Effective V Efficient Communication

You may have heard about effective communication and efficient communication. For instance if an employee comes late to work regularly, the best way to avoid him/her repeating this act is to send him/her a warning letter.  This is a much faster method than explaining him/ her on the consequences of coming late. The difference between these two methods is "time" wherein efficient communication is a faster way of achieving results. However, you cannot say that efficient communication is the best solution for every situation. Suppose you have a time constraint in teaching a child on how to solve a particular maths question. You may teach him/her a mechanical way of solving the problem, yet there is a risk that the child may not succeed in solving a slightly different question if he/she did not get the logic of solving the problem.  Therefore, the selection of either efficient or effective communication is dependent upon the situation. The best example would be to take the judgement call in direct hitting a wicket or throwing the ball to the wicket keeper in getting a run out in cricket. A direct hit will represent an efficient communication situation wherein there is a risk of achieving the desired result. On the other hand if the batsman is far away from the wicket, sending the ball to the safe hands of the wicket keeper will be less risky in getting the batsman out reflecting features of effective communication.