The phrase "alternative to efforts" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing different methods or approaches that can replace or complement existing efforts in a particular context.
Example: "The new policy serves as an alternative to efforts previously made to reduce waste in the organization."
Alternatives: "substitute for efforts" or "replacement for efforts".
Victor is, in a way, the counterpart to Greaves himself, the man without a structure, the energetic person left to his own devices; his rage is the alternative to efforts to construct a better organized, more supple societal order.
"All that is part of investing in a credible alternative to efforts that we don't believe will resolve the conflict," said Benjamin J. Rhodes, the president's deputy national security adviser.
Nor were the billions the US poured into Afghanistan over the last decade meant as an alternative to failing efforts to build democracy; those spending the cash saw it as part of the same project, a way to bolster "fragile, reversible" gains.
Uncontrolled donation after cardiac death (UDCD) is an effective and ethical alternative to existing efforts towards increasing the available pool of organs.
If it is evident that UDCD is an effective and ethical alternative to existing efforts (that is, living donations, CDCD, and DNDD), why has UDCD not been more widely accepted?
As an alternative to high-effort custom design, we develop a synthesis-based physical design methodology that incorporates the use of a level translator, enabling designers to address major issues that encompass dual-voltage solutions in high-speed design.
Extend the range and flexibility of available alternatives, linked to efforts to simplify the system for patients and to use the non-emergency 111 service, which replaces NHS Direct in summer 2014.
President Obama criticized Arizona's bill last week before it was signed, calling for a comprehensive immigration overhaul as an alternative to such "misguided" efforts.
The campaign takes a humorously light-hearted tack, presenting FreshDirect as the alternative to exaggerated, Herculean efforts to ensure that groceries meet the high standards of its target audience.
That's why I always advise my clients not to view text messaging as an alternative to other promotional efforts, but as an integral part of a multi-channel marketing approach.
Therefore, this intervention offers an innovative alternative to already existing efforts to prevent and reduce pain in considering the several elements on the workplace organization as determinants for pain and consequences of pain in a complex interaction and therefore intervening on the entire organizational knowledge, communication and structures.
