Original scientific paper

Disfunction Symptoms in Polish Companies

Maria Jarosz ; The Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw

Abstract

Different aspects of dysfunction in Polish companies by means of the »pathology of institutions« approach are being discussed. Dysfunction is not viewed one-dimensionally, but taken into consideration are the criteria which are determined first by the fulfillment of social needs, second by the planned economy system, and third by the internal organizational functionality. As symptoms of pathological disfunctionality the following are being analysed: the non-execution of the functional tasks of institutions, the substitution of real activities by fictitious ones, the transfer of authority to unauthorized institutions, the activities of institutions which are neither economically profitable nor correspond to social needs, and finally, the non-existence of means necessary for the functioning of institutions. The reasons analysed as generators of these deviations are the difficulties in thee decision-making and control systems arising as a result of an inarticulate inter relation between self-management and government planning, which is also demonstrated by the expansion of »fictitious activities«. These are. in turn, undertaken to conceal the withdrawal from the enforced functions of the company. The social consequences of these dysfunctions include conflicts as well as standard social pathology.

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Hrčak ID:

155532

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/155532

Publication date:

30.6.1989.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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