downsizing

İngilizce - Türkçe

downsizing teriminin İngilizce Türkçe sözlükte anlamı: küçültme
downsizing of organizations: örgütlerde küçülme
downsize: küçültmek
downsize: boyutunu küçültmek
downsize: küçülmeye gitmek
downsize: azaltmak
miniaturization: minyatürleştirme
miniaturization: minyatürcülük

İngilizce - İngilizce

downsizing teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı: miniaturization; Present participle of downsize; Reducing engine's capacity at same power or increasing engine's power without increasing capacity
Downsizing is one of the leading trends in automotive engine design.; An act in which a company downsizes or is downsized
He lost his job in the last downsizing.; (p 236) The process of eliminating managerial and non-managerial positions; {i} act of reducing the size of, bringing something down to a smaller scale; lowering expenses, taking various measures to cut costs in order to stabilize the financial situation of a corporation (e.g. manufacturing in smaller amounts, reducing number of employees, etc.); Movement in Corporate America to reduce costs and become more competitive; reducing headcount to lower fixed costs; The intentional reduction of workforce size with the goal of improving organizational efficiency or effectiveness (15); Reduction of the size and scope of government; marginally better than RIGHTSIZING, but still a euphemism for cutting staff Probably somewhat more palatable than organisational re-engineering; An integrated approach to configuring processes, products and people in order to match costs to the activities that need to be performed for operating effectively and efficiently; Changing an organisation's IT systems from mainframe/minicomputer systems to client/server or PC-based systems; A reduction in the staffing requirements of businesses which can follow after privatisation for a variety of reasons such as competitive pressures or the need to increase the profitability of the business by cutting costs; The intentional reduction of workforce size with the goal of improving organizational efficiency or effectiveness; The elimination of redundant or unnecessary positions; Reducing the number of employees in order to increase efficiency; a reduction in the number of an organizations personnel Some downsizing may occur through attrition, while others take place more aggressively through layoffs and terminations; a reduction in a company's work force to improve its bottom line; The process of purposely becoming smaller by reducing the size of the workforce or shedding divisions or businesses (2); When companies slash costs, streamline operations, and/or let employees go; This is when a company reduces its workforce due to the impact of technological changes, changes in government policies or reduced demand of product and services; The trend to off-load some applications from proprietary mainframe systems to smaller, less expensive, networked microcomputers; the reduction of expenditures in order to become financial stable; Using smaller, cheaper computer or communications systems to do the same job - and employing fewer workers; Reducing the number of employees at a company Occasionally necessary In the mid-Nineties, it was too often done in conjunction with BPR projects and many employees now associate BPR with downsizing
downsize: To terminate the employment of
Joe got downsized and became a plumber.
downsize: To reduce the workforce of
They downsized the division by offering attractive early-retirement packages and selling off an office building.
downsize: To reduce in size or number
The company chose to downsize by laying off half of its workers.
downsize: {s} of a smaller version or size
downsize: {f} reduce the size of, make smaller; manufacture smaller amounts
downsize: If a company or organization downsizes, it reduces the number of people it employs in order to reduce costs. "The airline has downsized its workforce by 30%."
downsize: Term currently used to indicate employee reassignment, layoffs and restructuring in order to make a business more competitive, efficient, and/or cost-effective
downsize: To downsize something such as a business or industry means to make it smaller. American manufacturing organizations have been downsizing their factories. today's downsized economy. a consultant who's helped dozens of companies downsize. + downsizing down·siz·ing a trend toward downsizing in the personal computer market. if a company or organization downsizes, it reduces the number of people it employs in order to reduce costs
downsize: to reduce the file size of an image, by lowering the resolution and/or reducing the square measurement of the file
downsize: the term middle management uses for layoff See Rightsize