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reorganization

reorganization

27 3.7
Major changes to how a company or group is set up
  • noun
  • /ˌriːˌɔːrɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
translation icon : reorganización
  • The new CEO announced a major reorganization of the company's structure to improve efficiency.
  • corporate reorganization
  • major reorganization
  • radical reorganization

And listen, divorce and family reorganization can take place without all that.

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Examples

  • The quarter followed a good 2010, GM's first full year after its reorganization.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Prior to the reorganization, writers and editors rarely met with layout designers.

    Academic text (2013)
  • To discuss the reorganization of the family.

  • There will be a reorganization here.

  • In the fall of 2010, following the reorganization, each issue was 20 pages.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Following the reorganization, the paper saw an increase in page count and advertising dollars.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Um... so, President Carter held a press conference today announcing a reorganization of his staff.

  • It was a period of reorganization.

  • The initial registration took place under a different name, but following a reorganization, the cooperative took on this name soon after.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The resolution condemns royal absolutism and demands a reorganization of the state with respect for autonomous interests.

Synonyms

restructuring
vsreorganization
54 4.2

Changing how a company or system is organized to make it work better

covers major structural change more broadly, not only to fix problems
shakeup
vsreorganization
  • US
15 5.0

A big change in a company or government that replaces leaders and changes how it works

focuses on overall major structural change rather than mainly personnel shifts
shake-up
vsreorganization
15 4.3

A major change in how people run an organization

is the general process of major change without implying extreme upheaval
reconfiguration
vsreorganization
5 5.6

A change in the way things are arranged to make them work better

focuses on large or major changes to overall structure
realignment
vsreorganization
4 4.6

A change in the way parts of a group or system are arranged

involves major, sometimes comprehensive changes rather than small adjustments
reshuffling
vsreorganization
3 4.6

A change in the order of people or things in a group

refers to a single major change that alters the whole structure
reshuffle
vsreorganization
2 5.3

A change in the order of people or jobs in a group

involves broader major organizational overhaul beyond shifting positions
reconstitution
vsreorganization
1 7.4

Bringing a group or organization back together after it ends

concerns making major changes to an existing structure rather than rebuilding from zero
regroupment
vsreorganization
1 6.8

Bringing people or parts together again to organize after a change

is about planned major structural change rather than post-setback reassembly

Antonyms

7 3.8

A lack of order or system that makes things untidy

How Extensive

transformation
241 3.7
to overhaul
35 4.6
reorganization
27 3.7
change
1.1
adjustment
133 2.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

reorganization = reorganize (transparent) = re + organ + ize + ation

The noun is formed in a standard way from the verb 'reorganize' with '-ation', giving the meaning 'the act or process of reorganizing'.

Etymology

Reorganization is made of re- meaning 'again' and organize, which comes from organ meaning 'a part that works', as in a body organ or a musical organ. So a reorganization is the act of arranging the parts 'again' so the whole system works better.