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Effectiveness vs Efficiency

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What is the primary distinction between efficiency and effectiveness?

Efficiency is about investing in production capabilities, while effectiveness is about producing results.

Efficiency is about achieving short-term results, while effectiveness is about achieving long-term results.

Efficiency is about getting the most done in the least amount of time, while effectiveness is about targeting efforts to get the most important things done. (correct)

Efficiency focuses on long-term results, while effectiveness focuses on short-term results.

What is the P/PC Balance, according to the text?

A balance between results and efforts.

A balance between production and production capability. (correct)

A balance between efficiency and effectiveness.

A balance between short-term and long-term goals.

What is the moral of Aesop's story of the goose that laid golden eggs, as it relates to the P/PC Balance?

Producing results is more important than investing in production capability.

It's better to focus on short-term results rather than long-term results.

One should strike a balance between producing results and investing in production capability. (correct)

Investing in production capability is more important than producing results.

What happens when one prioritizes short-term results over long-term results, according to the text?

One risks wearing out the mechanism that creates the results. Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of not maintaining the P/PC Balance, as illustrated by the story of the goose that laid golden eggs?

The farmer lost the goose and the golden eggs. Signup and view all the answers

What is the key to achieving effectiveness, according to the text?

Balancing short-term results with long-term results. Signup and view all the answers

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Efficiency vs Effectiveness

Efficiency focuses on getting the most done in the least amount of time
Effectiveness targets efforts to achieve the most important things

P/PC Balance

P: Production of desired results
PC: Production capability, or the mechanism that produces the results
Balancing short-term results (P) with long-term capability (PC) is crucial for effectiveness

Aesop's Fable: The Goose that Laid Golden Eggs

A farmer's impatience and greed led to killing the goose, resulting in no more golden eggs
Valuing short-term results (P) over the production capability (PC) led to an imbalance and ultimately, a loss

Importance of PC Maintenance

Continuously invest in maintaining PC to ensure continuous production of P
Prioritizing short-term results over production capability can lead to exhaustion and loss of both

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Learn about the difference between efficiency and effectiveness, and how to achieve a balance between short-term and long-term results. Understand the concept of P/PC Balance and its importance in achieving effectiveness.