Collectivism
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Originally used in reference to Bakunin's anarchism, collectivism in political terms affirmed the moral status of the collective, a freely formed and self-governing association, in contrast to the primacy of the individual or of the state. However, since the late nineteenth century collectivism has come to refer to a set of related propositions on goals and procedures of decision-making appropriate to modern industrial society. First, collectivism is often used to refer to any doctrine which argues for the priority of some version of ‘the public good’ over individual interests. Secondly, the pursuit of these goals is seen to require the extension of public responsibility and state intervention in the form of regulations, subsidies, or public ownership. Thirdly, the substitution of market allocation by administrative decision-making has generated an association between collectivism, bureaucracy, and the centralization of power (Wood, 2003).
Collectivism is a peoples’ tendency to think of themselves as parts of different collectives and subordinate their behavior to norms, duties, and obligations imposed by these collectives. The collectivistic attitudes influence, besides other social institutions, also the organizational behavior.
Every organization is a collective creation, which consists of a variety of people, their behavior attitudes and relations between on another. In order to accomplish a task, an organization demands collective efforts of many of its members. The outcome, however, depends on both individual efforts as well as on how well the organization has managed to integrate the efforts of its members. Thus, the management of the organization depends largely on people’s habits, values, attitudes, and behavior patterns.
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Chamberlin, William Henry Collectivism: a false utopia 1937 New York
Vadi, M.; Allik, J.; Realo, A. Collectivism and its consequences for organizational culture 2002 University of Tartu/Paper Series
Wood, S. "collectivism" The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics. Ed. Iain McLean and Alistair McMillan. Oxford University Press, 2003. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign. 26 June 2006 <http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t86.e227>
