They seem to be some of the best at finding out how organizations or systems of work can be improved. One LSE I know constantly is finding new ways to be more efficient and solving problems, some that other people don't even see, and it helps her job, and her students, and other students at the school, immensely. Streamlining processes, coming up with informational sheets for complex school bureaucratic situations - the drive for wanting their environment to be working well can make them huge assets to whatever group they are a part of.