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l these expressions describe the recent trend for panies to reduce the numbers of people they employ, often by getting rid of layers of managers from the middle of the hierarchy. An organization that has undergone this process is lean(精干的)and its hierarchy flat(扁平的) 四、Empowerment 授權(quán) Organizations say that they are eliminating middle levels of their hierarchies so as to empower(授權(quán))ordinary workers and employees. This process of empowerment is designed to give them the authority to make decisions that were previously taken by middle managers. 五、Getting the sack 解雇 When people lose their jobs, they are dismissed(被開除) or made redundant(被解雇). When people are laid off(被辭退)like this, mentators talk about the number of dismissals(裁員)or redundancies(勞力過剩)involved. 六、Stress 工作壓力 The people left in an organisation after it has been downsized often have more to do. Stress is a bination of tension and anxiety often caused by overwork(工作過度). working too much. People say that they are under stress, stressed, or stressed out when they are overworked. People who have been under so much stress that they are unlikely to recover enough to do their jobs properly again are described as burned out(筋疲力盡), or in British English only, burnt out. 七、 Outplacement 獲任新職(公司為其被解雇員工在另一公司找到工作) Outplacement is when a pany helps people it is making redundant find new jobs in other organizations管理層收購管理層收購后,粵美的的總股本沒有變,各類股份的比重也沒有變,沒有涉及控制權(quán)稀釋、收益攤薄等問題,只是股權(quán)在兩個(gè)法人實(shí)體之間的交換,這種轉(zhuǎn)變的好處:這里面的“法人股”非別樣的“法人股”可比,它們中的很大部分是由粵美的管理層控制的,這標(biāo)志著政府淡出粵美的,經(jīng)營者成為企業(yè)真正的主人。s basic business activity, perhaps the one it originally started with, is its core business. Separate business activities may be viewed as profit centers, each responsible for generating profit. Businesses are often encouraged to concentrate or focus on their core activities and to sell off, spin off, or dispose of nonessential assets. These assets are often referred to as noncore assets. A sale of assets in this way is referred to as a selloff, spinoff, or disposal. A spinoff can also refer to a business that has been spun off. 注釋: Diversified 多樣化;多角化 Core business 核心經(jīng)營 Profit center 利潤中心 Focus 集中經(jīng)營 Assets 資產(chǎn);基金 Noncore assets 空心資本 Sell off 拋售 Spin off 剝離;拆分 Dispose of 處理;變賣 Disposal 處理;變賣 二、Management buyouts 管理層收購 When a group is restructured, the managers of a business that is to be sold off may want to buy it themselves in a management buyout or MBO, usually in bination with an organization providing finance in the form of venture capital. 注釋: Management buyout = MBO 管理層收購 Venture capital 風(fēng)險(xiǎn)投資 三、Entrepreneurs and tycoons 企業(yè)家和金融巨頭 An entrepreneur (企業(yè)家) is usually someone who builds up a pany from nothing: a startup (新創(chuàng))pany. Entrepreneurs may one day bee tycoons(實(shí)業(yè)界/金融界巨頭), magnates(產(chǎn)業(yè)大王)or moguls(工商巨擘): rich and successful people with power and influence who head big organizations, usually ones they have built up themselves and in which they have a large personal stake. 四、Managers and executives 經(jīng)理和董事 A manager is someone in a position of responsibility in an org