- reorganization, reorganisation, shake-up, shakeup - the act of imposing a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes); "a committee was appointed to oversee the reorganization of the curriculum"; "top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup"
--1 is a kind of organization, organisation
Derived forms: verb reorganize2, verb reorganize1 - reorganization - 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"
--2 is a kind of revision, alteration
Derived forms: verb reorganize2, verb reorganize1