Time
Tips from the Frontline Management Institute Time Management Centre
The
difference between being effective and being efficient
Efficiency
Efficiency is the ratio between the effort put into a system and the
outputs which are achieved.
Engineers
measure the efficiency of an engine, for example as:
So
for a system to be 100% efficient the output must equal the input.
Technological
advances are generally more efficient than previous systems. For example
a fax is quicker and cheaper than a letter. An email sent by computer
modem is even quicker to use.
Efficiency
is an important aspect of time management. The quicker and easier
we can do something the more time we save.
However it is possible to be very efficient at what we do but not
really achieve results that are worthwhile. For example I may be very
efficient at maintaining a piece of equipment that requires constant
maintenance and repair. Yet no matter how efficient I may be, I may
be wasting my time and energy. It may be more effective to replace
the equipment with a newer type that needs minimal repair and maintenance.
So
efficiency is not the only thing we must consider in time management.
We have to consider also the effectiveness of what we are doing.
Effectiveness
Effectiveness is about achieving our goals in the best possible way.
We can only really be effective when we select specific goals and
move towards them.
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