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Headcount

Meaning in management & leadership, with examples

/ˈhedkaʊnt/nounCommon term

In management & leadership, headcount means: The total number of people employed by an organisation or in a department; also an approved position that can be filled.

In Turkish: personel sayısı, kadro, çalışan sayısı

How it is used

Used in budgets, planning and HR: increase, reduce or freeze headcount. Managers ask for headcount when they want to hire: 'We have approval for two more headcount.' A headcount freeze means no new hires.

Example sentences

  1. Our headcount grew from 40 to 120 in two years.

  2. There's a headcount freeze until the end of the year, so we can't replace him.

Common collocations

  • headcount freeze
  • increase headcount
  • reduce headcount
  • headcount budget
  • approved headcount
  • workloadThe amount of work a person or team has to do in a given period, often discussed when it seems too heavy or unevenly shared.
  • restructuringA major change to how a company is organised, such as merging departments, removing management layers or reducing staff, usually to cut costs or support a new strategy.
  • org chartA diagram that shows how an organisation is structured, with boxes for roles or people and lines showing who reports to whom.
  • span of controlThe number of people who report directly to one manager. A wide span means many direct reports; a narrow span means only a few.

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