If you're swamped by your administrative duties, you're unlikely to find the time + energy for the kind of initiatives described here. Getting rid of the "over

If you're swamped by your administrative duties, you're unlikely to find the time + energy for the kind of initiatives described here. Getting rid of the "overhead" is a cop-out. With fewer (administrative) people, you're going to get less administration done - people aren't going to magically do more work. If you can pinpoint those tasks that are relatively unnecessary, you're got a real contribution to make. However, that's often surprisingly tricky, which is why in all kinds of cost-cutting debates people pretend theres this "overhead" that's nicely pre-categorized and ready to cut. If only it really were that simple.