Body of Knowledge · Glossary
Self-management
The manager's judgment applied to the manager. It covers where their time and energy go, what boundaries they hold, and how they stay able to think clearly under load. It is the competency that sustains all the others.
Where the standard develops it
- CC-6Self-managementThe manager's own time, energy, boundaries, and resilience.
Related terms
- Burnout
- Exhaustion, cynicism and reduced efficacy caused by the conditions of the job (workload, control, reward, community, fairness, values) rather than by a shortage of individual resilience.
- Ego depletion
- The contested claim that self-control and decision quality draw on a limited resource that runs down through the day.
- Recovery
- The experiences through which people recuperate from work (psychological detachment, relaxation, mastery, control over one's time).
- Time log
- Two weeks of recording every hour as it is spent, then comparing the record with what the team needs.
Cite this definition
Chicago, BibTeX and licence →Engineering Management Academy. (2026). Self-management. In Engineering Management Academy Body of Knowledge (Version 3.1, GLO.self-management). https://www.engineeringmanagement.academy/body-of-knowledge/glossary/self-management