ABSTRACT
Effective fulfillment of set goals requires one to use the appropriate means, and doing this in a way that ensures a surplus of effect over effort (efficiency). This is true for both single- and multiple-subject actions. Hence, praxiology is also described as the science of efficacious action. Praxiology uses two dimensions to measure the results of actions. These are: effectiveness and efficiency. Single-subject actions are limited both in their number and in the result measured by the effectiveness and efficiency of action, as well as – in the case of actions constituting work – their productivity. One thing to be respected when analyzing action is its axiological context, resulting from the fact that action is undertaken by the subject always in a community that is a segment of society. Both the community of which the acting subject is a member and the society as a whole have their attitude toward the actions as determined by the dominating values.
