reorganizations
Systematic arrangement changes
Reorganizations are instances of reorganizing—restructuring something to make it work differently or better.
The word appears most often in business and institutional contexts: corporate reorganizations shuffle departments, management, or ownership; bankruptcy reorganizations allow companies to restructure debts while continuing operations.
The company announced reorganizations affecting three divisions.
Rearranging an existing framework
- mergersCorporate consolidations
- layoffsMass job eliminations
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- acquisitionsThings newly gained
consolidation · spinoffs · divestitures · workforce · redundancies · streamlining · efficiency · cost-cutting
Complete systematic repair
- revampRestructure extensively
- reconfigurationChanging arrangement of parts
- rearrangementAltered ordering of elements
- transformationThorough change in form
redesign · remodeling · reshaping · reformation · modification · adjustment · realignment · reordering
Government administrative divisions
- agenciesOrganizations providing services
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- departmentsSubdivisions of an organization
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
reshuffle · administration · reform · centralization · decentralization · jurisdictions · portfolios · mandates
Those owed payment
- debtsSums owed to others
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
- proceedingsSequence of formal events
court · filing · protection · trustees · claimants · assets · liabilities · settlement
restructuring
Rearranging an existing framework
- mergersCorporate consolidations
- layoffsMass job eliminations
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
acquisitions · consolidation · spinoffs · divestitures · workforce · redundancies · streamlining · efficiency · cost-cutting · outsourcing
overhaul
Complete systematic repair
- revampRestructure extensively
- reconfigurationChanging arrangement of parts
- rearrangementAltered ordering of elements
transformation · redesign · remodeling · reshaping · reformation · modification · adjustment · realignment · reordering · regrouping
ministries
Government administrative divisions
- agenciesOrganizations providing services
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- departmentsSubdivisions of an organization
cabinet · reshuffle · administration · reform · centralization · decentralization · jurisdictions · portfolios · mandates · commissions
creditors
Those owed payment
- debtsSums owed to others
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
proceedings · court · filing · protection · trustees · claimants · assets · liabilities · settlement · negotiation
- adjustmentsadjustment, tweaks, adjust, shifts, fixes
- business consolidationmerger, mergers, acquisition, acquisitions, takeover
reorganizationsstatus quo
Existing condition of affairs
stasis · preservation · stability · continuity · maintenance
reorganizationschaos
Complete disorder and confusion
collapses · breakdowns · disorder · dismantling · dissolutions
reorganizationsinaction
Deliberate nonmovement
standstills · paralysis · passivity · neglect · abandonment
- corporate reorganizationFirm's structural transformation