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Efficient and Effective
Could anyone tell me what the difference between "efficient" and "effective"? And please give me some examples.
31 ago 2015 15:53
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Effective means that something works: it is successful.
Efficient means that something doesn't waste any time or materials.
Examples:
Cleaning the floor with a toothbrush is effective but not at all efficient.
Preparing some questions for a language exchange ahead of time makes the meeting both more effective and efficient.
31 agosto 2015
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Efficient means doing things in a right way while effective means doing the right things.
Example:
Situtation:
You are an employee given the task to shop for the supplies needed at work.
Effective → You buy the things you need and also did some window shopping sincw you're already there. Yes, you achieved your goal but you wasted time
Efficient → you buy the things you need and went straightly back to your office. You wasted nothing :)
Thank you! Hope this'll help you :)
31 agosto 2015
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Tuyen Thanh Tu
Competenze linguistiche
Inglese, Coreano, Norvegese, Vietnamita
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Inglese, Coreano, Norvegese
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