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<p class="lt-biz-22547"></p><div id="fac89a38-a99d-42de-bf6f-c64825a915c9" class="mt-guide-content"><div class="noindex"><ul class="mt-topic-hierarchy-listings mt-guide-listings"><li data-page-id="22541" class="mt-list-topics"><dl class="mt-listing-detailed"><dt class="mt-listing-detailed-title"><a title="13.1: Chapter Introduction" class="internal" href="/https://biz.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Management/Small_Business_Management_in_the_21st_Century/13:_The_Search_for_Efficiency_and_Effectiveness/13.01:_Chapter_Introduction"><span class="mt-icon-article-topic"></span>13.1: Chapter Introduction</a></dt><dd class="mt-listing-detailed-overview">This page discusses Carrot Creative, a Brooklyn-based social media agency founded in 2005 by Mike Germano and Robert Gaafar. It highlights the agency's innovative approach to marketing, its focus on creativity and adaptability in the evolving social media landscape, and its role in helping brands connect with customers. With clients like Ford and Disney, Carrot Creative emphasizes problem-solving and a collaborative work environment, showcasing the capabilities and potential of small businesses.</dd></dl></li><li data-page-id="22542" class="mt-list-topics"><dl class="mt-listing-detailed"><dt class="mt-listing-detailed-title"><a title="13.2: Personal Efficiency and Effectiveness" class="internal" href="/https://biz.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Management/Small_Business_Management_in_the_21st_Century/13:_The_Search_for_Efficiency_and_Effectiveness/13.02:_Personal_Efficiency_and_Effectiveness"><span class="mt-icon-article-topic"></span>13.2: Personal Efficiency and Effectiveness</a></dt><dd class="mt-listing-detailed-overview">This page focuses on the balance between effectiveness and efficiency in organizations, particularly for small businesses. It explores the evolution of time-management systems, with emphasis on Steven Covey's fourth-generation approach that prioritizes personal and professional balance. Key strategies for effective time management include tracking time usage, prioritizing tasks, and avoiding multitasking.</dd></dl></li><li data-page-id="22543" class="mt-list-topics"><dl class="mt-listing-detailed"><dt class="mt-listing-detailed-title"><a title="13.3: Creativity" class="internal" href="/https://biz.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Management/Small_Business_Management_in_the_21st_Century/13:_The_Search_for_Efficiency_and_Effectiveness/13.03:_Creativity"><span class="mt-icon-article-topic"></span>13.3: Creativity</a></dt><dd class="mt-listing-detailed-overview">This page emphasizes the significance of creativity and innovation in business, outlining three strategies: need seeker, market reader, and technology driver. It identifies barriers to creativity, such as self-doubt, and advocates for supportive environments to enhance innovative thinking. Techniques like brainstorming and mind mapping are recommended for problem-solving.</dd></dl></li><li data-page-id="22544" class="mt-list-topics"><dl class="mt-listing-detailed"><dt class="mt-listing-detailed-title"><a title="13.4: Organizational Efficiency" class="internal" href="/https://biz.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Management/Small_Business_Management_in_the_21st_Century/13:_The_Search_for_Efficiency_and_Effectiveness/13.04:_Organizational_Efficiency"><span class="mt-icon-article-topic"></span>13.4: Organizational Efficiency</a></dt><dd class="mt-listing-detailed-overview">This page discusses quality management, highlighting its significance in products and services through eight dimensions of product quality and five dimensions of service quality via the SERVQUAL model. It references key figures like Deming, who emphasized customer satisfaction and continuous improvement, and Crosby, who advocated for the cost-effectiveness of quality management. The text also notes the evolution of quality practices, including the rise of Six Sigma.</dd></dl></li><li data-page-id="22545" class="mt-list-topics"><dl class="mt-listing-detailed"><dt class="mt-listing-detailed-title"><a title="13.5: Going Lean" class="internal" href="/https://biz.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Management/Small_Business_Management_in_the_21st_Century/13:_The_Search_for_Efficiency_and_Effectiveness/13.05:_Going_Lean"><span class="mt-icon-article-topic"></span>13.5: Going Lean</a></dt><dd class="mt-listing-detailed-overview">This page introduces lean thinking, which aims to eliminate waste in manufacturing and services by recognizing various waste types, including transportation, inventory, and defects. It emphasizes customer value, efficient processes, and techniques like value stream mapping and the 5 Ss approach. Lean principles help reduce costs and improve product quality.</dd></dl></li><li data-page-id="22546" class="mt-list-topics"><dl class="mt-listing-detailed"><dt class="mt-listing-detailed-title"><a title="13.6: Personnel Efficiency" class="internal" href="/https://biz.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Management/Small_Business_Management_in_the_21st_Century/13:_The_Search_for_Efficiency_and_Effectiveness/13.06:_Personnel_Efficiency"><span class="mt-icon-article-topic"></span>13.6: Personnel Efficiency</a></dt><dd class="mt-listing-detailed-overview">This page highlights the essential role of effective meetings in business, outlining common pitfalls like unclear objectives and poor agendas. It advises on successful management through clear goal-setting, role assignments, and structured agendas that enhance productivity. Best practices include pre-sent agendas, soliciting participant feedback, and assessing meeting effectiveness.</dd></dl></li><li data-page-id="35291" class="mt-list-topics"><dl class="mt-listing-detailed"><dt class="mt-listing-detailed-title"><a title="13.7: The Three Threads" class="internal" href="/https://biz.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Management/Small_Business_Management_in_the_21st_Century/13:_The_Search_for_Efficiency_and_Effectiveness/13.07:_The_Three_Threads"><span class="mt-icon-article-topic"></span>13.7: The Three Threads</a></dt><dd class="mt-listing-detailed-overview">This page emphasizes the significance of quality management, lean thinking, and creativity in boosting customer value and operational efficiency. It discusses the role of effective time management and well-structured meetings in achieving business success, along with the economic benefits of lean methodologies that cut costs without layoffs.</dd></dl></li></ul></div></div><script type="application/json" id="mt-localizations-guide-tabs-settings">/*<![CDATA[*/{"MindTouch.IDF3.label.guide.settings.classifications":"Classification settings","MindTouch.IDF3.label.guide.settings.learningpath":"Path settings","MindTouch.IDF3.label.overview.max.count":"{0} characters remaining.","MindTouch.IDF3.label.overview.max.count.over":"Warning.  {0} characters will be truncated.","MindTouch.LearningPath.dialog.remove.cancel":"Cancel","MindTouch.LearningPath.dialog.remove.confirm":"OK","MindTouch.LearningPath.dialog.remove.header":"Remove path","MindTouch.LearningPath.dialog.remove.message":"You are about to remove this path from this guide."}/*]]>*/</script>

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