Soviet studies of organization and management have experienced burgeoning growth since the mid-1960s. Despite great diversity and apparent confusion in the field, there is an identifiable paradigm whitch unies theorists of otherwise highly divergent perspectives. The Soviet paradigm in administrative science “modernizes” the traditional categories of political economy into systems or cybernetic terminology and focuses on the rational aspects of organizational activity. It conspicuously avoids concepts that could undermine the imagery of “optimal” performance, or at least the potential to reach that state of affairs. While the general paradigm itself is unlikely to break down, there are prospect for change within various subcategories.
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