reorganization

Other forms: reorganizations

The process of arranging or setting something in order in a new way is reorganization. The reorganization of your bookshelves will make it easier to find a book that you're searching for.

Reorganization can happen on a small scale, like the reorganization of your kitchen spices so they're in alphabetical order. There are also larger examples, like a country's reorganization of its entire government or a state's reorganization of its school system. This noun comes from the verb reorganize, which adds the "again" prefix re- to organize, from the Greek organon, "tool or implement."

Definitions of reorganization

1. noun

   a set of drastic changes, such as to staff, policies, or organizational structure
   “a committee was appointed to oversee the reorganization of the curriculum”

   synonyms: reorganisation, shake-up, shakeup

   type of:

   organisation, organization

   the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business
2. noun

   an extensive alteration of the structure of a corporation or government
   “after the takeover there was a thorough reorganization”

   “the reorganization was prescribed by federal bankruptcy laws”

   synonyms: reorganisation

   type of:

   alteration, revision

   the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)