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Labour Competition

Labour Competition. Ahmed, Michael, Yan & “Jonathan”. Introduction. Competition was used during the five year plans to motivate individuals Alexei Stakhanov was the first to set the record Rewards and Medals were given to whom exceeded the record

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Labour Competition

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  1. Labour Competition Ahmed, Michael, Yan & “Jonathan”

  2. Introduction • Competition was used during the five year plans to motivate individuals • Alexei Stakhanov was the first to set the record • Rewards and Medals were given to whom exceeded the record • It is now known as the Stakhanovitemovement

  3. Aims of competition • To increase productivity and rates of production from workers • Compelling management to adopt new production methods

  4. The Stakhanov Record • A pneumatic-pick operator • A record of102 tons of coal, almost sixteen times the norm of 6.5 tons per shift • Initial idea came from Konstantin Petrov – party organiser of Central Ormini in the Don Basin

  5. Incentives • Rewards and recognition provided incentive for workers to surpass the record • Ordzhinikidze, the commissar for Heavy Industry, had Stakhanov, the “Soviet Hercules”, put on the front page of Pravda

  6. Results • Stalin called for Stakhanovism to spread “widely and deeply” across the Soviet Union. • By December 1935, the records achieved in heavy industry alone filled two volumes • During the second 5-year plan (1933–1937) labor productivity reportedly increased by 82%.

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