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A change in the organization of the Chinese society and economy in the late 1960s and 1970s. This revolution challenged the DIVISION OF LABOUR previously practised, especially by breaking down the division between the town and countryside. Revolutionary factory committees were set up to implement changes.
These included using five-year plans only as general guidelines, requiring administrators to work two or three days per week in manual work and setting up of work teams involved in matters as diverse as production planning, assigning production tasks, establishing safety regulations and managing welfare funds. Mass action was used to unify the working class.
References
Bettelheim, C. (1974) Cultural Revolution and Industrial Organization in China. Changes in Management and the Division of Labour, trans. A.Ehrenfeld, New York and London: Monthly Review Press.
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