soe:
hmm

An efficient staff is better..why?

Simple.

Effective means Getting it Done...(having an overall effect at the end of the day)
Efficient means Getting it done with minimal losses, mininal effort and resources.

In fact, in physics;

%Efficiency = [ (work output) ÷ (work input) ] * 100%



So...
Every Efficient staff is effective...but not every Effective staff is efficient

Jokay07:
i will go for 'efficient' . Why? Because being an effective staff makes someone's capacity and capability concentrated in a section or department. A staff might be effective in adminstrative work while he won't be effective in finance. An effective staff is not flexible in terms of transfer of work. But an efficient staff is capable of doing different works, he is not effective in the adminstrative work alone but efficient enough to handle both adminstrative and financial work. He is efficient enough to perform very well under any given work condition. This would be my reply if I am being asked in an interview. Just my opinion

Jonwesley:


This is the most appropriate answer. Only the time factor, nothing else. I'm embarrassed about the calibre of our graduates. Most of u were ranting. Even the expected answer required efficiency. So the interviewer already know U by ur answer, if U like choose what U are not.

vb0mb:



This actually explains ineffectiveness and effectiveness

digitalsimboja:
Dearest colleagues, please herewith is a question I was asked in an interview that had me blabbing without arriving at any answer. Maybe u can help rectify d answer to it by injecting ur own view here. Thanks in advance as the question goes 'Differentiate between an effective and efficient staff; which one do u prefer to be in our firm'..i blanked really at dx..

digitalsimboja:
Dearest colleagues, please herewith is a question I was asked in an interview that had me blabbing without arriving at any answer. Maybe u can help rectify d answer to it by injecting ur own view here. Thanks in advance as the question goes 'Differentiate between an effective and efficient staff; which one do u prefer to be in our firm'..i blanked really at dx..

digitalsimboja:
Dearest colleagues, please herewith is a question I was asked in an interview that had me blabbing without arriving at any answer. Maybe u can help rectify d answer to it by injecting ur own view here. Thanks in advance as the question goes 'Differentiate between an effective and efficient staff; which one do u prefer to be in our firm'..i blanked really at dx..

femi4:
You can't rate a production until it gets to the final consumer.
Your product effectiveness is determine by the consumer and not production materials.

Both can't be separated, a product that is doing well in the market over the time is termed EFFECTIVE and when people keep recommending such product ahead of its competitors, that is called EFFICIENCY

franciskaine:
Sir, there is nothing like "staffs", staff.

DEGREE2466:



i guess you quoted me without reading or comprehending what i wrote.

For reiteration purpose, I said that the company's product is not desired by the consumers as a result of reduction in the input in an attempt to be efficient. Thus the company could be termed efficient but not effective.

Do your research. My only argument with you is that efficiency can exist without effectiveness which is very disastrous to the firm involved.

allisonluvsu:
Now lets roll this way.Here is the difference.

You are asked to come to work by 7am everyday to complete a daily task of collating data. The job rule states that you must collate atleast fifty data everyday before you leave for home. If you go to work by 9am which is like 2 hours later than the original time, and still complete the collation of the fifty data task given to you, you are not efficient but effective because you lack the discipline of coming to work earlier.

Efficiency involves an individual meeting up with the demands and completing the task given to him/her at the right time, right date and right manner while effectively involves completing the task even if it was not done at the right time and right date or manner.

Furthermore, if you are asked to wear your safety gears before performing your daily task in a company and you ignore such command and still went ahead to complete the task without your safety gear, you have worked effectively but not efficiently. Efficiency deals with doing things in an organized manner as directed by your organization while the other measures your ability to complete the said task assigned to you.

I hope i tried in the explanation.

chukux2:
Someone is effective when he can get results. While efficient is making good use of resources to get those results.

Example GEJ empties our treasury paying middle men and contractors to fight Boko Haram in the end he defeats them, that's being effective. Results gotten.

But GMB avoids unnecessary expenses and instead uses our existing equipment and soldiers (after sacking the corrupt and cowardly ones) plus better intelligence analysis to defeat Boko Haram that's efficient. Results also gotten.

An efficient staff is better.

.. But at times though you have to settle for being only effective

digitalsimboja:
Dearest colleagues, please herewith is a question I was asked in an interview that had me blabbing without arriving at any answer. Maybe u can help rectify d answer to it by injecting ur own view here. Thanks in advance as the question goes 'Differentiate between an effective and efficient staff; which one do u prefer to be in our firm'..i blanked really at dx..

Collynzo9:
An efficient staff performs satisfactorily and meets set individual targets using minimal resources and time.
An effective staff simply meets his personal targets and perfoms satisfactorily

CHM11:

thanks, even Nobel Loriet Shoyinka still learns something in english everyday.
That said, I think the word 'staffs' is very much valid as used in the context. 'Staffs' can be used when referring to employees of different companies or employees of different departments.
Anyway, just do a research online dear friend, I'm very much open to learn.

What I saw:

1) English plural - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Note 2: For staff in the sense of "a body of
employees", the plural is always staffs; otherwise,
both staffs and staves are acceptable, except in
compounds; such as flagstaffs. The stave of a
barrel or cask is a back-formation from staves,
which is its plural.

2.There are two issues here. The first is that the
term "staff", when referring to a group of people
working together, is a singular count noun with
plural reference, like "team". So it is correct to
speak of the "staffs" of various companies, just as
it's correct to speak of various teams in a league.
The other issue is whether the verb should agree
with singular "staff" gramatically ("Our staff is
always ready to help you" or notionally ("Our
staff are always...". American usage generally
favors the former whereas British often favours
the latter.

chukux2:
Someone is effective when he can get results. While efficient is making good use of resources to get those results.

Example GEJ empties our treasury paying middle men and contractors to fight Boko Haram in the end he defeats them, that's being effective. Results gotten.

But GMB avoids unnecessary expenses and instead uses our existing equipment and soldiers (after sacking the corrupt and cowardly ones) plus better intelligence analysis to defeat Boko Haram that's efficient. Results also gotten.

An efficient staff is better.

.. But at times though you have to settle for being only effective

ujuesther:


Efficiency: Using minimum input to achieve maximum output. That's to add to your explanation. 100% if I were to score you in an exam but your example might bring you back to 0%.

digitalsimboja:
Dearest colleagues, please herewith is a question I was asked in an interview that had me blabbing without arriving at any answer. Maybe u can help rectify d answer to it by injecting ur own view here. Thanks in advance as the question goes 'Differentiate between an effective and efficient staff; which one do u prefer to be in our firm'..i blanked really at dx..

CHM11:

You have to be both effective and efficient to get the job(s) done. In terms- Effectiveness is the ability to get the job done in the right way while efficiency is about being a reliable asset.
The job in hand (task) will require effectiveness to achieve the set goal, but in a rapidly changing business environment where market value, labour and capital demands are very dynamic, Efficient staffs will be assets in EFFECTING continuity and sustainable development of the firm.

i love this. very educating

If I was to answer that question I would say "I would be both effective and efficient in your company because I believe these competencies go together to assure excellence in the job. Effective staffs will help achieve short term goals, but efficient staffs will ensure long term goals are not compromised due to changes in the business.
Being both effective and efficient would help me work, learn and grow professionally by being an excellently reliable staff"

Depends on the interviewers body language, you should know when to stop talking and let him assimilate and understand what you've said.


This question test three or four things:
1. Listening skill: Does he understand and think before he responds?
2. Excellence: How will he stay excellent in the job?
3. Ambition: Is he after the short term or long term or both?
4. Orientation: does he know the difference between effectiveness and efficiency?


My view tho..other peeps might have superior arguments....