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As an organization expands, it develops less-efficient organizational structures to conduct business. It can still achieve its goals and objectives, known as effectiveness, but does so wastefully. Streamlining is the process of identifying inefficient organizational structures and then making work proceed effectively, efficiently, and smoothly.
To streamline, you must recognize organizational waste when you see it. Some examples are: duplicate effort, unequal workload distribution, illogical task sequence, missed deadlines, poor workmanship, excessive delays, needless tasks, and positions having no productive value.