restructure
Change the arrangement
To restructure is to reorganize something's fundamental arrangement or composition.
Companies restructure by changing management hierarchies, merging departments, or renegotiating debt: The firm restructured after bankruptcy.
Governments restructure agencies; individuals restructure their finances or daily routines.
The word often signals significant change, sometimes euphemistically implying layoffs or downsizing.
Arrange again differently
- downsizeReduce scale or staff
- mergerCorporate combination
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- layoffsMass job eliminations
consolidation · spinoff · divest · streamline · outsource · centralize · decentralize · rightsize
Create anew with changes
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- optimizeMake maximally effective
- reconfigureAlter system arrangement
- workflowSequential task progression
overhaul · revamp · reengineer · systematize · automate · modernize · efficiency · procedures
Restore after damage
- reconstructBuild again from remains
- renovateRestore to good condition
- remodelReconstruct or redesign
- reconfigureAlter system arrangement
layout · demolish · repurpose · retrofit · rearrange · relocate · floorplan · infrastructure
Improve by correcting faults
- amendModify or correct
- reviseAlter to improve
- rewriteRevise text substantially
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
codify · repeal · enact · ratify · statute · regulation · policy · governance
Money owed another
- refinanceObtain new loan terms
- bankruptcyLegal status when insolvent
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
- creditorsThose owed payment
bondholders · liabilities · capital · equity · leverage · amortization · liquidation · solvency
Ranked authority structure
- departmentsSubdivisions of an organization
- divisionsSeparate portions of something
- reportingConveying documented information
- workflowSequential task progression
teams · roles · responsibilities · governance · matrix · flatten · silos · decentralize
reorganize
Arrange again differently
- downsizeReduce scale or staff
- mergerCorporate combination
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
layoffs · consolidation · spinoff · divest · streamline · outsource · centralize · decentralize · rightsize · turnaround
redesign
Create anew with changes
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- optimizeMake maximally effective
- reconfigureAlter system arrangement
workflow · overhaul · revamp · reengineer · systematize · automate · modernize · efficiency · procedures · operations
rebuild
Restore after damage
- reconstructBuild again from remains
- renovateRestore to good condition
- remodelReconstruct or redesign
reconfigure · layout · demolish · repurpose · retrofit · rearrange · relocate · floorplan · infrastructure · facilities
reform
Improve by correcting faults
overhaul · codify · repeal · enact · ratify · statute · regulation · policy · governance · constitutional
debt
Money owed another
- refinanceObtain new loan terms
- bankruptcyLegal status when insolvent
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
creditors · bondholders · liabilities · capital · equity · leverage · amortization · liquidation · solvency · workout
hierarchy
Ranked authority structure
- departmentsSubdivisions of an organization
- divisionsSeparate portions of something
- reportingConveying documented information
workflow · teams · roles · responsibilities · governance · matrix · flatten · silos · decentralize · centralize
- renovationrenovation, remodeling, remodel, renovate, refurbishment
- change verbschange, alter, transform, modify, convert
- changeschange, shift, alter, transformation, modify
- editingediting, cut, copy, paste, delete
- reorganizationreorganize, reshuffle, rearrange, realign, reorder
- work verbswork, hire, fire, quit, resign
restructurepreserve
Protect from loss
maintain · keep · leave alone · conserve · retain
restructuredisorganize
Destroy orderly arrangement
disorder · dismantle · destroy · wreck · destabilize
- corporate restructuringOverhauling company organization
- debt restructuringRenegotiating borrower payment terms
- restructuring plansStrategies for corporate transformation
- business restructuringChanging company's operational framework
- economic restructuringTransforming a nation's financial system
- loan restructuringRevising repayment agreement terms