Subject of this paper is analysis of the economic activities’ results in the area of the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia at the first decade of its existence, with a special retrospective at the use of labour. Through empirical analysis of the economic reality of the former Yugoslavia, authors determined dimensions for decrease of the economic activities’ results at the first decade of the existence of the Yugoslavia in relation to its previous decennial period and indicated at the possible ways and methods for overcoming of the negative tendencies that existed at the economic life, as well as at the creating of conditions for efficient and dynamic economic development in this area.