To determine:
Whether the efficiency goal has taken priority over the quality goal in the company and an the manager simultaneously improve effectiveness and efficiency? How the safety situation should be dealt by leaders of GM?
Introduction:
Organizational effectiveness stands for the degree pertaining to which a stated goal is achieved by the organization. Efficiency in the organization is the amount of resources taken into consideration for accomplishing the goal of the organization. It is dependent on the amount of money, raw material and people used for attaining a particular outcome. The primary concern of manager in the organization is to attain high performance by making use of resources in effective and efficient manner for accomplishing its goals.
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