{
  "title": "Prioritisation: should similar tasks be grouped together?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/prioriser-faut-il-regrouper-les-taches-de-meme-nature-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-03-29",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Grouping similar tasks appears to save time. Research supports part of this reasoning, but does not determine how large the batches should be.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Time Management & Prioritisation",
  "place": {
    "name": "Neuchâtel",
    "region": "Neuchâtel",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Joshua S."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Anticipating the transition is not always enough",
      "point": "Robert D."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that all similar tasks should always be processed together."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot size",
      "point": "These experiments concern controlled cognitive tasks, not sequences of watchmaking inspections or microelectronics equipment."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Neuchâtel",
      "point": "As part of SHR's time management and prioritisation programme, a Neuchâtel team working in microtechnology, watchmaking or precision microelectronics could compare its usual sequence with limited grouping of compatible operations, without changing the required checks."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Evans",
      "year": "2001",
      "source": "Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Monsell",
      "year": "1995",
      "source": "Journal of Experimental Psychology: General"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 392,
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    "it": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/prioriser-faut-il-regrouper-les-taches-de-meme-nature-it"
  },
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  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}