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Restructuring Charges (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2017
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Summary of Restructuring Activity | The following table provides a summary of activity for all of the restructuring actions, the most significant of which are detailed further below (in thousands):
| Excess Facilities and Other Costs |  | Employee Severance and Related Benefits |  | Total
Balance, December 1, 2016 | $ | 107 |  |  | $ | 1,443 |  |  | $ | 1,550 |
Costs incurred | 2,426 |  |  | 16,298 |  |  | 18,724 |
Cash disbursements | (1,194 | ) |  | (15,677 | ) |  | (16,871 | )
Asset impairment | (762 | ) |  | — |  |  | (762 | )
Translation adjustments and other | 24 |  |  | 335 |  |  | 359 |
Balance, August 31, 2017 | $ | 601 |  |  | $ | 2,399 |  |  | $ | 3,000 |
2017 Restructuring Activities [Member] |
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Summary of Restructuring Activity | A summary of the first nine months of fiscal year 2017 activity for this restructuring action is as follows (in thousands):
| Excess Facilities and Other Costs |  | Employee Severance and Related Benefits |  | Total
Balance, December 1, 2016 | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Costs incurred | 2,334 |  |  | 16,298 |  |  | 18,632 |
Cash disbursements | (1,015 | ) |  | (14,543 | ) |  | (15,558 | )
Asset impairment | (762 | ) |  | — |  |  | (762 | )
Translation adjustments and other | 24 |  |  | 335 |  |  | 359 |
Balance, August 31, 2017 | $ | 581 |  |  | $ | 2,090 |  |  | $ | 2,671 |
2016 Restructuring Activities [Member] |
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Summary of Restructuring Activity | A summary of the first nine months of fiscal year 2017 activity for this restructuring action is as follows (in thousands):
| Excess Facilities and Other Costs |  | Employee Severance and Related Benefits |  | Total
Balance, December 1, 2016 | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,415 |  |  | $ | 1,415 |
Cash disbursements | — |  |  | (1,114 | ) |  | (1,114 | )
Balance, August 31, 2017 | $ | — |  |  | $ | 301 |  |  | $ | 301 |

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