Transforming Management In Central And Eastern Europe

This book looks at how management has changed in Central and Eastern Europe since the fall of the Soviet Union. The book covers seven different countries and discusses how economic trends have differed between them, but also how there are some commonalities. The book argues that Central and Eastern European countries are developing a hybrid form of post-Socialist economic system, which is largely dominated by enterprise managers in alliance with state administrations. Privatization has not transformed management practices, and competition has been more significant.

Transforming Management in Central and Eastern Europe analyses changes in enterprises in seven European countries since 1989 - Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Slovakia. Economic trends have differed vastly between these countries, but nevertheless, there are common objectives, common problems, and significant similarities in developments. This book shows the continuities, as well as the discontinuities, between the Socialist and the post-Socialist periods. It argues that Central and Eastern European countries are developing a distinctive, hybrid form of post-Socialist economic system, largely dominated by enterprise managers in alliance with state administrationsDSpoliticized managerial capitalism. Privatization has not transformed management practices, competition has.