Darla is an experienced plant manager. She has been assigned to help a struggling plant meet its target goals. On her first day she asks for the organizational chart and the last month's productivity reports. What would Darla do with those two documents?
A) She might move managers into other areas to test their knowledge.
B) She might order more materials and hire additional staff.
C) She might reorganize the management team and rethink the work processes.
D) She might lay-off line workers to save money and add managers to the line.
E) She might suggest to upper management that the plant needs to close.

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Note the words efficiently and effectively, which basically mean "doing things right." Efficiency-the means. Efficiency is the means of attaining the organization's goals. To be efficient means to use resources-people, money, raw materials, and the like-wisely and cost-effectively. Effectiveness-the ends. Effectiveness regards the organization's ends, the goals. To be effective means to achieve results, to make the right decisions, and to successfully carry them out so that they achieve the organization's goals. Good managers are concerned with trying to achieve both qualities.

Darla Is an Experienced Plant Manager