High-Level Decision Making in the Contemporary Soviet Economy

本研究的目的是分析苏联工厂高层管理者、经济管理者和官僚的决策行为。这项分析将利用三种信息来源--对582名负责经济事务的高级政府官员的结构化调查，对高级管理人员的120次深入访谈，以及对1500名苏联企业管理人员的调查。调查者将利用这一调查数据来研究苏联经济官僚机构的资源配置做法、官僚程序以及苏联经济改革带来的这些做法的变化。这项研究对于发展有关苏联经济的经验知识极其重要。苏联高层管理人员对他们在苏联经济体系中的作用和该体系的运作所持看法的证据，将为评估现有理论和模式提供依据。此外，他们对佩雷斯特罗卡领导下的变化的看法的证据将增加佩雷斯特罗伊卡分析的经验基础。

The purpose of this research is to analyze decision-making by high level plant managers and economic administrators and bureaucrats in the Soviet Union. Three sources of information will be utilized for this analysis-- a structured survey of 582 high-level government officials responsible for economic matters, 120 in-depth interviews with high level administrators, and a survey of 1500 Soviet enterprise managers. The investigator will use this survey data to study the resource allocation practices of the Soviet economic bureaucracy, bureaucratic procedures, and changes in these practices wrought by Soviet economic reform. This research is extremely important for the development of empirical knowledge about the Soviet economy. Evidence of high level Soviet managerial perceptions of their role in the Soviet economic system and the functioning of that system will provide a basis for evaluating existing theories and models. Moreover, evidence of their perceptions of the changes under Perestroika will add to the empirical base for the analysis of Perestroika.