A few months ago, I started the process of moving all my journalling to a digital device with the goal of being more efficient. It was during the transition that I realized that I had overlooked the ...

I had a recent experience at my house with my furnace. I was facing a crazy cold snap and a broken furnace, so the house was cold and the family was not happy. We had a local service company come out ...

Managing any contact center operation today means walking three tightropes pitting efficiency (which is all too easy to calculate) against effectiveness (harder to measure and repair). This applies to ...

When you start a small business, you must determine your purpose. One way to do this is to explain why you will be good at serving your customers. Once you have this purpose firmly in mind, you can ...

Regardless of industry, efficiency is a major business goal. Efficiency is performing in the best possible way with minimal waste of time, effort and resources. Leaders aim to get the most out of what ...

Time may seem scarcer than ever, but fortunately technological advancements have presented auditors with many tools to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of audits. One such tool is data ...

Balancing efficiency and effectiveness is a cornerstone to successful marketing and no easy feat. Here we explore how to get it done. In marketing, efficiency may involve increasing conversion rates ...

Research and development (R&D) productivity has long been a topic of concern amongst industry analysts (Drug Inf. J. 34, 1169–1194; 2000). In general, R&D productivity can be thought of as comprising ...

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Aug. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A new learning resource to help people raise their skills, knowledge and confidence to work with artificial intelligence (AI) is available from ...

In business, success depends in large part on how well your team is able to adhere to work procedures to achieve the intended or expected results. This is known as effectiveness. Another sign of ...

We asked, 'Which behaviour has the most negative impact on the efficiency of arbitration proceedings?' Respondents could choose one out of five options: 'Counsel focusing on adversarial rather than ...