upstaffing

upstaffing

1. present participle and gerund of upstaff

upstaffing (countable and uncountable, plural upstaffings)

1. The process of increasing the workforce for a business or institution.
   • 1968, United States Congress House Committee on the District of Columbia, Hearings, page 198:

     We see that there are a great many additional top level people in the District Government, but we have not seen enough of it to make any competent comment on it; however, there is certainly a substantial upstaffing of the top echelon.

   • 1971, The Office - Volume 74, page 40:

     By developing a flexible work force plan a company can protect itself from the costs that arise in an upstaffing situation.

   • 1990, Project Management Institute, Proceedings of the PMI Annual Seminar/Symposium, page 311:

     In June of 1988, the original upstaffing at this site included three analysts, one secretary and a director.

   • 2005, Mandy Johnson, Family Village Tribe: The Story of Flight Centre Limited, →ISBN, page 128:

     The results of this upstaffing had surprised everyone.

   • 2007, David E. Hogan, Jonathan L. Burstein, Disaster Medicine, →ISBN, page 5:

     Community planning for rapid upstaffing of impacted facilities by special credentialing of health care providers along with augmentation of supplies may be one partial solution.

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