商务英语 Level 3 Unit 2 Part 5 Vocabulary【Workflow Benefits】

Vocabulary【Workflow Benefits】

productive
To be productive means to be able to do lots of work well.
Productive employees are good at managing their time.
With an established workflow, departmental collaboration became more productive.
Productive people always set time frames for the tasks they do.

accountable
If you're accountable for something, you are responsible for whether it's good or bad.
A workflow makes employees accountable for specific tasks on a team.
You don't have to be accountable if it's not your fault.
They held the temporary workers accountable for the accident.

sustainable
To be sustainable means to be maintained at a level or standard over time.
A sustainable procedure can be managed effectively over a long period of time.
A procedure will not be sustainable if people can't follow it.
The workflow is not sustainable in the long run.
Keeping employees happy is a sustainable strategy for a company's development.

structured
To be structured means to be put together in an organized way.
A workflow is structured to make sure work is regularly completed within a time frame.
If a workflow isn't structured, it will be hard to follow.
They revised their workflow to make it more structured.
We need a more structured business framework.

logical
Something that is logical has been designed in a way that makes sense.
A workflow should be arranged in a logical way so that it is easy to follow.
You need to present the data in a logical way.
Managers need to decide how to organize tasks in a logical workflow.

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Question

1. If you're responsible for a project, you're accountable for it.
2. In order for a workflow to be efficient, it needs to be structured well.
3. If a workflow isn't structured, it may become chaotic.