Problem Solving Theory Project
GS1140
08-13-2014
Antonio Pierce & Dana Jackson

Thinking about a recurring problem in my life was tough, being that I’ve just closed on a home, working 45-50 hours a week as a store manager, and going to school , are all their own problems in themselves. The common denominator in all three of these life altering events would be time allocation. Given 24 hours, I have to figure out the best way to divide every single step throughout the day, for the next couple of years to be beneficial to myself as well as my household. My morals or ethics come down to family being the most important in my life. I need correct time allocation to not only help handle the day to day responsibilities that come from caring for my first household. But also satisfying the time spent with my girlfriend in .the same process. This causes a severe split between job and school as well. I need to work in order to provide my half of the bills and relationship spending. But also need school to further advance in my career and make a better living. As the saying goes “Work smarter not harder”. With a better education I can advance to make money as well as work less to satisfy my home and relationship needs. At first I thought the problem was I was doing too much at one time. The real problem is “How to create more time to allocate to my responsibilities simultaneously”. Incorrect time management could possibly lead into failures in my relationship, foreclosure on my home, stuck in the same complacent job “comfortable”, and ultimately dropping out of school. But developing better time management skills, I can satisfy home improvement as well as spending time with my girlfriend, continue to work and become a better store manager. Displaying the qualities needed to either take over the store or become my own owner of a similar store.

What | IS | IS NOT | DISTINCTION | | HIGH BENZENE CONCENTRATION | FILTERED | NORTHA AMERICA & AUSTILIA WATER |

WHERE | IS | IS NOT | DISTINCTION | | NORTH AMERICAN AND AUSTRILIA | EUROPE | NORTH AMERICA AND AUSTRILIA SHIPMENT |

WHEN | IS | IS NOT | DISTINCTION | | IN THE PLANT | WHEN BOTTLED | WHEN FILITRATION PROCESS COMES INTO PLAY |

EXTENT | IS | IS NOT | DISTINCTION | | NORTH AMERICA AND AUSTRILIA PLANT | EUROPEAN PLANTS | FILTRATION SYSTEM NOT WORKING |

PROBLEM | SUBPROBLEM | TIMING(H,M,L) | TREND(H,M,L) | IMPACT(H,M,L) | NEXT PROCESS(DA,PA,PPA) | 1.Closer job to home | Possible promotion | L | L | M | PA | 2.Part defected | Financial Stability | H | H | H | PA/DA | 3.Spouse Seeking Employment | Managing Kids | L | L | L | DA | 4.House Repairs | Leaking | M | H | H | PA/DA | | Painting | L | L | L | PA | 5.Car Broken | New Car | H | H | H | DA/PPA |

Alternative Solution | A: Geology 101 | B: History 201 | Must | 1.) Out of class time2.) 3 hour class | GoGo | GoNo Go | Wants | Weight | Rating | Score | Rating | Score | 1.) fun and easy2.) Low Homework | 106 | 108 | 10048 | 31 | 306 | | Total A=148 | Total B=36 |

Materials | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | | Car | Honda Accord | - | | | | | | | Gas | $120.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $21.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $120.00 | | Travel | 17hr and 14min | $0.00 | $0.00 | 1 hour | 1 hour | 0 hour | 17hr and 14 min | | Gathering Wood | 1 hour | 1 hour | 3 hour | 0 hour | 1 hour | 1 hour | 0 hour | | Pitching Tent | 1 hour | 0 hour | 0 hour | 0 hour | 0 hour | 0 hour | 0 hour | | Collecting Food | 3 hours | 1 hour | 3 hour | 0 hour | 2 hour | 1 hour | 0 hour | | Starting Camp Fire | 1 hours | 1 hour | 1 hour | 1 hour | 1 hour | 1 hour | 0 hour | | Eating | 30 min | 30min | 1 hour | 1 hour | 1 hour | 1 hour | 0 hour | | Sleeping | 5 hour | 5 hour | 8 hour | 6 hour | 5 hour | 8 hour | 5 hour | | Hiking | 2 hour | 1 hour | 0 hour | 2 hour | 0 hour | 1 hour | 0 hour | | snow boarding | 1 hour | 0 hour | 0 hour | 2 hour | 0 hour | 1 hour | 0 hour | | Liquor | $200.00 | 0 | 0 | $75.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0 hour | | Smoke | $325.00 | 0 | 0 | $200.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $325.00 | | total time spent | 32 hours | 40 hours | 16 hour | 13 hours | 11 hours | 15 hour | 17 hr and 14 min | | total money spent | $645.00 | 0 | 0 | $275.00 | 0 | 0 | $325.00 | | grand total $$$ | $1.245.00 | | | | | | | | grand total hours | 144.28 hours | | | | | | | |

Task | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Sleep | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | Shower Get Ready | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Work | 11 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 6 | School | 0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | Girlfriend | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | House | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Breakfast | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | Lunch | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dinner | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Total | 52 | 49.5 | 50.5 | 47 | 52 | 51.5 | 54 |

Evaluation Checklist * Is it legal? Will I be violating either civil law or company policy? * Is it balanced? Is it fair to all concerned in both the short term and the long term? Does it promote win/win relationships? * How will it make me feel about myself? Will it make me proud? Would I feel good if my decision were published in the newspaper? Would I feel good if my family knew about it?
The Gnatt chart illustrates my proposed implementation plan on how to solve my problem which is time management. Everything is completely legal seeing that I’m only dealing with how to distribute time throughout the course of the day to satisfy both school and professional life. I’ve thoroughly balanced out the time allocation so that everything is pretty much equal including my personal life as well. With better time management I will be able to complete all my assignments school and work related, spend time maintaining my new home, and still have personal time to do whatever I want to do. It’s a win/win relationship because everything is distributed evenly. Being able to balance everything out makes me proud that I’ll be able to tackle so much and completely utilize the 24hours I have in a day with no wasted time spent. This solution also helps me beat procrastination because I literally have set out time to do everything I deem important in my life, and also free time in case any unwanted problems occur.