1.
job transfer; reassignment; redeployment
the transfer of an employee to a different position, department, or location within the same company
配置転換になる。
Be transferred to a different position.
営業部から企画部に配置転換された。
I was transferred from the sales department to the planning department.
会社の都合で突然配置転換を命じられた。
I was suddenly ordered to transfer due to company circumstances.
JAPANESE EMPLOYMENT:
配置転換 is common in Japanese companies, especially those with lifetime employment practices.
TYPES:
- 部署異動 - department transfer
- 転勤 - transfer to another location
- 出向 - secondment to another company
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 配置転換を命じる - order a transfer
- 配置転換になる - be transferred
- 配置転換を希望する - request a transfer
ABBREVIATION:
配転 is sometimes used as a short form.
RELATED TERMS:
- 人事異動 - personnel changes
- 転属 - transfer (military/organizational)