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What is the Pareto Principle (80/20 rule)? Meaning.

The Pareto Principle (80/20 rule) states that for many phenomena 80% of consequences stem from 20% of the causes. The idea has rule-of-thumb application in many places.


Some of these applications include:

  • 20% of any advertising campaign produces 80% of the response.

  • 20% of the employees perform 80% of the work.

  • 20% of the clients are responsible for 80% of all revenues / profits.

The principle was suggested by management thinker and quality control pioneer Joseph M. Juran.

Juran described the Pareto principle as the principle of 'the vital few and the trivial many' (Quality Control Handbook, 1951). He named it after the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who observed in 1897 that 80% of property in Italy was owned by 20% of the Italian population.


The principle can be viewed as recursive, Tipton Cole has observed that the Pareto Principle applies to the residue of its first application, yielding a "96-36" rule.


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topic How to Apply the Pareto Principle to Email
You should also apply the 80/20 rule to your email inbox. WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY THE 80/20 RULE TO YOUR INBOX To make sure you are not following other people’s agenda (who send you all kinds of requ...
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topic Using the 80/20 Rule in Lean Management
The Pareto principle can be used in lean practices so that an organization can achieve efficiency and effectiveness. Such practice looks at the few tasks that employees perform that add value to the o...
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topic Meta Pareto Principle
The Pareto Principle has consistently proven to be right in 80% of the cases. There are of course exceptions, but for sure they do not amount to more than 20%... The pareto principle in action :-)...
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topic Pareto Principle versus ABC Analysis
I would like to know what came first - ABC Analysis or Pareto Principle? Both seem the same to me. So maybe one is the adaptation of the other......
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topic 80-20 Rule in Broadcasting
When Brian Tracy's "Eat that frog" introduced me to Pareto principle some years back, I called for our marketing books and to my surprise only about 20% of advertising agencies placed adverts worth mo...
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🔥 Focus on the 20%, Most Important Tasks
This principle basically states that 20% of the actions you could take will provide you with 80% of the benefits. So focus on these tasks since they will accomplish the most. Unfortunately, these are...
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topic Pareto Principle for Designing Information Systems
I’ve been spending a lot of time designing Information Systems for customers and found the Pareto principle also very useful to help the user focus on important matters and avoid costly implementation...
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topic Pareto Principle in Bible?
Any sample? Noah? Other samples? I am looking for any information about any management theory in bible. No one try to take and find that any new theory had a backup theory in old testimony too. Let us...
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topic Beware: Pareto is Not About 80 and 20
Don't focus too much on the numbers: the principle is about the imbalance, not about '80' and '20'. Other ratio's than 80/20 have been found and described......
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topic Danger of Pareto: Self Fulfilling Prophecy
Although I agree with the Pareto principle, the danger is that we act to fulfill. How can we in our organizations and daily life contradict? What is our attitude towards this? Maybe we often act in w...
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🥇 The 80/20 Rule for Managers
To organize their working process well, and to complete tasks effectively, managers use a big variety of resources including finances, social and time resources. Obviously the environment is never per...
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🥈 How do we Know what is the 20% in Pareto?
Some may feel this is obvious, but my experience has shown that many managers and executives may not know what is actually in the 20%. This is not a given. If you are an "unconscious competent" you ma...
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🥉 Using the 80/20 Principle for Workforce Effectiveness
Can this principle be widely applied, and include a company workforce? In regard to performance and effectiveness of personnel, e.g. if the company's total workforce is 1000, can we attribute the achi...
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Analyze the Performance of your Business Through an 80/20 Lens

Analyzing Business Performance Management
HOW CAN YOU ANALYZE PERFORMANCE OR A COMPANY THROUGH A 80-20 LENS? By effectively deploying the 80-20 rule in periodic ...
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Time Management for Business Managers

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Understanding the Basics of the 80-20 Rule
This powerpoint presentation explains the Pareto Principle and gives numerous examples 1. Pareto Principle: 20/80 rule ...
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First Introduction to the 80/20 Rule (Pareto Principle)

Understanding the Importance of the Pareto Principle in Time and Life Management
Basic explanation of the Pareto Principle for time and life management: 20% of your activities will account for 80% of y...
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Harold Taylor gives live examples of the most freqently made errors, misconceptions and and time consuming habits in a f...
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Steve Jobs on Dr. Joseph Juran: Back to the Basics

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In this video a young Steve Jobs explains the influence of Dr. Juran on Steve’s ideas of process and quality management....
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