Organizational Dysfunction

Zersetzung
The practice of repression in Zersetzung comprised extensive and secret methods of
control and psychological manipulation, including personal relationships of the target,
for which the Stasi relied on its network of informal collaborators, (in German inoffizielle
Mitarbeiter or IM), the State's power over institutions, and on operational psychology.
Using targeted psychological attacks the Stasi tried to deprive a dissident of any chance
of a "hostile action".
Serial Killers
The main objective for one type of serial killer is to gain and exert power over their
victim. Such killers are sometimes abused as children, leaving them with feelings of
powerlessness and inadequacy as adults. Many power- or control-motivated
killers sexually abuse their victims, but they differ from hedonistic killers in that rape is
not motivated by lust (as it would be with a lust murder) but as simply another form of
dominating the victim. (See article causes of sexual violence for the differences
regarding anger rape, power rape, and sadistic rape.) Ted Bundy is an example of a
power/control-oriented serial killer. He traveled around the United States seeking
women to control.
Law
In December 2015, controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship
was made illegal in England and Wales.
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Fin-In or F***-Off
"Fit-in or f***-Off" ("FIFO") is an informal reference to a controversial human
resources philosophy whereby the employee is expected to conform to the prevailing
organizational norms or get fired. It is also used to impose conformity to perceived
racial, national, gender or societal norms.
Usage
The principle can directly affect hiring and retention decisions. In the world of television
news, there is a bias to hire those who have shared values and biases with the
organization. Likewise, executive producers of news shows tend to hire staff that share
their ideology and viewpoint, to the extent that FIFO is ruthlessly applied.
Writer Kevin Duncan, in his book titled The Business Bullshit Book: The world's most
comprehensive dictionary, suggests it is a "no-holds barred", "frank" and open
assessment by a supervisor, who maps the employee's chances and alternate career
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