The Development of Capitalism in Russia Book

Introduction     1
Theorising the transition     5
The contradictions of the soviet system     11
The transition to a market economy     13
Integration into global capitalism     17
The soviet industrial enterprise     21
The external environment     21
Technological legacies     27
Management structure     31
Production management and the disciplinary regime     36
Personnel management     40
Payment systems and social policy     42
The role of the trade union     44
Corporate culture     46
Social structure of the enterprise     47
The soviet enterprise in the transition crisis     49
Russian capitalism on the eve of default     57
After the crash-the Russian boom     61
The corporate management of Russian enterprises     65
Soviet management confronts the market     65
Insider-controlled privatised enterprises     68
Traditional enterprises under outsider control     80
Corporate management in holding companies     86
The role of foreign ownership in changing management structures     108
Corporate management in the newprivate sector     115
Labour relations and personnel management     126
A portrait of the personnel manager     128
The functions of personnel management and the role of the personnel department     129
Typology of personnel management systems     142
From passive to active personnel policy     147
The aims of personnel policy     150
Changes in payment systems     162
Approaches to the reform of the payment system     163
Planning and controlling spending on wages     165
Innovation and the dual role of the payment system     169
Labour market pressures and pay increases     180
Conclusion     187
Line management: between capital and labour     189
The expanding functions of line management     190
The shrinking resources of line management     196
The autonomy of line management     202
Quality control     208
The pay, status and careers of line managers     214
Integration of line managers into the management hierarchy     217
Conclusion     223
The distinctiveness of Russian capitalism     227
The struggle for existence     227
No change without conflict      231
The case-study enterprises     241
Index     244