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Information technology is ultimately unsuitable for solving the organizational problems posed by self-managed, ie, socialist, labor -- not only because of the way the computer is used but also, & principally, because of its inner nature & character. Contrary to the commonly held opinion, its use cannot be disjoined from its nature. Therefore, no generalized use of the computer can be thought of as being the basis of a socialist organization of labor. The tentative answer submitted stresses that a socialist organization should not be seen as something "fixed" (even if maximum rotation of individuals among social positions is allowed), but as a condition for the laborers' domination, the realization of which, however, is never complete. On this view, socialist organizations fail when they crystallize themselves into a fixed & unchangeable form. It is this crystallization that allows the bureaucratic forces to penetrate & ultimately transform them from conditions of the laborers' domination of the nonlaborers to conditions of the nonlaborers' domination of the laborers. This lack of internal dynamics at the structural level is the first step halting the free expression of the laborers' creativity in all spheres of social life, including that in which they give themselves their own social structure. Modified AA.

Much of the activity and purpose of HTA is related to interaction with organizations and individuals with interests in the technologies that are being considered. The focus is often stakeholders with major financial or operational responsibilities for health technologies, including government authorities, the manufacturing industry, health care professionals and the health insurance industry. Patients and their families or carers are an obvious key group with major interests in health technologies, but HTA has rarely involved them in the assessment process. There seems a need for HTA to give more attention to the views of patients as a group that has immediate involvement with health technologies. HTA Initiative #21. ISBN 1-894927-27-3 (online)