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of the effectiveness of

definition

programme:

"the

definition

of

objectives, the measurement of progress

towards achieving those objectives

and the consideration of alternative

of achieving objectives."The

last phrase is sometimes used in the

means

context of efficiency.

The

effectiveness of

is the extent to which

administration

intermediate

objectives have been met,

have been met, and the final

effectivness

of a

programme

extent to which

those

is the

intermediate

objectives

have

contributed towards

the final objectives of a programme.

Efficiency

The ratio of the output of an activity

to the resources used to produce that

output. The Treasury and Civil

Civil Service

Committee defined programme efficiency

as: "given the objectives and the means

chosen to pursue

the objectives,

minimising of inputs to the programme

in

the

relation to the outputs from it."

An efficient policy and an efficient

administration organisation are

not

the

An efficient policy

must

be achieving

some

output,

be and

to

same.

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