Reorganisation

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The process of making significant changes to the structure and function of an organization aims to enhance efficiency and productivity
2. A systematic alteration of an organization's setup involves restructuring its components to optimize overall functionality and effectiveness
3. The act of altering and rearranging the components within a group is intended to improve operational efficiency and achieve better outcomes

Etymology: "Reorganisation" is a plain compound: the prefix "re-", meaning "again" or "back", attached to "organisation." The prefix is the older and more distinctive part of the story. "Re-" descends from Latin "re-", which in turn traces back to a very old root shared across the Italic languages, so the idea of doing something a second time, or undoing and rebuilding, is built into the word from its foundations. "Organisation" itself came into English through Old French from Latin "organizare" and ultimately from Greek "organon," meaning "instrument" or "tool." The sense of an ordered whole, a body of parts working together, grew out of that original idea of a tool that does a job. Adding "re-" produces a word for taking an existing structure apart and arranging its parts afresh, which is exactly what the modern sense describes.

Synonyms: restructuring, rearrangement