Dyrektorzy i sekretarze. Relacje kierowników przedsiębiorstw z regionalnymi władzami PZPR w okresie boomu inwestycyjnego (1971–1974)
Directors and secretaries. Relations of enterprise managers with regional structures of the Polish United Workers’ Party in the period of investment boom, 1971–1974

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the relations between directors of enterprises and supervising provincial committees of the Polish United Workers’ Party in the years 1971–1974. The issue in question is studied on the basis of documents from four provincial committees of the Polish United Workers’ Party (Katowickie Province, Warszawskie Province, Lubelskie Province, and the City of Warsaw). Using the agency theory, the authors distinguish the main problems and costs arising in the relations between secretaries of provincial committees and directors in the context of the principal–agent relationship. The analysis of the assembled source material allows the authors to define the methods used by the directors when explaining difficulties in implementing investment projects. Among these are manipulating data, covert operations, and actions aimed at giving themselves credibility. The authors conclude that the directors took great pains to present themselves as fully committed to meeting the goals in their assigned projects and production plans. The increase of investment projects developed in the discussed period led to intensification of such strategies on the part of enterprise directors.

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