管理者最重要的管理能力是对自我的管理。换句话说,用于自我管理的“自由时间”是最具价值的。而获得更多“自由”的最直接因素,就是平衡好花在工作上的三类时间:被上级占用的时间、受组织支配的时间以及个人支配的时间。不久前的一个调查显示,大企业中层管理者在被问及工作中最缺乏的资源是什么时,回答最多的竟然不是组织赋予的权力或者物质资源,而是时间。而在被问及日常管理中的最大愿望时, The most important managerial ability of managers is self-management. In other words, “free time” for self-management is the most valuable. The most direct factor to gain more “freedom ” is to balance the three types of time spent on work: the time occupied by superiors, the time dictated by the organization, and the time spent by the individual. A recent survey shows that when the middle-level managers of large enterprises are asked what is the scarcest resource in their work, the most frequently answered is not the power or material resources given by the organization, but the time. When asked about the greatest desire in day-to-day management,