| 释义 |
functionalize, v.|ˈfʌŋkʃənəlaɪz|
[f. functional a. + ize.]
trans. To place or assign to some function or office (Webster 1864); U.S. in the theory of business management: to distribute or assign (work) with due regard to the special function of the individual worker. Hence ˌfunctionaliˈzation, the system governing such assignment of work.
1923R. H. Lansburgh Industr. Management 55 Functionalization has brought with it basic changes in the structure of industrial organizations. Ibid. 60 These functionalized foremen. Ibid. 63 Functionalized departments working through one foreman. 1925W. H. Leffingwell Office Management 108 As business grows ever larger and becomes increasingly functionalized and specialized. Ibid. 118 The functionalization of all industrial departments. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Apr. 186/3 Collectivization and functionalization, in short, are facts: or rather, series of events, because they have happened historically and uncritically. |