RECIPIENTS OF THE “INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION ORGANIZATION” EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ATTENDED A MASTER CLASS ON TIME MANAGEMENT AT A LOGISTICS COMPANY

On October 16, 2024, an online meeting was held with Victoria Skidan, Head of Marketing at Inter Trans Logistics, who held a master class on time management based on her experience working in a logistics company. This meeting was organized as part of the socio-educational project “Thematic Lectures and Master Classes from Transport Business Practitioners”. The organizer and moderator of the meeting was the Odessa Maritime National University, which, together with the Personnel Center for Maritime Business and Personnel Logistics “TTS HUB”, organized a master class on time management.
The meeting was attended by more than 65 people from four higher education institutions, including applicants for the educational program “Organization of International Transportation” of the first (bachelor’s) level and the second (master’s) level.
The master class was devoted to the question of how to make your work as international logisticians as effective as possible and be able to correctly distribute working time and rest time. Useful tips were provided on the process of planning and controlling time for specific activities. Using interactive online quizzes, all applicants tried to time their day and find out ways to improve the distribution of their own time for completing production tasks. The speaker shared useful tips on the need to plan work for the day, week, month, as well as using the “Pomodoro” principle. This technique involves increasing work efficiency with less time spent due to deep concentration and short breaks. The classic technique involves 25 minutes to complete 1 task and a 5-minute break.In addition, applicants were introduced to the web service “Todoist” – a set of software for task management. We learned that tasks can contain notes with files of any type, in addition, they can be placed in projects, sorted by filters, assigned labels, edited and exported. Since “Todoist” supports 13 computer and mobile platforms, the use of this web service can greatly facilitate time planning and, therefore, its effective use.
The students’ feedback showed a significant interest in such activities, emphasizing their positive impact on the quality of education. Such activities not only deepen students’ knowledge and skills, but also help reduce stress and increase motivation, demonstrating that renowned experts are willing to share their experiences with students.