Schwedt initiative

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The Schwedt Initiative was a rationalization movement in the German Democratic Republic . Under the motto “produce less, more”, an attempt was made at the end of the 1970s in what was then the petrochemical combine at the end of the 1970s to free 2400 workers for new parts of the factory. This initiative was propagated throughout the GDR in the 1980s, and from 1981 an annual release of 3% of the workforce for other tasks throughout the country was sought. Although the target was rather low compared to Western companies, this endeavor failed both qualitatively and quantitatively: only less than 2% were achieved, and the release and implementation mostly only took place in-house, as the combines were constantly being loaded with new tasks .

literature

  • André Steiner: Overtaking without catching up: the GDR economy as a footnote in German history? Research on GDR society . Ch. Links Verlag, 2006, ISBN 9783861533979 .