How Long to Read Scientific Management, Socialist Discipline, and Soviet Power

How Long Does it Take to Read Scientific Management, Socialist Discipline, and Soviet Power?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 40 minutes to read Scientific Management, Socialist Discipline, and Soviet Power by Mark R. Beissinger

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Description

How does the excessive bureaucratization of central planning affect politics in communist countries? Mark Beissinger suggests an answer through this history of the Soviet Scientific Management movement and its contemporary descendants, raising at the same time broader questions about the political consequences of economic systems. Beissinger traces the rise and decline of administrative strategies throughout Soviet history, focusing on the roles of managerial technique and disciplinary coercion. He argues that over-bureaucratization leads to a succession of national crises of effectiveness, which political leaders use to challenge the power of entrenched elites and to consolidate their rule. It also encourages leaders to resort to radical administrative strategies--technocratic utopias, mass mobilization, and discipline campaigns--and gives rise to a cycling syndrome, as similar problems and solutions reappear over time. Beissinger gives a new perspective and interpretation of Soviet history through the prism of organizational theory. He also provides a comprehensive history of the Soviet rationalization movement from Lenin to Gorbachev that describes the recurring attractions and tensions between politicians and management experts, as well as the reception accorded Western management techniques in the Soviet factory and management-training classroom. Beissinger uses a number of unusual sources: the personal archive of Aleksei Gastev, the foremost Soviet Taylorist of the 1920s; published Soviet archival documents; unpublished Soviet government documents and dissertations on management science and executive training; interviews with Soviet management scientists; and the author's personal observations of managers attending a three-month executive training program in the Soviet Union. Beissinger's skillful handling of this singular material will attract the attention of political scientists, historians, and economists, especially those working in Soviet studies.

How long is Scientific Management, Socialist Discipline, and Soviet Power?

Scientific Management, Socialist Discipline, and Soviet Power by Mark R. Beissinger is 388 pages long, and a total of 100,104 words.

This makes it 131% the length of the average book. It also has 122% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Scientific Management, Socialist Discipline, and Soviet Power Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 7 minutes to read Scientific Management, Socialist Discipline, and Soviet Power aloud.

What Reading Level is Scientific Management, Socialist Discipline, and Soviet Power?

Scientific Management, Socialist Discipline, and Soviet Power is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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