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Overhead will eat you alive if not constantly viewed as a parasite to be exterminated. Never mind the bleating of those you employ. Hold out until mutiny is imminent before employing even a single additional member of staff. More startups are wrecked by overstaffing than by any other cause, bar failure to monitor cash flow.
Felix Dennis

Meaning of "overstaffing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERSTAFFING

overstaffing  [ˌəʊvəˈstɑːfɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERSTAFFING

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Overstaffing is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OVERSTAFFING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overstaffing in the English dictionary

The definition of overstaffing in the dictionary is the provision of an excessive number of staff for.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERSTAFFING


astroturfing
ˈæstrəʊˌtɜːfɪŋ
bluesnarfing
ˈbluːˌsnɑːfɪŋ
bodysurfing
ˈbɒdɪˌsɜːfɪŋ
briefing
ˈbriːfɪŋ
channel-surfing
ˈtʃænəlsɜːfɪŋ
couchsurfing
ˈkaʊtʃˌsɜːfɪŋ
debriefing
ˌdiːˈbriːfɪŋ
kitesurfing
ˈkaɪtˌsɜːfɪŋ
laughing
ˈlɑːfɪŋ
morphing
ˈmɔːfɪŋ
roofing
ˈruːfɪŋ
rustproofing
ˈrʌstˌpruːfɪŋ
smurfing
ˈsmɜːfɪŋ
soundproofing
ˈsaʊndpruːfɪŋ
staffing
ˈstɑːfɪŋ
strafing
ˈstrɑːfɪŋ
surfing
ˈsɜːfɪŋ
understaffing
ˌʌndəˈstɑːfɪŋ
waterproofing
ˈwɔːtəpruːfɪŋ
windsurfing
ˈwɪndˌsɜːfɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERSTAFFING

overstaff
overstaffed
overstain
overstand
overstare
overstate
overstatement
overstay
overstay one´s welcome
overstayer
oversteer
overstep
overstepped
overstepping
overstimulate
overstimulation
overstink
overstir
overstock
overstocked

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERSTAFFING

ballot-box stuffing
buffing
chuffing
coiffing
crowd surfing
effing
glue-sniffing
golfing
huffing
huffing and puffing
in the offing
naffing
offing
scoffing
sniffing
spiffing
spoofing
stuffing
swoffing
tiffing

Synonyms and antonyms of overstaffing in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «overstaffing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERSTAFFING

Find out the translation of overstaffing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overstaffing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overstaffing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

人浮于事
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

exceso de personal
570 millions of speakers

English

overstaffing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overstaffing
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العمالة الزائدة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

раздутости
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

excesso de pessoal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overstaffing
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sureffectifs
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Overstaffing
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Überbesetzung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

overstaffing
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

overstaffing
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overstaffing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overstaffing
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அதிகப்படியான பணியாளர்களும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Overstaffing
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

personel fazlası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overstaffing
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przerostów zatrudnienia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

роздутості
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

excesivă cu cadre
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πλεονάζοντος προσωπικού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overstaffing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

överskott
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bemanning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overstaffing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERSTAFFING»

The term «overstaffing» is normally little used and occupies the 141.677 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERSTAFFING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overstaffing

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QUOTES WITH «OVERSTAFFING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word overstaffing.
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Felix Dennis
Overhead will eat you alive if not constantly viewed as a parasite to be exterminated. Never mind the bleating of those you employ. Hold out until mutiny is imminent before employing even a single additional member of staff. More startups are wrecked by overstaffing than by any other cause, bar failure to monitor cash flow.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERSTAFFING»

Discover the use of overstaffing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overstaffing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Analyzing the Distributional Impact of Reforms, 2: A ...
In most developing countries, the public sector is characterized by public agencies and state-owned enterprises that are overstaffed, bureaucracies that are bloated, and public services that are inefficient (Box 4.1): Overstaffing. High levels of ...
Aline Coudouel, Stefano Paternostro, 2006
2
The Health Care Supervisor on Productivity
To the administration at this hospital there does not appear to be overstaffing because everyone is working hard. Most of the readers of this article will recognize that there have to be complicated processes, excess reporting, and many ...
Charles R. McConnell, 1993
3
Innovations Through Information Technology: 2004 Information ...
The economic recruiting decision model consists of four major recruiting costs: fixed recruiting, overstaffing, understaffing, and coordination costs. The fixed recruiting cost is typically dependent on the recruiting sources. For example, the fixed ...
Information Resources Management Association. International Conference, Mehdi Khosrowpour, 2004
4
People and Performance
There is overstaffing because it is the fashion to go in for this or that activity whether needed or not. There is overstaffing because times are good and it is easier to accede to a demand for more people than to fight it. And in such a period of ...
Peter Drucker, 2013
5
Global Cases on Hospitality Industry
Overstaffing at the lower levels, especially as easy availability of entry-level people drives down wages to very low levels, is a common phenomena. In the survey of general managers' opinions on overstaffing in Indian hotels (Federation of ...
Timothy L. G. Lockyer, 2013
6
Sunrise in Fiji
There is overstaffing because it is the fashion to go in for this or that activity whether needed or not. There is overstaffing because times are good and it is easier to accede to a demand for more people than to fight it. And in such a period of ...
Chaman Lal Nahal, 1988
7
The Career Guide Book for Engineers
OVERSTAFFING BARRIERS 159 toDue Background Barriers in Chain of Command VP Engineering Barriers Overstaffed Groups Supervisor X ( Mechanical) Product Electrical E5 Director Engineering (Mechanical) E5 Manager Product X ...
John A. Hoschette, 2010
8
Africa's ICT Infrastructure: Building on the Mobile Revolution
For example, state-owned operators in Sub-Saharan Africa achieved an average of 94 connections per employee compared with the developing-country benchmark of420 connections per employee; this translated to an overstaffing ratio of ...
Mark D.J. Williams, Rebecca Mayer, Michael Minges, 2011
9
Real Estate Ethics: Good Ethics = Good Business
This overstaffing practice, which does not aid the public, works to the detriment of the salespeople. Overstaffing could actually work to the detriment of the public, because it sometimes results in overly competitive or questionable practices ...
William H. Pivar, 1995
10
Rural Development in Transitional China: The New Agriculture
overstaffing is more than 50 per cent. As for the village itself, it has also redundant personnel. According to the national Villagers' Autonomy Law, the state sets a three to seven cadres quota lor an average village, but in our surveyed village, ...
Peter Ho, Jan Jacob Karl Eyferth, Eduard B. Vermeer, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERSTAFFING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overstaffing is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Privatisation the only way to curb Biman's losses
Overstaffing and mismanagement are rooted too deeply in the culture of the state-owned airline for changes in CEO to make much of a ... «DhakaTribune, Jul 15»
2
Book Review - the Good Jobs Strategy By Zeynep Ton
Overstaffing is as unprofitable as understaffing, as Ton research shows. There are many common excuses, Ton explains, for not pursuing a ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
3
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH: More confusion
We all know that overstaffing in the public sector didn't start yesterday. Apart from the unnecessary political appointments, the alleged practice ... «Nation News, Jul 15»
4
Punjab: One generation lost to terrorism, losing another to drugs
Coupled with that, the overstaffing of both the central and state governments at the Class III and IV levels led to government hiring slowing ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
5
The Tories versus the BBC
The Beeb claims to have saved hundreds of millions of pounds by cracking down on overstaffing and inefficiency, yet it still has ten tiers of ... «MoneyWeek, Jul 15»
6
Labour Laws Need Alignment
Overstaffing, personality clashes, and the like have to be resolved, usually by the employee leaving the employer. Where we disagree is with ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
7
Creditors count cost of 'waste mountain' firm failure
... in October 2013 following a period of loss-making incurred due to overstaffing, inaccurate pricing for a large contract and the loss of clients. «Insider Media, Jul 15»
8
Cross seeking to represent
... members should be held accountable and deemed responsible (and not solely the mayor) for any claims of possible City Hall overstaffing, ... «Burtonview, Jul 15»
9
Greece's rescue package: utter humiliation or disaster averted?
It must “depoliticise” the administration, diplo-speak for attacking cronyism and overstaffing. Greece must submit to a kind of occupying force: a ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
10
The BBC's ten tiers of management are a scandal - they should be …
And despite its claims that hundreds of millions of pounds have been saved by cracking down on overstaffing and increasing efficiencies, there ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

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