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V- Anarchic Functioning
· There
will be no hierarchy or real authority in the self-managing enterprise:
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"It should be quite clear that the new legitimacy is founded upon an
authority delegated by, and responsible to, the workers;"
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"The relationship between principals and agents may recreate, at least
partially, the relationship between directors and directed. The Yugoslavs have
openly verified this after more than 20 years of experience . . . This is why
control must be exercised autonomously through joint production
committees" ("Fifteen Theses," p. 13).
· Some
practical measures are proposed to prevent the reestablishment of hierarchy:
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"job rotation;"
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"optional recall of elected representatives in charge" ("Fifteen
Theses," p. 10)
· In
the self-managing enterprise everything is decided by and made known to
everyone:
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"For the first time, debate about the general policy of the company, its
investments, its organization and its social behavior will take place before
all employees, and their decisions will be enforced by designated
representatives" (Program, p. 239).
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"It is necessary to lay down the principle of free access of workers'
representatives and of experts whom they may call to their assistance to all the
sources of information in the company . . . The wall of secrecy is, in fact,
nothing but the rampart of power. It must be torn down"(Program, pp.
241-242).
· As
can be seen, these proposals establish a complete subordination of specialists
and technicians to assemblies and committees in which the decisive majorities
are normally made up of people with less intellectual development.
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