Anorexic Organization: Definition and additional resources from BNET
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Business Definition for: Anorexic Organization

  • an organization that has become so small that it has lost the strength and depth to compete effectively. An anorexic organization may have been through the process of extreme downsizing or delayering, probably with accompanying layoffs.

Additional Resources

Photographer defends images of nude anorexic woman
ROME AFP — Photographer Oliviero Toscani on Wednesday defended his images of a nude anorexic woman appearing in magazines and on billboards across Italy in a campaign to raise awareness about the disease. Toscani, known for his hard-hitting ad campaigns for the Italian clothing company Benetton, dismissed suggestions that...
Tags: advertisement, Agence France-Presse, Italy
Research articles 2007-09-26
Snap into profits.(Meat Snacks)(Industry Overview)
Skittish gasoline prices. Anorexic margins. Historic blackouts. Pipeline ruptures. Supply disruptions. Skittish gasoline prices. Anorexic margins. Historic blackouts. Pipeline ruptures. Supply disruptions.
Tags: industry, Snap
Research articles 2003-10-01
Factual abuse.(Books and Arts)(Review)
AROUND 150,000 American women, it is estimated, are anorexic. Because anorexia can cause death, that figure was used not long ago to support the wild claim that 150,000 American women die of anorexia every year (the correct figure is fewer than 80). AROUND 150,000 American...
Tags: Books, women
Research articles 2001-04-21
Office Organization
Office organization has a lot to do with your work style. The important thing is to be able to reach anything you need promptly. This paper explains classifying organization into three major categories. These are office organization, personal organization and computer organization. Steps to help you improve your time management...
Tags: Organization, Positive Imaging, Office Organization, Time Management, Productivity, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
White papers 2007-12-01
Communicating The Story
The vision of an organization is a future-oriented aspiration of the organization and communicates the reason for the organization’s existence. The organizational strategy is based upon the vision of the organization. It is imperative to effectively communicate the vision among all the members of the organization. Only then can the...
Tags: Portland State University, Vision, Organization, Strategy, Management
Presentations 2003-01-01
The News Quiz
1) It's been a good week for ... Why? (See pictures, top right) a) Zoe Ball b) The Ridings School in Halifax c) Catherine Zeta-Jones d) Sophie Anderton 2) While some were desperate to keep drug scandals at bay, others were more than happy to "fess...
Tags: Columbia University, columnist, FINANCE, Manufacturing, monkey
Research articles 1998-10-24
'Buffets - my worst nightmare'
Last week, a Scottish court took the exceptional step of banning the parents of a four-stone anorexic woman from seeing her. She claimed they had been haranguing her over religious beliefs. They claimed their 23-year-old daughter was starvideath. Control, too much and too little of it, is something...
Tags: Cooper, food, Manufacturing, professor
Research articles 1995-07-05
Mind over mirror.
Byline: Daniel Williams Oct 30, 2006 (Time Australia - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Anorexic patients are unable to see themselves in the mirror without misinterpreting their image. This phenomenon has a neurological basis. Perminder Sachdev, professor of neuropsychiatry at the University of...
Tags: University of New South Wales
Research articles 2006-10-30
Achieving A Shared Vision That Positions IT
Vision spells out the desired future state of an organization. It contains the philosophy of the organization. The strategy and the activities of the organization are based on the principles contained in the organization’s vision. Business visions are attractive and credible to the members of the organization. In today’s dynamic...
Tags: El Paso Corp., Information Technology, Vision, Organization, Business Vision, Strategy, Management
Presentations 2003-01-01
Managing For Organizational Integrity
Ethics consists of moral guidelines as to what is right and what is wrong for the organization. They play an important role in shaping the behavior of the individual working in the organization. The strategy towards building a sound integrity framework in the organization requires intertwining of legal and ethical...
Tags: Organization, Seattle University, Business Ethics, Strategy, Leadership, Management
Presentations 2003-01-01
Change Management Learning Center
In today’s dynamic business environment, a change effected in an organization aligns the organization with changing situations. This ensures that the organization is in harmony with the changing times and not falling behind in the intensely competitive market. For this, the organization has to perennially manage change. The organization undergoes...
Tags: Organization, Prosci, Change Management, Leadership, Tools & Techniques, Management
Presentations 2003-01-01
The Metrics Maze
The Human Resource HR forms the backbone of any organization. The employees of the organization are responsible for taking the organization to ‘dizzy’ heights of success. They overhaul the organizational systems and processes and make them efficient. Therefore, it is imperative for the organization to measure the human capital possessed...
Tags: Society For Human Resource Management, Organization, Human Capital, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance
White papers 2003-12-01
Managing Organizational Change
The external and internal environment of an organization is in a state of constant change. The organization has to re-adjust itself to this changing scenario in order to sustain competitive advantage in the market. Learning is a tool, which the organization uses for re-aligning itself according to the change. Learning...
Tags: Organization, University Of Cincinnati, Change Management, Leadership, Free Trade, Strategy, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Management, Finance
Presentations 2003-01-01
Developing And Leading The Self-Sustaining Organization
The vision of an organization communicates the basic reason for the organization’s existence to the outside world. It plays a significant role in the long-term development of the organization. It is the basic philosophy of the organizations towards which its goals, strategies, and other activities are oriented. The creation of...
Tags: Inventory Control, Organization, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Management
Presentations 2003-01-01
Ethical Behavior
The approach while defining ethics in an organization must be philosophical. The absence of good ethics could be detrimental to an organization, as customers might get repulsive. This paper explains why an organization must turn to ethics in the current business scenario and to whom should the organization be ethical...
Tags: Ethics, Organization, Business Ethics, Leadership, Management
Presentations 2003-01-01
Overcoming Resistance To Change During Transformation
A change is effected in an organization to overhaul the existing organizational systems and processes. Effective change ushers in greater efficiency in the organization’s workflow systems. When a change is brought about in the organization, initially, there is resistance to change because individuals have the fear of unknown. The challenge...
Tags: Organization
Presentations 2003-01-01
Tackling ugly truth, Dove effort evolves beautifully.(Campaign for Real Beauty)
Byline: Bob Garfield Call it Dovelution, the incremental adaptations of an ad campaign ever closer to perfection. From the beginning, the "Campaign for Real Beauty'' had the makings of something extraordinary, celebrating a concept of beauty far broader than the anorexic,...
Tags: Ogilvy & Mather, women
Research articles 2006-10-30
The Value Of Person-Organization Fit
The ‘heart’ of every hiring process is establishing a ‘perfect’ fit between the candidate and the job or the organization. Such match is imperative for aligning the individual expectations and goals with that of the organization. This strategic fit helps to create ‘value’ for the organization in the long-run. The...
Tags: Organization, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2004-05-20
Change Factory
In today’s dynamic business environment, an organization has to perennially manage change. The organization undergoes transition in order to manage change. It is important for the growth and development of the organization. One of the signs of a healthy organization is the continuous management of change and involvement of the...
Tags: Organization, Tools & Techniques, Management
White papers 2000-06-01
Italy advertising watchdog bans anorexia image
MILAN AFP — Italy's advertising watchdog said Friday it has banned an image by controversial photographer Oliviero Toscani for a clothing company which showed a naked anorexic woman. The Publicity Control Institute IAP jury said it considered the image infringed the IAP code of conduct and should not be...
Tags: advertisement, Agence France-Presse, image
Research articles 2007-10-19
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