Soviet Studies of Organization and Management
A "Jungle" of Competing Views
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4209604 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard F Vidmer (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 404-422 |
| Publication date | 1981-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Slavic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-6779 • E-ISSN: 2325-7784 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2496194 |
| OpenAlex | W2315130668 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 9 |
The USSR has entered a new, qualitatively higher stage in constructing a Communist society-"mature" or "developed" socialism. Theorists envision progressively higher developments to occur in this stage and commonly regard the scientific technological revolution as one of its defining traits. Reflecting objective changes that have occurred in society's production forces, the scientific-technological revolution poses an unprecedented challenge to political leaders: they must now "integrate complexity and manage change through advances in organization and technology." This challenge cannot be successfully met without the support and active participation of specialists in administrative policy. While theorists and politicians alike remain convinced that only socialism provides the optimal framework for organizing societal development, they begrudgingly acknowledge that the reputed advantages of the Socialist economy-national planning, public property, class solidarity-do not manifest themselves automatically, but must be brought to life through the creative application of scientific knowledge and organizational skill
Communism · Economic system · Economics · Environmental ethics · Jungle · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Productive forces · Social science · Socialism · Sociology · Sociology of scientific knowledge · Solidarity · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · History · Law · Russia and Soviet political economy · Soviet and Russian History
Technology, management and the soviet military establishment
Soviet Information Processing
Bureaucracy, Contradiction, and Ideology in Two Societies
Political Development in Eastern Europe
Soviet Views of “The Scientific–Technological Revolution
Science and Ideology in Soviet Society
Technology and Decision Making
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 2022 (39) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |