Ergodynamic cooperative as a driving force for solving the employment problem

Abstract

The form of association of producers existed at the level of primitive production, but it quickly collapsed under the influence of the labor division. If we create such a form in modern conditions, in addition to taking into account the large role of complex automation of all types of production activities, the existing factors of ergodynamics should also be taken into consideration. The article examines a new approach to the problem of employment based on the adoption of the paradigm of a radical change in the configuration of the production system. It is demonstrated that in the case when the production system consists of a number of producers, among which the connections are broken, the workers released as a result of automation naturally and inevitably pass into the category of unemployed. Trying to organize a new production of new products, manufacturers face a cyclical pattern, increasing the number of unemployed. While maintaining the image of traditional production based on the production system, managers try to find extravagant methods to solve the issue of employment, although, in fact, it is not the problem of employment that is being tackled, but the issue of social support for the unemployed. An analysis of existing trends in production is necessary not only to develop objective measures to enhance efficiency. A comprehensive analysis of trends, combined with the introduction of new approaches to the description of labor activity, allowed revealing and justifying a new look at the strategy for improving production. This makes it possible to describe a new type of production systems, namely self-developing production systems, at the conceptual level. The presence in the description of such production of a model of real transformation of labor activity allows creating a system with an internal structure of self-development. Such self-developing production systems do not need external influences and are invariant in a wide variety of social environments. The article can be useful for both economists and production managers.