Investigating whether time management decisions made within the event management sector of Pretoria coincide with the time management environment scale

Abstract

Inefficient use of time is acknowledged to be a costly problem. Likewise, time management is of greater importance in business sectors that are time-demanding. Time management has proven to be crucial in the successful staging of events, further strengthened by the fact that the event management sector is high in time demand. The primary objective of the study was to determine whether time management within the event management sector of Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa, coincides with the dimensions identified within the TiME scale. The TiME scale was selected as time management measurement following an extensive review of time management models. A questionnaire was distributed to 27 event management organisations within Pretoria to collect quantitative data related to time management. The data collection process generated 151 completed questionnaires. The data was analysed using frequency tables as a descriptive method. Factor analyses were performed to create a more manageable number of variables. Five binary logistical analyses were conducted to determine whether a relationship does exist between the TiME scale dimensions, where after hierarchical multiple linear regressions analyses were used to test the TiME scale dimension applicable to the event management sector of Pretoria. The results showed that not all TiME scale dimensions are significant influencers of event management organisations’ time management abilities, but that by focussing on those that are, organisation ensure increase the efficiency with which time is management.