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Shabbir, Pakistan
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Organizational Efficiency or Effectiveness?
Which is more important for an organization: efficiency or effectiveness? Why?
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Pradeep Sukumar, India
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Organizational Efficiency vs Effectiveness
Dear Shabbir, to me, organisational efficiency appears to be of paramount importance, in the light of the intensively competitive business environment. Don't you feel that effectiveness would be a natural consequence of efficiency?
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RAMESHWER RAO
EXECUTIVE-SUPPLY CHAIN, India
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Organisational Effectiveness
Undoubtedly organisational efficiency is the real mantra for success of any organisation. However, it should be well supported by effective working practices.
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Muhammad Yousaf, Pakistan
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Management
Efficiency and effectiveness also callled end and means how we can more explain? if possible?
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SILVANUS OBONDI
Manager, Kenya
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Organizational Efficiency and Effectiveness
Efficiency is more important since it indirectly encompasses effectiveness..
The fact that both are very crucial in any entity, efficiency refers to meeting the desired output with minimum possible input. This then means that the desired output( effectiveness) is achieved through minimum output.
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Michael P. Enriquez
Student (MBA), Philippines
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Efficiency & Effectiveness
Effectiveness refers to attaining the objective and efficiency determines the quality of achieving that objective.
For example, the objective is to deliver a pizza to the customer yet the taste of th...
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pradeep deo
Strategy Consultant, India
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Organizational Efficiency and Effectiveness
Efficiency and effectiveness are interdependent. Without efficiency effectiveness has little meaning and vice versa. It is the proficiency which makes real difference....
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jinson, India
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Effectiveness and Efficiency
I would like to compare efficiency to a river and effectiveness to a sea. If there is no river there can also be no sea. And if there is no sea then what is the use of a river?...
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Amankwa Prince
Student (University), Ghana
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Efficiency and Effectiveness
Efficiency is the ability to minimize available resource to achieve a specific objective and effectiveness is the ability to reach organizational objectives....
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bala
Manager, India
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Organizational Efficiency and Effectiveness
Efficiency means: "doing things right"
Effectiveness means: "doing the right things"....
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O. Faruk Kocak, Turkey
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Efficiency and Effectiveness
@Bala: congratulations Bala, it is the best description.
Also efficiency is more technical, whereas effectiveness needs leadership skills as it requires sensing, foresight and precision....
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Kwok
Student (Other), Hong Kong
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Both are Important in Job Setting
An organisation has to strike a balance between efficiency and effectiveness. Or even better: achieve both.
For the definition:
- Efficiency indeed means doing things right. It focuses on the proces...
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Ebwongu Michael, Uganda
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Organizational Efficiency and Effectiveness
@Michael P. Enriquez: Efficiency does not necessarily equate to quality; efficiency translates to the cost of achieving an objective.
Two entities can reach the same objective but at varying costs (m...
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