corporatizationn.
/ˌkɔːp(ə)rətʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌkɔrp(ə)rədəˈzeɪʃən/, /ˌkɔrp(ə)rəˌtaɪˈzeɪʃən/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
The introduction or imposition of the practices or values associated with a large business corporation, frequently implying reduction in individuality and originality; commercialization. Also: the privatization of a publicly owned organization. Cf. corporatize v.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > management methods or systems > [noun] > other methods or systems
Sisyphism1846
concentration1848
sweating system1851
mutualization1904
functionalization1912
spread-over1919
taipanism1921
Taylorism1928
Taylorization1929
unitization1929
stretch-out1933
speed-up1935
Stakhanovism1936
corporatization1949
suboptimization1950
quality management1953
matrix management1959
customization1967
divisionalization1967
knowledge management1971
just-in-time1977
kanban system1977
intrapreneurialism1982
kaizen1985
hot-desking1991
hotelling1991
1949 E. Lane Statutory Regulation Lobbying in U.S. (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Mich.) i. 3 The corporatization of the economy proceeded with a rapidity with which a rudimentary colonial legal system could not cope.
1970 Washington Post 15 Feb. l1/5 Corporatization is necessary to attract the manpower and capital that this nation and industry [sc. the housing industry] need.
1999 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) 12 Oct. 6/2 [He] said then that the target was to identify two potential departments for corporatisation by next year.
2004 Independent (Compact ed.) 19 Jan. 37/1 One of those magazines,..in opposing the homogeneity and overwhelming corporatisation of fashion, which over recent years has made it more about big business than big ideas, sounds like a force for good.
2019 Hindustan (Nexis) 24 Oct. Union Secretary Liaquat Ali Jafri said that privatization and corporatization of railways is not in anyone's interest.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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