Definition

1. Verb:
   • To streamline (a staff/organization) by reducing personnel: The core meaning of "giản chính" is to make an organization, especially an administrative or bureaucratic body, more efficient by cutting or reducing the number of staff while aiming to maintain or improve its functionality.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chính phủ quyết định giản chính bộ máy hành chính. (The government decided to streamline the administrative machinery.)
  • Công ty đang lên kế hoạch giản chính để nâng cao hiệu quả hoạt động. (The company is planning a staff reduction to enhance operational efficiency.)
  • Việc giản chính cần được thực hiện một cách cẩn trọng. (The staff streamlining must be carried out carefully.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is primarily used in formal, administrative, political, or corporate contexts related to organizational structure and reform. It implies a strategic reduction, not just random layoffs.

Variants and Related Words

• Tinh giản biên chế (v): This is a very close synonym, specifically meaning "to downsize staff" or "to reduce payroll."
• Cơ cấu lại (v): to restructure. This is a broader term that may include "giản chính" as one of its methods.
• Sự giản chính (n): the act or process of streamlining staff.

Synonyms

• To downsize
• To streamline
• To reduce staff
• To trim the workforce

Related Concepts

• Tinh gọn tổ chức: to make an organization lean. This is a related modern management concept.
• Cải cách hành chính: administrative reform. "Giản chính" is often a key component of such reforms.

1. Streamline a staff by reducing it
   • Giản chính bộ máy hành chính cồng kềnh
     To streamline a cumbersome administrative machinery br reducing its staff
2. giản dị

adj

1. easy; simple; plain
   • đời sống giản dị
     The simple life
   • giản dị hóa
     To simplity