England and Scotland both produce scones and sweaters. Suppose that an English worker can produce 30 scones per hour or 1 sweater per hour. Suppose that a Scottish worker can produce 40 scones per hour or 2 sweaters per hour. workers have an absolute advantage in producing scones, and workers have a

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England and Scotland both produce scones and sweaters. Suppose that an English worker can produce 30 scones per hour or 1 sweater per hour. Suppose that a Scottish worker can produce 40 scones per hour or 2 sweaters per hour. workers have an absolute advantage in producing scones, and workers have a

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Vance Mendoza · Answer 1

Clearly we are facing the scenario of an efficient employee and an effective employee. While the English employee is effective, the Scottish employee is efficient, because he manages to produce more scones and more sweaters at the same time, by optimizing the resources used.

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In reality, there is a big difference between an efficient employee and an effective employee. While the effective person achieves the expected results satisfactorily regardless of the resources used, the efficient person carries out the task with as few resources as possible. In the example given, while both have met the objective, the efficient (Scottish) worker needs a smaller amount of resources (in this case, produces more scones and more sweaters at the same time) to achieve the same objective.