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Managers in the command economy: Case studies from Poland, 1956-1970

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  • Maciej Tymiński

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In the Soviet-type centrally planned economies the enterprise was an element of a centralised hierarchical structure, where managers faced pressures for the fulfilment of the plan. The plan could be interpreted as a kind of contract inside the hierarchical organisation; therefore, this study applies the contractual approach to examine the strategies of socialist managers in Poland, showing that their behaviours were similar to those of mid-level managers in U-form corporations. It is also stressed that managers preferred safe strategies, moving on to more risky ones only when it was necessary in order to fulfil the plan.

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  • Maciej Tymiński, 2022. "Managers in the command economy: Case studies from Poland, 1956-1970," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 64(1), pages 156-182, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:bushst:v:64:y:2022:i:1:p:156-182
    DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2019.1687686
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