reengineer

reengineer
   summarily to dismiss employees
   It is people who are thrown away, rather than parts of the product:
    In a reengineering, a number of people get reengineered out of a job. (Sunday Telegraph, 6 May 1995 — quoting a lawyer in a London legal firm which had just 'released' eleven partners)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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  • reengineer — re‧en‧gi‧neer [ˌriːendʒˈnɪə ǁ ˈnɪr] also re engineer verb 1. [transitive] to improve the design of a product: • The car s suspension has been re engineered. 2. [intransitive, transitive] to change the structure of an activity, organization etc… …   Financial and business terms

  • reengineer — /ree en jeuh near /, v.t. to engineer anew: to reengineer a motor to make it more efficient. Also, re engineer. [1940 45; RE + ENGINEER] * * * …   Universalium

  • reengineer — re|en|gi|neer [ ,riendʒə nır ] verb transitive BUSINESS to change the design or structure of a system, organization, or machine, especially to include the use of new technology: We help multinational companies reengineer their communications… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • reengineer — transitive verb Date: 1944 1. to engineer again or anew ; redesign < reengineered the chassis > 2. to reorganize the operations of (an organization) so as to improve efficiency …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • reengineer — verb To engineer again, to redesign or extensively modify in design …   Wiktionary

  • reengineer — re|en|gi|neer also re engineer [ˌri:endʒıˈnıə US ˈnır] v [T] 1.) to change the structure of an activity, organization etc so that it performs better ▪ They reengineered the department, and cut nearly 400 jobs. 2.) to improve the design of a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • reengineer — re·engineer …   English syllables

  • reengineer — …   Useful english dictionary

  • reengineering — reengineer re‧en‧gi‧neer [ˌriːendʒˈnɪə ǁ ˈnɪr] also re engineer verb 1. [transitive] to improve the design of a product: • The car s suspension has been re engineered. 2. [intransitive, transitive] to change the structure of an activity,… …   Financial and business terms

  • Strategic planning — is an organization s process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. In order to determine where it is going, the organization needs to… …   Wikipedia

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