| This qualitative phenomenological research study represents the personal and professional lived experiences of executive and middle manager professionals in an eastern North Carolina school system and the time management techniques that influenced their perceptions. In depth, interviews were conducted with 20 experienced executive and middle manager professionals educating in an eastern North Carolina school system. Moustakas' (1994) modified van Kaam's method was used to transcribe and record the interviews. This method served as a template for data collection and the analysis of that data. Participants depicted these lived experiences into six emerging themes. The research findings revealed that 35% of the participants felt that productivity; 30% felt that deadlines, calendars, priorities, and organization; and 20% felt that management was responsible for effective time management. Interviewing the highly dedicated lived experiences of the participants culminated in the knowledge and recommendations that time management techniques increase productivity. |
