Asian Development Foundation College. It is
also sought to figure out the differences of the respondents level of factors according to their
responses. The unique body of literature, the respondents will know the effect of having good
time management and use it correctly to perform their task and duties.
Hence, the researchers hypothesize that:

Null hypothesis : There is a significant difference between the respondents level of factors
affecting time management.
Significance of the Study

This study can be considered useful in terms of managing their time in their daily life of
living. The results of this study may be of significance to the following individuals:

To Students . This study can help student to complete more in less time, because their attention
is focused and they’re not wasting time on distractions Good time management allows students
to make the most of their abilities and enjoy the satisfaction of accomplishment.

To the Teachers. This study can help teachers to optimize learning opportunities for students.

To Parents and Guardians . This study can help parents and guardian to makes life easier when
they can go through their daily chores and duties without having to take the time to tell them
each and every task that needs to be done.

Future Researchers. This study can help the future researcher because they can get the same
information that might be needed in their research and same of their question may be answered
by the study.

School Administrator
. This study will help the school administrator to monitor the progress of the students in
academic performances as they manage their study time and to determine the relationship
between the study time management and academic performance of the students.

Scope and Delimitation of the study

 This study aims to determine the effectiveness of having time management towards the
Grade12 student and delimited to all grade 12 Humss students in Asian Development Foundation
College. The main purpose of this study is to know how important time management in our daily
life of living and its focus to the grade 12 Humss students to let them know how to manage and
use their time wisely so that they can do their task easily and correctly without panic and
thinking another activities that they need to finish.
In this study there are only 111 respondent who is responsible to answer the following
questions that the researchers conducted . We select all the grade 12 Humss students since we are
choose only one strand in Senior High School. We choose the Descriptive research design
because it aims to accurately and systematically describe a population, situation or phenomenon.
We conduct this study in Asian Development Foundation College for us to manage and conduct
the study easily. The main purpose of this study is to know how important time management in
our daily life of living and its focus to the grade 12 Humss students to let them know how to
manage and use their time wisely so that they can do their task easily and correctly without panic
and thinking another activities that they need to finish.

Framework and Conceptual

Theoretical
The current study is compose of two theories- The Bucket Rock theory; and the ABC
System that support the study that researchers conducted.
The Bucket of Rocks Theory
 To properly manage time, one needs to know the level of importance that
each activity holds. The Bucket of Rocks theory (also referred to as the Pickle Jar Theory) offers
insight into the order in which a person should work on his activities (Mancini 2003).
The theory proposes that you put big rocks in a bucket (this will represent the important

Students
thing) and then you fill it up with pebbles followed by sand and then water. The smaller
substances represent increasingly unimportant tasks (Forsyth 2010). According to this theory, we
are supposed to do the important things (big stones) first and then move on to the less important
things (pebbles and sand) and finally if we have the tie, we can do the unimportant things
(water). If we begin working on the unimportant things or the less important things first, we will
not have the space to do the important things in our lives.
ABC System Theory
Every person is on average faced with many activities which require
attention. In many instances, the time available may not be sufficient for all the activities that
need to be done.

In order to use time more effectively, a person needs to prioritize on the tasks that need to
be undertaken. The ABC system developed by Alan Lakein can provide an efficient means for
prioritizing. Mancini (2003) demonstrates that using the ABC approach can facilitate an
individual’s prioritizing. The letter assigned to a given task denotes its priority level with A
being the tasks with highest urgency, B the tasks that have low urgency but are of importance
and C being tasks that are not urgent and whose completion can be postponed. Mancini (2003)
states that the tasks can be broken down further as A1, A2, A3 etc with A1 being the most urgent
and important task.
Conceptual Framework
 Time management
Figure 1. A Schematic Diagram Showing the Conceptual Framework of the Study
The schematic illustrate below the box labelled “students” which is the
independent variable is the one who need to manage their time and the arrow down below
pointing the next box is the dependent variable which is the “time management”

In the referral to the points stated in theoretical bases and the review of related literature of this
study, the schematic diagram is presented in figure 1. The schematic diagram illustrates the
relationship of the variables related to the study. Other
Schoolwork’s
The students
activities
and how they manage their time while doing their school works and other
activities, which also yields to different function that may use managing time in different
situation. In the schematic illustrate below the box labelled "students" is the one who need to
manage their time and the arrow down below pointing the next box is the "time management"
that is important in our daily living and last is the two arrows between "school works" and “other
activities " is need time management to make our life easier and avoid experiencing panic, stress
and do our duty presentable.
Definition of terms

Conducive. making a certain situation or outcome likely or possible.

Deemed. regard or consider in a specified way.
Derail. cause a train or trolley car to leave its tracks accidentally.
Designate. appoint someone to a specified position.
Despite. the feeling or attitude of despising someone or something
Emphasizing. to show that something is very important or worth giving attention to.
Enforce. compel observance of or compliance with a law, rule, or obligation.
Enormous. very large in size, quantity, or extent.
Exert. apply or bring to bear a force, influence, or quality.
Exploiting. make full use of and derive benefit from a resource.
Intellectuals. a person possessing a highly developed intellect.
Intuitive. the ability to understand or know something without any direct evidence or
reasoning process.
Implemented. means in the state or condition of having been fulfilled, performed,
carried-out, or put-into-effect.
Necessity. the fact of being required or indispensable.
Reputation. the beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or
something .
Self-expressing. is the expression of your personality, feelings, or opinions, for
example through an artistic activity
Self–recognition. is also called self-awareness involves being aware of different
aspects of the self including traits, behaviors, and feelings.
Time Management. Is the process of organizing and planning how to divide your
time between specific activities.