Restructuring

How it is used

Used in announcements, business news and internal communication. Companies announce, carry out or go through a restructuring. It often involves job losses, so the word can sound worrying to employees.

Example sentences

1. The restructuring will merge the two regional offices into one.

2. After the restructuring, she reports to a different director.

Common collocations

• announce a restructuring
• major restructuring
• go through a restructuring
• restructuring plan
• corporate restructuring

Related terms

• change managementThe planned way an organisation prepares, supports and guides people through a major change, such as a new system or a merger, so that the change is accepted and lasts.
• org chartA diagram that shows how an organisation is structured, with boxes for roles or people and lines showing who reports to whom.
• headcountThe total number of people employed by an organisation or in a department; also an approved position that can be filled.
• resistance to changeThe unwillingness of people to accept or adapt to a new way of working, often caused by fear of losing something, lack of information or tiredness from earlier changes.
• middle managementThe managers between senior leadership and front-line staff, such as department heads and regional managers, who turn strategy into daily plans and lead teams.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• restructuring · Finance & Banking

More terms: Change Management

• buy-in
• change agent
• roll out
• quick win
• change fatigue
• pilot