A manager who emphasizes cost containment, even at the expense of missing production targets, is more interested in ___ than in ___.

A) performance efficiency; performance effectiveness
B) performance effectiveness; performance efficiency
C) productivity; performance efficiency
D) productivity; performance effectiveness
E) productivity; profitability

Cost Containment

Strategies or approaches implemented to control, reduce, or maintain the level of expenses.

Production Targets

Specific goals or quotas set for the amount of goods or services to be produced within a certain timeframe.

Performance Efficiency

Measures how well an individual, group, or organization uses resources to achieve objectives with minimum waste.