The example that Bat'a has provided the world with is proof that capitalism can be done differently. Class consciousness, class hatred and class struggle are concepts that the Zlin labor community never knew. In the Bat'a organization, all employees from high to low had an interest that was of equal significance. That interest was to obtain as large a production as possible, of good quality products at the lowest possible price (a system that could be applied within a government to offer the best services most efficiently). To approach this objective, each individual is primarily dependent on his own labor power. In addition, however, he is also heavily dependent on everyone else and in this remarkable combination of individuality and collectivity lies the secret of the industrial harmony at Bat'a (or what has been referred to as the Bata Hymm of Work, an organization in motion). The make up of the people of Zlin was by nature no better and no worse than elsewhere, and if labor does take place in the context of a disturbance-free community, then it is only because everyone knows for himself that by delivering the highest quality work, he has served his own interest in the best possible way.
Among the excellent results that Bat'a has managed to achieve, this is perhaps the most remarkable. Through this organizational system, "the autonomy of divisions, coupled with the partiality of every responsible employee in the profit of his department, they have found a way to align all productive forces in the business and the controversies between work by eliminating the capital. The two major forces within the Bat'a organization that have given it a sustainable lead over all competitors in the competitive struggle are: social peace and undisturbed employment.
I am thinking that it should be possible to use these Bata concepts to create a governmental system based on COOPERATION (between: The people/The businesses/The government employees). Cooperation was the key to Bata's success. Tomas and Jan planned to use the Bat'a system to reorganize the Czech Republic at the height of the worldwide depression. This can be clearly understood by reading the attached attached document. It also then can be easily understood why J.A.Bata developed the book, Building a Nation of 40 Million. This book was the confirmation of the Bata plan.
From the texts of grandson Jan A. Bata John Nash
* * *
J.Š.20.5.2018
Read more...