surname, attested from late 12c., probably meaning bald head; cf. Wyclif Stye up, ballard, where Coverdale translates Come vp here thou balde heade [2 Kg.2:23-24, where God kills 42 children for making fun of Elijah's lack of hair.]
A slump is a form of mass wasting that occurs when a coherent mass of loosely consolidated materials or rock layers moves a short distance down a slope. Movement is characterized by sliding along a concave-upward or planar surface. Comments.
Getting to the Root of the Problem. The key to unraveling the mystery of a morale slump is to determine the cause or source of the decreased morale. Some of the usual suspects are: 1  a negative event, such as a firing, 2  a promotion of an employee when others are overlooked, or.  arguments between staff and/or management.