Reorganization
['riː,ɔːɡənaɪ'zeɪʃən] or ['ri,ɔɡənɪ'zeʃən]
Definition
(noun.) an extensive alteration of the structure of a corporation or government; 'after the takeover there was a thorough reorganization'; 'the reorganization was prescribed by federal bankruptcy laws'.
(noun.) the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes); 'a committee was appointed to oversee the reorganization of the curriculum'; 'top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup'.
Edited by Dinah--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of reorganizing; a reorganized existence; as, reorganization of the troops.
Inputed by Frances
Examples
- With the questions of reorganization thus suggested, we shall be concerned in the concluding chapters. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He induced the Sultan to commence the reorganization of the Turkish Army upon German lines and under German officers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is a process of reconstruction, reorganization. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It is a challenge to undertake the task of reorganization courageously and to keep at it persistently. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In 1881 there was another reorganization; the American Bell Telephone Company was created, with a capital of six million dollars. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- A few years of rather unsatisfactory commercial experience brought about a reorganization, through which Edison resumed possession of the business. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Clearly the last few centuries have been typically a period of revision and reorganization of beliefs. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- This principle of action gave promise of unlimited speed, and required important reorganization in all parts of the machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Individual Mind as the Agent of Reorganization. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Edited by Emily