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Towards a Typology of Planning

Duško Sekulić ; Filozofski fakultet, Odsjek za Sociologiju, Zagreb

Sažetak

In this paper, an attempt is made to create a typology of existing systems of economic and social planning based on some relevant sociological variables. These relevant variables are level of centralization of power and information in the process of plan making, and level of cooperation within the system.
A combination of these two variables gives us four basic types of planning. For type A there is a high centralization of power and information, together with high cooperation; a concrete example of this type is Soviet planning. Type B is characterized by high centralization (only of information in concrete cases) but without cooperation; a concrete example would be planning in Holland which is practically limited to prognosis. Type D is characterized by low power concentration and also by the absence of cooperation; this is the type of planning of large corporations in market economies.
Most detailed analysis is given to description of the teoretical basis of type C: low centralization of power but high cooperation. The Yugoslav type of selfmanagement planning is taken as an example. The theoretical framework which enables us to make this analysis is the theory of hierarchical systems (Mesarović) and concept of polycentric planning (Bičanić).
At the end the author discusses the presence of different forms of coercion in the implementation of plans in these different systems.

Ključne riječi

Hrčak ID:

156142

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/156142

Datum izdavanja:

31.12.1977.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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