BUS 303 Lecture 9 - Collective Action and
Diffusion of Responsibility; Power and
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,Collective Actions Problems - - Communist system
Chinese village of Xiaogang - government took all the food that was
produced on collective farms and then
distributed some back to families (as long
as there was some left over for gvt)
- Every got same amount of food SO
working harder didn't matter
SOLUTION
- they divided up the farmland and
assigned each family a particular plot of
land that would be theirs THEN family
assigned to that plot of land could keep
whatever a plot of land produced
beyond the share expected by the gvt >>
SYSTEM OF PRIVATE PROPERTY w piece
of paper
WHY IT TOOK SO LONG?
- understanding and changing the
"collective action" of a group of people is
hard
, Collective action problems Collective action problem: occurs when a
group of people could benefit from
cooperation, but the individual incentives
that they each face incline them not to
cooperate
- Everyone would be better off if they
cooperate, but individually you are
always 'worse off' when you cooperate
- These problems are everywhere
Responding to Collective 1. Change the incentives so it pays to
Action Problems - TWO cooperate
strategies
2. Get players to refrain from profit
maximizing because they understand
greater benefits of cooperation and trust
others to do the same
Diffusion of Responsibility; Power and
Authority in the workplace Exam |
Questions with 100% Correct Answers |
Verified | Latest Update 2026/2027
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Terms in this set (39)
,Collective Actions Problems - - Communist system
Chinese village of Xiaogang - government took all the food that was
produced on collective farms and then
distributed some back to families (as long
as there was some left over for gvt)
- Every got same amount of food SO
working harder didn't matter
SOLUTION
- they divided up the farmland and
assigned each family a particular plot of
land that would be theirs THEN family
assigned to that plot of land could keep
whatever a plot of land produced
beyond the share expected by the gvt >>
SYSTEM OF PRIVATE PROPERTY w piece
of paper
WHY IT TOOK SO LONG?
- understanding and changing the
"collective action" of a group of people is
hard
, Collective action problems Collective action problem: occurs when a
group of people could benefit from
cooperation, but the individual incentives
that they each face incline them not to
cooperate
- Everyone would be better off if they
cooperate, but individually you are
always 'worse off' when you cooperate
- These problems are everywhere
Responding to Collective 1. Change the incentives so it pays to
Action Problems - TWO cooperate
strategies
2. Get players to refrain from profit
maximizing because they understand
greater benefits of cooperation and trust
others to do the same
