, ▁like ▁stay ing ▁at ▁a ▁particular ▁job ▁much ▁longer ▁than ▁originally ▁planned . ▁ ▁Software ▁applications ▁▁ ▁Many ▁companies ▁use ▁time ▁tracking ▁software ▁to ▁track ▁an ▁employee ' s ▁working ▁time , ▁bill able ▁hours ▁etc ., ▁e . g . ▁law ▁practice ▁management ▁software . ▁ ▁Many ▁software ▁products ▁for ▁time ▁management ▁support ▁multiple ▁users . ▁They ▁allow ▁the ▁person ▁to ▁give ▁tasks ▁to ▁other ▁users ▁and ▁use ▁the ▁software ▁for ▁communication . ▁ ▁Task ▁list ▁applications ▁may ▁be ▁thought ▁of ▁as ▁light weight ▁personal ▁information ▁manager ▁or ▁project ▁management ▁software . ▁ ▁Modern ▁task ▁list ▁applications ▁may ▁have ▁built - in ▁task ▁hierarchy ▁( tasks ▁are ▁composed ▁of ▁sub tasks ▁which ▁again ▁may ▁contain ▁sub tasks ), ▁may ▁support ▁multiple ▁methods ▁of ▁filtering ▁and ▁ordering ▁the ▁list ▁of ▁tasks , ▁and ▁may ▁allow ▁one ▁to ▁associate ▁arbitr arily ▁long ▁notes ▁for ▁each ▁task . ▁ ▁In ▁contrast ▁to ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁allowing ▁the ▁person ▁to ▁use ▁multiple ▁filtering ▁methods , ▁at ▁least ▁one ▁software ▁product ▁addition ally ▁contains ▁a ▁mode ▁where ▁the ▁software ▁will ▁attempt ▁to ▁dynamically ▁determine ▁the ▁best ▁tasks ▁for ▁any ▁given ▁moment . ▁ ▁Time ▁management ▁systems ▁ ▁Time ▁management ▁systems ▁often ▁include ▁a ▁time ▁clock ▁or ▁web - based ▁application ▁used ▁to ▁track ▁an ▁employee ' s ▁work ▁hours . ▁Time ▁management ▁systems ▁give ▁employ ers ▁ins ights ▁into ▁their ▁work force , ▁allowing ▁them ▁to ▁see , ▁plan ▁and ▁manage ▁employees ' ▁time . ▁Do ing ▁so ▁allows ▁employ ers ▁to ▁control ▁labor ▁costs ▁and