Za fasadą. Komitet uczelniany w strukturze PZPR i jego wpływ na zarządzanie kadrami w latach 1948–1968. Zarys problemu na przykładzie Politechniki Warszawskiej
Behind the facade. University Committee in the Polish United Workers’ Party structure and its impact on personnel policy in the years 1948–1968. Outline of the problem on the example of Warsaw University of Technology

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns two main issues of the history of former Polish United Worker’s Party in a period of 1948–1968. First is the structural positioning of the academic communist cell at the Warsaw University of Technology. The Author tries to figure out, how independent it was, from its higher authorities of Central and Warsaw Committees. The second issue taken under consideration, is how big was their impact on the human resource policy? The answer seems not to be that obvious. From the formal point of view, the Communist Party at the basic level (like those at an University) was granted very little power. Almost every decision had to be consulted with the higher authorities. On the other hand, the latter, could have had an limited chance to embrace such a wide field. We may then come to the conclusion, that sometimes University Committees actually were making independent decisions. They were also considered being able to speed the things up – from the accommodation and everyday living problems – to an academic degree promotion. Both – the organizational and actual status of the members of Polish United Worker’s Party, was firmly affected by main political background. In late fifties, as a result of de-Stalinization, the polish academic society gained a limited autonomy. This has resulted in the weakening of the Communist Party structures operating in this environment. When the autonomy was legally halted and then backed in 1968 r., there was a good opportunity to rebuild the status of the communist University Agenda.

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