[WikiEN-l] deletionism in popular culture

Charles Matthews charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com
Mon Nov 2 18:48:28 UTC 2009


Ryan Delaney wrote:
> I'm having trouble following your meaning, I think because I'm not 
> familiar with how you are using "rationalisation". Can you explain a 
> bit more please?
>
Wiktionary meaning (3) for "rationalization" is

"A reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its 
efficiency."

Which of course is sometimes euphemistic. More detail in 
[[rationalization (economics)]], which seems to me also to be more 
tendentious in what it is saying. I was mainly thinking of the kind of 
discussion where you try to draw the line between "bells and whistles" 
and "core activities".

Charles







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