Barrel ideology
As tons of ideology one is pejorative production planning refers dictates the only simple, measurable and summable sizes without demand , benefits or quality play a role.
Central administration economy
The term was coined to assess central administration economies . It is derived from the tonnage specifications for heavy industry within the framework of the planned economy in socialist states , in which five-year plans were used to define in detail which products should be produced in which quantities. Furthermore, the name is also traced back to a request by Josef Stalin ; he had demanded that the Soviet Union overtake the USA in terms of tonnage in terms of goods produced.
The specifications for the fulfillment of the plan and also their control were based, among other things, on the weight or number of products produced, but the quality of the products played no role here. As a result of this arbitrary incentive , there were quality deficiencies, incorrect management and wrong investment strategies. One reason that is given for this planning exclusively according to quantities without taking additional qualitative factors into account is that the planning authorities are overwhelmed by the amount of detailed information required.
The Soviet Stakhanov movement and the Hennecke movement in the GDR are cited as symbols of this barrel ideology . The Hennecke movement was after the miner Adolf Hennecke named, who promoted on 13 October 1948 in a well-prepared layer 24.4 cubic meters of coal and the then applicable labor standard significantly with 387 percent more than fulfilled .
Since there is a risk of neglecting quality in production processes with a pure focus on quantity, an increase in quality was also propagated in the GDR. So was z. For example, in July 1949 , on the initiative of Luise Ermisch, the competition for the title of brigade of the best quality was announced in the Soviet Zone .
Political catchphrase
In the political debate, the term “barrel ideology” often serves as a political catchphrase . With the use, the respective opposing side is accused of neglecting quality in favor of quantity.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Birgit Wolf: Language in the GDR. A dictionary . de Gruyter, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-11-016427-2 , keyword “barrel indeology”, p. 225.
- ↑ Werner Lachmann: Economics , Vol. 2: Applications . Springer, Berlin, 2nd edition 2003, ISBN 3-540-20219-6 , p. 55.
- ↑ John Dornberg: Germany's other half. Profile and character of the GDR . Molden, Vienna 1969, p. 171.