“Efficiency is concerned with doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right things”: Peter Drucker, Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (New York: Routledge, 1974).
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Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Efficiency and effectiveness
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No, efficiency is generating the maximum output with a fixed amount of input (or conversely, a fixed output with a minimum amount of input). Which isn't necessarily "doing things right."
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