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Efficient x Effective. What's the difference?
01/13/09

 

These two words can be a little tricky, and maybe they are even in your first language.

But the key to using these two words correctly in context, is to remember that:

Effective implies success in the procedure, but not necessarily in the overall productivity/profitability.

Efficient implies success in the productivity/profitability, it does not matter how it works.

Engines nowadays are as effective as they were in the past (they worked well, and they still do), but today they are more efficient than they were before because they save fuel (they are more profitable).

Study these examples:

1) Think about a tennis shoe factory. The shoe machine produces very well: 24 pairs of tennis shoes, in 12 hours. This is a very effective system to make shoes! It works well! It is also efficient because it brings high productivity/profitability.

2)But, the quality is becoming an issue as the market prefers hand made shoes. So, the factory, thinking about a new procedure to make better shoes, contracts shoe makers. Real professionals! Those shoe makers are artists, they are particular and they do an excellente job! The tennis shoes are works of art! However, those crafters take 24 hours to make 12 pairs of tennis shoes, only. Is the result profitable? It seems not. It seems the final result is not so productive and the company's profitability goes down. This is not an efficient system - they have half of the amount done in twice the time! They lose money! But, the procedure to bring up quality was very effective - it worked! (The company now needs to raise the price of the tennis shoes, or it will go out of business!)

So,

Effective is what works.

Efficient is what produces the best overall result; what's profitable.

Many professionals are effective in executing certaing tasks, they can do their jobs very well. But they are not so efficient because they take so long to finish the task. They are good to do the work, but the profitability is low.

Are you effective or efficient at your work?

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