The Estonian Organizations – The Subjects of Transformation
Estonia stayed fifty years under the communist regime. Historically the organizations in the former Soviet Union were carefully controlled by the state and served as the tools of controlling individuals and groups. Estonia’s transition to a democratic society provides an intriguing context for analyzing how organizations have changed. The goal of this paper is to show what kind of changes took place in Estonian organizations in the framework of transition of the Estonian society. The changes are discussed from the perspective of four organizational elements: people, organizational goal, structure, and technology. This is an exploratory study, which enables detecting several aspects of the business and public sector organizations, whereas the major focus is on human behavior rather than on economic aspects of organizational life.
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2004-09
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Authors: | Vadi, Maaja ; Roots, Harry |
Institutions: | Centre for Comparative Economics, School of Slavonic and East European Studies |
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