[Year 12 IT Apps] Efficiency vs Effectiveness

[Mark]

At least the definition of efficiency in the new study design has dropped
the "ease of use" measure.

That has irked me for 5 years.

Mark

On 15 May 2015 at 10:02, Garth, Lucas A <garth.lucas.a at edumail.vic.gov.au>
wrote:

> 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
>
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 03:57:17 +0000
> From: Mark Scott <msc at luther.vic.edu.au>
> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Efficiency vs Effectiveness
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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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