Introduction: The main purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between time management and productivity of human resources in physical education departments in universities of Iran.
Methodology: This research is of correlational studies kind that has been conducted by means of field method.
Statistical population of this study includes 300 managers and staffs of 85 Iranian universities and statistical sample includes 167 people which have been selected by Morgan Table. Measurement devices in this study was, individual characteristics questionnaire, time management questionnaire (Moghimi and Ramezan 1390) questionnaires has been calculated 0.89 and 0.79 using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient respectively. In order to describe the individual characteristics of the subjects, descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation coefficient were used for evaluating the correlation between time management and components of workforce productivity.
Results: The findings of study using the correlation coefficient indicates that there is a significant and positive correlation between the time management and workforce productivity. In addition, there is a significant and positive correlation between the time management and workforce productivity components i.e. the ability, perception and recognition, organizational support, motivation and feedback. However, no significant correlation between time management and reliability and compatibility components were observed. Also, there is a significant correlation between the demographic characteristics (age and years of service) and workforce productivity, but there was no significant correlation between the demographic characteristics (organizational position and level of education) and work force productivity and the demographic characteristics (age, years of service and education) and time management.