Abstract

Conceptual accuracy is a fundamental element in scientific activity. The concept is an abstract representation of reality, allowing to identify the same or similar phenomena, as well as to distinguish different phenomena. This article aims to distinguish the well-established concept of self-management - especially in its social dimension - from management experiences with self-management features and recognized under the concept of Collectivist Organizations of Joint Production - OCPA. In other words, under capitalism, the so-called self-managed enterprises do not constitute self-management. They can be considered as OCPA, which have characteristics of self-managed organizations and present themselves as forms of resistance or alternative models to the system of capital. Social self-management or collectivist organizations formed by producers in association are neither related to a new economy nor to a solidarity economy. Self-management has a social dimension and can only exist in self-managed production units when the social system is self-managed. These organizations with self-management characteristics are related to collectivist management of labor. Under capitalism, some organizations may have, predominantly, self-management characteristics. These organizations are conceptualized here as Collectivist Organizations of Joint Production, and, because they are inserted into the logic of capital, they act as units in the system of capital.

Keywords:
Collectivist Organizations of Joint Production; Social Self-Management; Solidarity Economy; Organizational Self-Management; Organization of Labor.