The manager is working on the budget, and time wasters are preventing completion. The manager knows that common time wasters include which of the following items?
A) Failure to delegate
B) Organization and self-discipline
C) Interruptions
D) Inability to say "no"
E) Meetings

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1. Common time wasters include interruptions, in person or by phone calls, text messages, and email alerts; meetings, both scheduled and unscheduled; lack of clear-cut goals, objectives, and priorities; lack of daily and/or weekly plans; lack of personal organization and self-discipline; lack of knowledge about how one spends one's time; failure to delegate or working on routine tasks; ineffective communication; waiting for others and thus not using transition time effectively, and inability to say no.
2. Common time wasters include interruptions, in person or by phone calls, text messages, and email alerts; meetings, both scheduled and unscheduled; lack of clear-cut goals, objectives, and priorities; lack of daily and/or weekly plans; lack of personal organization and self-discipline; lack of knowledge about how one spends one's time; failure to delegate or working on routine tasks; ineffective communication; waiting for others and thus not using transition time effectively, and inability to say no.
3. Common time wasters include interruptions, in person or by phone calls, text messages, and email alerts; meetings, both scheduled and unscheduled; lack of clear-cut goals, objectives, and priorities; lack of daily and/or weekly plans; lack of personal organization and self-discipline; lack of knowledge about how one spends one's time; failure to delegate or working on routine tasks; ineffective communication; waiting for others and thus not using transition time effectively, and inability to say no.
4. Common time wasters include interruptions, in person or by phone calls, text messages, and email alerts; meetings, both scheduled and unscheduled; lack of clear-cut goals, objectives, and priorities; lack of daily and/or weekly plans; lack of personal organization and self-discipline; lack of knowledge about how one spends one's time; failure to delegate or working on routine tasks; ineffective communication; waiting for others and thus not using transition time effectively, and inability to say no.
5. Common time wasters include interruptions, in person or by phone calls, text messages, and email alerts; meetings, both scheduled and unscheduled; lack of clear-cut goals, objectives, and priorities; lack of daily and/or weekly plans; lack of personal organization and self-discipline; lack of knowledge about how one spends one's time; failure to delegate or working on routine tasks; ineffective communication; waiting for others and thus not using transition time effectively, and inability to say no.

The Manager Is Working on the Budget, and Time Wasters