# Pruning

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- Modified: 2023-07-25T21:12:28+00:00
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## Definition

A term used in forestry (pruning = removal of lower branches to provide clearance and to get a knot-free tree trunk) that entered financial language after 1980; here it means the removal of excess items from a budget or the layoff (the term "layoff" shall be avoided as much as possible for it is full of painful emotions which harm the image of the company) of personnel. - See activity analysis, downsizing, layoff productivity. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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