The words Efficiency and Effectiveness are being used a lot in randomly order, and for different situations. Their meaning is different though, and in the scope of measuring the professional level of sport organizations the aspect ‘efficiency’ is selected to determine the professional level of the target group. In some cases the sport organizations may already be successful in other respects (organizing championships), but not necessarily efficient.
Efficiency (Robinson, 2004): the amount of output that is achieved for a given resource input.
“While all organizations are concerned with efficiency, it becomes a singular concern in times of crisis”. (Chelladurai 2001)
Indicator of professionalization: Sport organizations are being identified as professional, if they are efficient with their available resources. This means that for example organizations with lots of financial resources are not always being identified as professional. One needs to relate the output with the input. Organizations that prove to be efficient prove at the same time to have people with the knowledge and expertise to benefit maximal of their resources. It means that the management of the organization is well educated, and that there is a strategy for their (core) activities.
