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the project of the Government of Slovenia, directed by T. Petrin and R. Vitez,
1993–4.
3 Prevailing opinion among Slovene managers is that in comparison to,
for example, Poland, self-management gave only short-run advantages to
Slovenian firms – workers were used to take decisions – but not the longun
advantages, since qualitative changes in the workplace are much harder
to achieve. Persistence by workers not to become accountable for their
decisions is very high. (Quoted from the director of the wood processing
company Javor, which was also included in the above mentioned project).
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