[Year 12 IT Apps] Efficiency vs Effectiveness

[Garth, Lucas A]

Hi apps crew:

I've consistently emphasised Effectiveness has a quality element that is not present in Efficiency

It's not quite (but close to) the old adage by Peter Drucker

Efficiency is doing things right			(management)	(Tactics)		time / cost / ease
Effectiveness is doing the right things		(leadership)	(Strategy)		quality of product

You can have a really efficient program but if it doesn't solve the core problem for the user, then it's not effective.

Answering questions, particularly multiple choice, should be straight-forward for students - if they can isolate the three answers that are similar, they should choose the "odd answer out".  Even if they are a little bit unsure of the technical definitions of the two terms, general logic should lead them to the correct answer.

Lucas


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Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 03:57:17 +0000
From: Mark Scott <msc at luther.vic.edu.au>
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I always told my students that Efficiency was time, cost and effort and Effectiveness was everything else.

Mark

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