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Business Definition for: Skeleton Staff

  • the minimum number of employees needed to keep a business running, for example, during a holiday period

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Adieu, Verio. (Inside-business.com).(Brief Article)
Verio has checked out of Cleveland. The Internet service provider fired its Cleveland-based sales staff in early October and was scheduled to shut down its server co-location facility Nov. 15. A skeleton crew of technicians will remain in Cle ...
Tags: Internet Service Provider, Verio Inc.
Research articles 2001-12-01
Oklahoma companies help build dinosaur skeleton for Smithsonian
WASHINGTON AP -- Using advanced computer technology and a laser scanner to document every dimple, bump and scratch, scientists at the Smithsonian Institution are building the most anatomically correct skeleton yet of a large dinosaur with the help of two Oklahoma companies.
Tags: skeleton
Research articles 2000-08-24
Monster skeleton 'T-rex of sea'.
Oct 08, 2006 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Researchers have announced the discovery of the first complete skeleton of a giant pliosaurus. The predator, which the researchers from the University of Oslo's Natural History Museum have dubbed &q Oct 08, 2006 (The Australian...
Tags: Monster, skeleton
Research articles 2006-10-08
Gateway Announces Endorsement
LAS VEGAS -- Gateway Distributors Ltd. (OTCBB: GWDB), announced that it has finalized an agreement with Chris Soule to endorse their product line. Chris Soule is a world-class skeleton competitor. Soule has been participating since 1993. Soule is the 2003 World Cup champion and three-time U.S. national champion, placing second...
Tags: Gateway Inc.
Research articles 2005-06-15
Shaw Communications Announces Sponsorship for Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton; Shaw Commits to Making It Happen By Raising Money for Canadian Athletes in Winter Sports.
CALGARY, ALBERTA, Jan 15, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Shaw Communications Inc. (TSX:SJR.B) (NYSE:SJR) announced today its sponsorship of the Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton BCS teams with a $225,000 cash donation along with a commitment to employ BSC CALGARY, ALBERTA, Jan 15, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX --...
Research articles 2008-01-15
The Boston Globe Fast Track Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Jan. 19--HUMAN ERROR BLOCKED ACTIVITY for more than an hour on an on-line auction site operated by Lycos Inc. that features electronic bidding for the skeleton of a male Tyrannosaurus Rex. Jan. 19--HUMAN ERROR BLOCKED ACTIVITY for more than an hour on an on-line...
Tags: Boston Globe
Research articles 2000-01-18
What kinds of programming will flesh out interactive nets?
The skeleton of the interactive future is being built, but designers still don't have a clue what will comprise the muscle, the programming that will make the structure a business. Frank Biondi Jr., president and CEO of Viacom International Inc., The skeleton...
Tags: programming, Viacom Inc.
Research articles 1993-11-15
Breaking news is as easy as ABC.
News can happen at any time - even when a news crew is a skeleton crew. Just ask the folks at ABC Network News. News can happen at any time - even when a news crew is a skeleton crew. Just ask the...
Tags: ABC Inc.
Research articles 2001-10-01
Krisbergh weighs WorldGate changes after asset sale.(Hal Krisbergh)(WorldGate Communications)
At this point, one of the few things at WorldGate Communications Corp. that remains the same is its name. The struggling firm, which counted about 350 employees in 2001, now staffs a skeleton crew of 30. Its core assets are history, since...
Tags: asset, phone, videophone
Research articles 2003-10-06
MOLDER KEEPS FORMER TOY FACTORY OPERATING
A former toy factory in Amsterdam, N.Y., is evolving into an multipurpose plastics processing company. Last summer a skeleton crew kept the plant running for Hasbro Inc. while city and state officials worked with the Pawtucket, R.I.-based toy maker toA former toy factory in Amsterdam, N.Y.,...
Tags: Hasbro Inc.
Research articles 1998-07-20
Ten Ways to Develop a Powerful Staff
The staff may be acting in a particular way and we blame them. The truth is that we’ve trained them to be the way they are and to act the way they do. Some managers and bosses don’t really want their staff to change-- unfortunate but true. But this does...
Tags: Staff, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Truth
White papers 2003-01-01
eBay to Broadcast Live Auction of Prehistoric Artifacts.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Aug. 25--The skeleton of a 7-foot-tall cave bear from the ice ages and a prehistoric shark's jaw with six-inch serrated teeth greeted visitors previewing the rare and bizarre natural artifacts that will go on the Butterfields auction block Sunday. Aug. 25--The skeleton of a...
Tags: artifact, auction, eBay Inc.
Research articles 2000-08-25
Twenty-Two Ways to Develop Leadership in Staff Managers
A person who works exclusively in staff jobs throughout a career is less likely to develop important leadership competencies than a person who works exclusively in line jobs or in a combination of staff and line jobs. Life as a staff professional is developmentally impoverished. The consequences of having developmentally...
Tags: Job, Leadership, Recruitment & Selection, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2003-01-01
ACUHO Improves Board And Staff Interaction
From the executive summary: ‘Regular communication between the Board and staff of an organization can be improved by including the staff members on the Board listserv. However, including senior staff in strategic planning sessions at every Board meeting requires an important decision. There are two choices: either to bring staff...
Tags: Staff Member, ACUHO, Board, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law
Case studies 2003-01-01
Striking back: Brazil.(workers at Petrobras, Brazil's state petroleum industry, are on strike)(Brief Article)
FOR three weeks, Brazil had been slowly coming to a halt, thanks to a strike by workers at Petrobras, the state oil monopoly. For all the efforts of skeleton crews tending ten of the country's 11 refineries, refinery output had fallen by nearly 90%, anFOR three weeks,...
Tags: industry, Petrobras, petroleum, refinery, worker
Research articles 1995-05-27
Skeleton time: India.(Narasimha Rao resigns as president of ruling Congress Party; Sitaram Kesri named acting president)(Brief Article)
DELHI DELHI
Tags: skeleton, U.S. Congress
Research articles 1996-09-28
The Importance of Training Staff in the Use of the Intranet
An intranet, like any other business application or information system, is a tool staff need to learn to use. Without assistance or training, staff do not automatically know how to use it any more than they know how to use the finance system. In many cases, intranets are under-used as...
Tags: Training, Intranet, Workforce Management, Human Resources
White papers 2004-07-02
Staff Positions (FSP) offer guidance. (FASB Notes).(Financial Accounting Standards Board's procedure for keeping staff informed of new policies)(Brief Article)
Historically, the FASB staff has issued Staff Implementation Guides on specific topics. In February 2003, the FASB staff began issuing future application guidance like that found in Staff Implementation Guides and Staff Announcements through FASB S Historically, the FASB staff has issued Staff Implementation Guides ...
Tags: Financial Accounting Standards Board, staff
Research articles 2003-03-01
Pivotal Phase 3 Data Show Denosumab Increased Bone Density Throughout Skeleton in Non-Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients on Adjuvant Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy
A Study Evaluating Twice Yearly Dosing with Denosumab Met All Primary and Secondary Endpoints
Tags: breast cancer, Pivotal Corp., therapy
Research articles 2007-12-15
The Pros & Cons Of A Matrix Organization
A matrix organization increases the assurance that staff and other resources (time, money and so on) are being used most efficiently and effectively. Third, it helps facilitate greater use of staff in general and increases the morale of staff who enjoy the variety of challenges and exposures which they otherwise...
Tags: Staff, Virgo Publishing, Matrix Organization
White papers 2006-08-08
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