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The problem i see is that process designers do not have to justify the costs they inflict on economic +generating activity. Its purely designed by informal power struggles of "of course my department has to be looped in".. And thats the dilemma at the heart of all bureaucracy.. At the core its powerstruggles eating time and effectivity.

And to fight it, one would need sort of a controlling office that reports to and limits the damage done by powerstruggles. Never seen that in a company.