Definition

1. Noun:

   • Staffing establishment; personnel quota; permanent staff roster: The official, authorized number of positions or employees within an organization, government body, or unit. It refers to the formal structure and allocation of human resources.
   • Permanent employee status: The condition of being a regular, official member of an organization's staff, as opposed to a contract or temporary worker.

2. Verb:

   • To staff; to establish a personnel structure: The act of organizing, allocating, or formally incorporating personnel into an official structure or quota.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Công ty đang xin cấp trên phê duyệt biên chế mới. (The company is asking superiors to approve a new staffing quota.)
  • Anh ấy đã được vào biên chế của nhà nước. (He has been granted permanent employee status in the state sector.)
• Verb:
  • Việc biên chế cán bộ phải tuân theo quy định chặt chẽ. (Staffing cadres must follow strict regulations.)

Advanced Usage

• The concept of "biên chế" is deeply tied to formal administrative and state systems in Vietnam. It implies stability, official benefits, and a position within a planned organizational structure.
• "Biên chế nhà nước": state payroll; civil service establishment.
  • Công việc trong biên chế nhà nước thường được coi là ổn định. (Jobs on the state payroll are often considered stable.)

Variants and Related Words

• Biên chế viên chức (n): civil servant establishment; official staff quota.
• Tinh giản biên chế (v): to streamline the staff; to downsize the personnel establishment.

Synonyms

• Staffing quota; personnel establishment (for the noun).
• To incorporate into the staff; to put on the permanent payroll (for the verb).

Related Phrases and Common Collocations

• Đưa vào biên chế / Được vào biên chế: to be put on the regular/permanent staff.
  • Sau hai năm thử việc, cô ấy đã được vào biên chế. (After a two-year probation, she was put on the permanent staff.)
• Giảm biên chế / Cắt giảm biên chế: to cut down the staff; to reduce the personnel quota.
  • Đơn vị phải giảm biên chế 10% theo chỉ đạo. (The unit must cut its staff by 10% as directed.)
• Biên chế cố định: fixed/permanent establishment.
• Vượt biên chế: to exceed the authorized staffing quota.

verb

1. To organize the staff of

noun

1. Personnel, staff
   • đưa vào biên chế
     to put on the regular staff, to make (someone) a regular member of the personnel
   • giảm biên chế
     to cut down the staff of