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- Tags: Cartoons
Travin, V., Orders
Travin, V., Orders, Rutgers, Continuum, 1981
"Poet: Yefimovski, Y.
He gave orders, many a task,
“Work harder!”—he was bellowing.
But he never left his desk
To check if team was…
Tags: Art, Authoritarian, Authoritarianism, Autocracy, Cartoons, Satire, Soviet Union
Mazrukho, M., Dreaming
Mazrukho, M., Dreaming, Rutgers, 1967
"He is dreaming of shifting all of his duties to an electronic brain.
But even the electronic brain cannot substitute for your personal one.
Signs…
Tags: Art, Bad Management, Cartoons, Dreaming, Electronic Brain, Satire
Vasiliev, I remember pretty well: I introduced some innovative somewhere here…
Vasiliev, I remember pretty well: I introduced some innovative somewhere here…, Rutgers, 1951
For the Soviet Union, the roots of technological stagnation were in the monopoly of the state on the means of production that obliterated the…
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Innovation, Satire, Stagnation, Technology
None, The Labyrinth
None, The Labyrinth, Rutgers & Harvard, None
"Written on the papers: “Order, Instruction, Decree, Explanation to Paragraph No. 141, Supplement to Instruction No. 638, Item 45 of Order No. 651…”
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Tags: Art, Authoritarian, Bad Management, Cartoons, Satire, Soviet Union
Rozantsev, V., SOS
Rozantsev, V., SOS, Rutgers, 1970s
This cartoon is the brilliant takes on how emergency situations are handled by bureaucratic organizations. Here, the only responses of the bureaucrat…
Tags: Art, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Emergency, Satire, SOS, Trained Incapacity
Travin, V., Detailed Agenda
Travin, V., Detailed Agenda, Rutgers & Continuum, 1971
"Poet: Kapralova, V. (The poem is omitted)
“The Fighting Pencil” group, 1971
Text on the scroll (from bottom up):
“To:
27. Further raise the…
Tags: Art, Brezhnev, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Satire, Soviet Union, Stagnation
Rabinovich, Y. - First photo; Tsvetkov, A. - Second photo, The Guide!
Rabinovich, Y. - First photo; Tsvetkov, A. - Second photo, The Guide!, Rutgers, Chatham House, & Harcourt Brace, 1969 - first photo; 1965 - second photo
First photo: In this cartoon we see a Mertonian bureaucratic personality emerge as a result of overemphasizing the importance of rules in sustaining…
Tags: Art, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Organizations, Rules, Satire, The Fighting Pencil