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820-605 · Question #39

Your customer's business outcome is to drive employee efficiencies. Which key metrics measure this outcome?

The correct answer is E. number of activities completed or increase in direct time. To measure employee efficiencies, key metrics include the number of activities completed by employees or an increase in the direct time they spend on productive tasks.

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Question

Your customer's business outcome is to drive employee efficiencies. Which key metrics measure this outcome?

Options

  • Aincrease in new subscribers or increase in end users
  • Bnumber of incidents reported or number of compliance issues
  • Creduction in headcount or operational support costs
  • Dcustomer and employee feedback
  • Enumber of activities completed or increase in direct time

How the community answered

(44 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    9% (4)
  • C
    5% (2)
  • D
    14% (6)
  • E
    70% (31)

Why each option

To measure employee efficiencies, key metrics include the number of activities completed by employees or an increase in the direct time they spend on productive tasks.

Aincrease in new subscribers or increase in end users

'Increase in new subscribers or end users' measures market growth or adoption, not internal employee efficiency.

Bnumber of incidents reported or number of compliance issues

'Number of incidents reported or number of compliance issues' relate to quality, stability, or risk management, not directly to employee efficiency in completing tasks.

Creduction in headcount or operational support costs

'Reduction in headcount or operational support costs' are outcomes that might result from increased efficiency but are not direct measures of employee efficiency itself; efficiency improvements could also lead to increased output with the same headcount.

Dcustomer and employee feedback

'Customer and employee feedback' provides qualitative insights into satisfaction and experience, but it's not a direct quantitative metric of efficiency.

Enumber of activities completed or increase in direct timeCorrect

Measuring the 'number of activities completed' directly reflects productivity and output per employee, while 'increase in direct time' indicates how much more time employees can spend on value-added tasks, both of which are direct indicators of improved efficiency.

Concept tested: Measuring employee efficiency

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