downsizing of organizations

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downsizing of organizations

Closing

the life and death of an American factory
1998
Photographs and essays depict the closing of the White Furniture Company in Mebane, North Carolina and how it affected the individual employees, the former owner, and the community.

The language of sycamores

2005
Karen Sommerfield returns to her grandmother's farm in order to sort out the problems of a troubled marriage, recent miscarriage, cancer, and the loss of her job and discovers answers through family, the quietness and beauty of the Missouri Ozarks, and a lonely child in need of love.

Grow to be great

breaking the downsizing cycle
1995

Roger & me

1989
A documentary about the closure of General Motors' plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the loss of 30,000 jobs. Details the attempts of filmmaker Michael Moore to get an interview with GM CEO Roger Smith.

The big one

1998
Armed only with a camera and a sharp sense of humor, Moore is in the nation's heartland searching for an executive who will respond to one tough question: If Fortune 500 companies are posting record-setting profits, why do they continue laying off thousands of workers?.
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