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  2. Procrastination - Wikipedia

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    Procrastination is the act of unnecessarily delaying or postponing something despite knowing that there could be negative consequences for doing so. It is a common human experience involving delays in everyday chores or even putting off tasks such as attending an appointment, submitting a job report or academic assignment, or broaching a stressful issue with a partner.

  3. Tardiness - Wikipedia

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    Tardiness is the habit of being late or delaying arrival. [1] Being late as a form of misconduct may be formally punishable in various arrangements, such as workplace, school, etc. An opposite personality trait is punctuality .

  4. Delayed gratification - Wikipedia

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    In other words, self-control abilities are malleable, [21] a fact that can be a source of hope for those who struggle with this skill. In psychotherapy, treatment for impulse-control issues often involves teaching individuals to realize the downsides of acting on immediate urges and in turn to practice delaying gratification.

  5. Tardiness (scheduling) - Wikipedia

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    Typical examples include job scheduling in manufacturing and data delivery scheduling in data processing networks. [1] In manufacturing environment, inventory management considers both tardiness and earliness undesirable. Tardiness involves backlog issues such as customer compensation for delays and loss of goodwill.

  6. Glossary of project management - Wikipedia

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    Project stakeholders are those entities within or without an organization which sponsor a project or, have an interest or a gain upon a successful completion of a project. Project team is the management team leading the project, and provide services to the project. Projects often bring together a variety number of problems.

  7. Delaying tactic - Wikipedia

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    Delaying tactics can be employed, either intentionally or subconsciously, as a coping mechanism to avoid making difficult decisions or performing unpleasant tasks. [6] The reasons that an individual may use delay tactics may vary, but motivations often include maintaining control and avoiding change; especially when this change is unwanted.

  8. Workaholic - Wikipedia

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    Workaholics tend to be less effective than other workers because they have difficulty working as part of a team, trouble delegating or entrusting co-workers or organizational problems due to taking on too much work at once. [11] Moreover, workaholics often suffer sleep deprivation, which results in impaired brain and cognitive function. [12]

  9. Leave of absence - Wikipedia

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    They are the basis of calculation of commuted leave available to the employee after completion of one year of service. Commuted leave: Two half pay leaves due can be commuted to one fully paid commuted leave. Commuted leave not exceeding half the amount of half-pay leave due at any point of time can be taken on certified medical ground.