The two sides of command in organizations: reading Marx again

Bruno Tinel (1)

1 CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne

In his chapter 13 of the Capital, Marx shows that cooperation involves coordination whatever the mode of production is. In his opinion, command in capitalist production has two sides: coordination and exploitation. The main features of command in a democratic organization of production are briefly drawn through this analysis.

Mots clés: democratic organization; collective labourer; command; coordination; cooperation; subjection of labour

Domaines: Economies et finances

Bruno Tinel. The two sides of command in organizations: reading Marx again. 2007. ⟨halshs-00271392⟩