MARKET OR MAFIA : russian managers on the difficult road towards an open society.

First published in 1997 in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, this volume examines the situation of Russian managers in the transition to a more capitalist and democratic system. It asks whether a country of eleven time zones, extreme climatic conditions from arctic temperatures to dry st...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: EBERWEIN, WILHELM. THOLEN, JOCHEN
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : ROUTLEDGE, 2018.
Series:Routledge revivals.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Prologue; Preface; 1 The state of research regarding Russian management and the research conception; 1.1 Social institutions and the economic situation in the Russia of today as an essential framework of managerial action; 1.2 The state of research; 1.3 International comparative management research
  • with regard to outline, execution and aims of the study; 2 The working and professional situation of Russian managers
  • between planned economy and chaos.
  • 2.1 The empirical field
  • access to the company and the description of the sample2.2 Between the devil and the deep blue sea
  • the precarious managerial situation of the managers; 2.3 The managers' training and further education, recruitment and professional paths; 2.4 The managerial concept of managers; 2.5 The working day and private life of the managers
  • an affinity with Western colleagues; 2.6 The position of managers within the internal company network of relations; 2.7 The external relations of the director; 2.8 The political understanding of the managers.
  • 2.9 The future expectations of the managers3 Russian managers in the process of transformation; 3.1 Between traditionalist manager and Mafioso
  • a typology of the managers; 3.2 Models of social transformation; 3.3 Perspectives of the transformation process
  • between hope, pessimism and resignation; Bibliography.