Activity 1, Reading 1

1. Match up the words in the box with the definitions below.

1. A situation in which it is easy for companies to hire non-permanent staff (Flexible labour market)

Situasi dimana mudah bagi perusahaan untuk memperkerjakan staf tidak tetap

2. Decreasing the number of permanent employees working for an organization (Downsizing)

Mengurangi jumlah karyawan tetap yang bekerja untuk suatu organisasi

3. Using other businesses as subcontractors to supply components or services (Outsourcing/

contraction-out)

Menggunakan bisnis lain sebagai subkontraktor untuk memasok komponen atau layanan

4. Employing two or more people on a part-time basis to perform a job normally available to one
person working full time (Job sharing)

Mempekerjakan dua orang atau lebih secara paruh waktu untuk melakukan pekerjaan yang biasanya
tersedia untuk satu orang yang bekerja penuh waktu

5. Moving some of a business's activities (eg. accounting, production) to another place or country
(Relocation Or Delocalization)

Memindahkan beberapa aktivitas bisnis (mis. akuntansi, produksi) ke tempat atau negara lain

6. Removing unproductive parts of the management hierarchy to make organizations more flexible
and efficient (Delayering)

Menghilangkan bagian hierarki manajemen yang tidak produktif untuk membuat organisasi lebih
fleksibel dan efisien

7. Reorganizing a company, business or system in a new way to reduce costs and improve efficiency
and effectiveness (Rationalization or Restructuring)

Reorganisasi perusahaan, bisnis atau sistem dengan cara baru untuk mengurangi biaya dan
meningkatkan efisiensi dan efektivitas

8. Temporary employment by an organization to do a specific project or piece of work (Contract

work)

Pekerjaan sementara oleh suatu organisasi untuk melakukan proyek atau pekerjaan tertentu

9. Temporary employment that is not regular or fixed (Casual work)

Pekerjaan sementara yang tidak tetap

10. Another way of saying downsizing, though it could also describe increasing the size of an
organization, perhaps as an attempt to correct a previous downsizing (Rightsizing)
Cara lain untuk mengatakan perampingan meskipun itu juga bisa menggambarkan peningkatan
ukuran organisasi, mungkin sebagai upaya untuk memperbaiki perampingan sebelumnya

2. Which of the following words have a similar meaning to employ someone, and which
mean the same as to dismiss someone?

Employ Someone :

a) Appoint

b) Engange

c) Recruit

d) Hire

e) Take on

Dismiss Someone :

a) Make Redundant
b) Sack
c) Lay off
d) Let go

3 Fill the gaps in the sentences with words from the exercises above
1. As an IT specialist, I mainly do___________ for local companies, two or three
months at a time.
2. __________is expensive for employers, as having two members of staff instead of
one involves extra costs.
3. Big companies abolished a lot of middle management positions by __________the
1980s.
4. We __________our accounting and IT services to Indian companies last year, but we
would never our manufacturing.
5. When they __________the company, 1,000 people were made___________

Activity 2, Discussion
• What notable cases of restructuring or downsizing or delocalizing have there been in
the news recently? What was the reaction?
• In a situation where there is growing unemployment, what are the advantages and
disadvantages of the following partial solutions?
- job sharing : A job share arrangement is a full-time job split between two individuals, each with
responsibility for the success of the total job. Job sharing allows two staff members to share the
responsibilities of one full time position, typically with prorated satary and paid time off.
- decreasing working hours :
- lowering the age of retirement
- staff training programmes
- increasing the number of public sector jobs (i.e. those paid for by national or local
government)