{
  "title": "Prioritisation: should a new period mean a revised schedule?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/prioriser-reexaminer-agenda-changement-periode-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-06-13",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "The start of a month or semester can encourage a fresh start. It does not, by itself, justify a new ranking of priorities.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Time Management & Prioritisation",
  "place": {
    "name": "Fribourg",
    "region": "Fribourg",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Hengchen Dai, Katherine L."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Progress matters too",
      "point": "Ran Kivetz, Oleg Urminsky and Yuhuang Zheng (2006, Journal of Marketing Research) observe, notably in loyalty programmes, an acceleration of effort as people approach a reward."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that every priority should be relaunched at the start of each month, or that anything apparently close to completion should always be finished."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The limits of applying the findings to work schedules",
      "point": "These studies concern personal behaviours and reward systems, not time allocation within an industrial or university team."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Fribourg",
      "point": "As part of SHR's “[Time Management & Prioritisation](/formation/gestion-du-temps/fribourg)” programme, a team in the food industry, at a bilingual industrial site or within Fribourg's university community could test a priority review at a change of period relevant to its work."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Riis",
      "year": "2014",
      "source": "Management Science"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Zheng",
      "year": "2006",
      "source": "Journal of Marketing Research"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 450,
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  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}