to restructure =
to change the organisation of a company, usually in order to make it more
effective or to save money.
We used to have a large training department in my office, but in our recent restructure it was
eliminated and the staff were made redundant.
to downsize =
to make an organisation smaller and employ fewer people
My father’s college used to employ almost one thousand people, but then it downsized and
now has less than five hundred.
to outsource =
to stop doing work inside the company and send it to other companies or other
countries, usually to save money
Many American companies have outsourced their IT operations to Asian countries, where
productivity is similar and salaries are lower.
the workforce =
the total number of people working in an organisation, company or country
The workforce in Northern Europe is skilled, but it’s also inflexible and much older than in
other parts of the world.
Human Resources (
or HR
)
= the department in a company which manages recruitment,
employment and training
When I graduate, I plan to work in the Human Resources area of the oil industry, possibly in
the Middle East.
Summary of Topic 1
This completes our Module for Topic 1.
Remember, please don’t try to learn or memorise
all
of these words immediately. Go through
the whole book from Module 1 to 10, and try to practise using a small group of words from all of the
Modules, then go back and expand on each group.
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