Perceived ‘optimal efficiency’: theorization and conceptualization for development and implementation

摘要

We recently advanced the study of positive psychology by introducing the theory of optimization, which explains the underlying process of optimal best. Our continuing research interest has led us to a newly developed concept, termed as ‘optimal efficiency’. Optimal efficiency, we contend, focuses on the utilization of resources as well as the amount of time and effort that a person would have to expend during the course of his/her learning. How much time and effort, for example, should a student expend before it is perceived as being ‘inefficient’? Optimal efficiency, in this analysis, is concerned with an important relationship – namely: the minimization of expenditure of time, effort, resources, etc. versus the maximization in productivity.