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Organizational review is a process that seeks to obtain an orderly and structured snapshot of a situation. The potential for subjectivity in this process means that it can be profoundly biased, depending not only on the criteria used but also on the ranking of such criteria in relation to one another. In the hands of elected delegates, such appraisal always, even unwittingly, prioritizes political allegiances. Consequently, the review process proceeds somewhat like religious beliefs or concentration camps in the past: a choice is made between the wheat and the chaff. As a result, the review or assessment can only be justified to the extent that it provides a source of information that enables the units reviewed to become aware of their insufficiencies and to correct them.