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THE EFFICIENT MANAGERS OF SELF‐MANAGED ENTERPRISES IN YUGOSLAVIA
Author(s) -
Kavcic Bogdan
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1080/00207599008247931
Subject(s) - position (finance) , function (biology) , business , organizational structure , power (physics) , production (economics) , empirical research , industrial organization , knowledge management , operations management , management , computer science , economics , microeconomics , philosophy , physics , finance , epistemology , quantum mechanics , evolutionary biology , biology
Managerial function in the Yugoslav system of socialist self‐management is assumed to be merely coordinative. Top managers are elected by the Workers' Councils. However, in practice, even in such a system, the efficiency of an enterprise depends to a large extent on its top manager. This article reports on the main results of an empirical study into factors determining the efficiency of managers of self‐managed enterprises. The study was conducted in Yugoslavia in 1987. The basic assumption was that a manager can be considered as efficient only if he manages a successful enterprise. The case‐study method was used for an in‐depth study of eleven highly efficient enterprises. Organizational structure, production programme, technology, qualification structure, innovations, strategy, position of the manager in the power structure, and some other aspects were studied.