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Outputs and Outcomes!
Are they same?
If not, how do we define, distinguish and differenciate?
I read an interesting article which I have given as attachment.
Mail your views here.
MRS

Thanks Srinivasan for the interesting post.
What an organisation produces (for example, cars) is the output. And what it and the society get in return are the outcomes: profit, complaints, litigation, pollution, etc.
Here are a few more sites with good explanations.
www.idea.gov.uk/idk/aio/1211372 -
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http://www.richmondcvs.org.uk/factsh...plications.doc
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Have a nice day.
Narasimhan