Business planning and employee democracy in Yugoslavia

Conceptions of the role of planning in the socio-economic system have changed in the past 30 years. During the period 1946–1950 the concept of administrative planning was prevalent. From 1954 to 1976 it was planning the main economic proportions; and from 1976 to the present day the concept of self-managing social planning has been prevalent. The efficiency of planning depends in large part on the matching and co-ordination of all participants in the process, and particularly on the participation of workers in self-managing bodies taking planning decisions. Annual plans are to be treated as integral parts of mid-range plans and enterprises are obliged to analyse the implementation of their mid-range plan every year and to develop in detail activities for the next year. The principle of continuous planning is an important feature of self-managing social planning.     

National survey on lifestyles and gambling in Serbia: gambling participation and problem gambling in adult population

The aim was to examine the association of socio-demographic and lifestyle characteristics with gambling severity level. The study was a part of the National Survey on Lifestyles in Serbia: Substance Abuse and Gambling, in 2014. The sample consisted of 5385 individuals. Based on the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) score participants were divided into non-problem gambling, low-/moderate-risk gambling and problem gambling. Prevalence of problem gambling was 0.5%, which was associated with having poor self-perceived financial status, having moderate or high risk for psychological distress, playing sports betting, casino games and slot machines. Low/moderate gambling was associated with having poor self-perceived financial status, number of drinking days per year, using any illicit drugs in the last 30 days, playing sports betting, slot machines, and online betting. Programmes of early detection of problem gambling should be developed, and regulation of availability of slot machines and sports betting.