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Other synonyms for effectiveness include: clout, capability, success, weight, performance. [13] Antonyms for effectiveness include: uselessness, ineffectiveness. [13] Simply stated, effective means achieving an effect, and efficient means getting a task or job done it with little waste.
The term "improvement" in general means "gradual, piecemeal, but cumulative betterment", which can refer to both individuals and societies as a whole. [1] The term "improvement" historically referred to land improvement, the process of making wildland more suitable for human uses, particularly the cultivation of crops. [2]
The improved apparatus in turn allows players to achieve better performance with no improvement in skill by purchasing new equipment. The apparatus, the golf club and golf ball or the tennis racket, provide the player with a higher theoretical performance limit. Performance is a measure of the results achieved.
Based on their survey, Baragheh et al. attempted to formulate a multidisciplinary definition and arrived at the following: "Innovation is the multi-stage process whereby organizations transform ideas into new/improved products, service or processes, in order to advance, compete and differentiate themselves successfully in their marketplace" [8]
Kaizen (Japanese: 改善, "improvement") is a concept referring to business activities that continuously improve all functions and involve all employees from the CEO to the assembly line workers. Kaizen also applies to processes, such as purchasing and logistics , that cross organizational boundaries into the supply chain . [ 1 ]
Improved clinch knot, a knot commonly used to secure a fishing line; Improved-definition television (IDTV) Improved Touring, a category of classifications for cars in amateur road racing; Improved Orion, an American research rocket; LNWR Improved Precedent Class, a class of 2-4-0 steam locomotive originally designed for express passenger work
“This year has been full of surprises,” Kate can be heard answering. “The unplanned,” Faith offered, to which Kate nodded and repeated, “The unplanned, exactly.”
Using this definition, the World Bank works towards improving quality of life through the stated goal of lowering poverty and helping people afford a better quality of life. Other organizations, however, may also work towards improved global quality of life using a slightly different definition and substantially different methods.