Title: Turnaround management and systemic approach: a historical review of the Florentine management school contribution

Authors: Massimiliano M. Pellegrini; Riccardo Rialti; Cristiano Ciappei; Lamberto Zollo

Addresses: Department of Management and Law, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy ' DISEI-Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy ' DISEI-Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy ' DISEI-Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy

Abstract: Despite the attention given by the international literature to the Italian accounting scholars, management related topics have been scarcely considered. After a short excursus on the evolution of the Italian management discipline, the systemic approach of the Florentine School of Thought is discussed. This little studied stream of research is at the same time quite innovative, especially historically speaking, and has contributed to the diffusion of a systemic approach to management or a viable system theory in Italy. Particularly interesting is to see how the evolution of the school has paid attention to turnaround strategies, blending management and accounting perspectives from a coherent view.

Keywords: history of management; Italian management history; viable system approach; turnaround management; Florentine School of Thought.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCA.2017.089380

International Journal of Critical Accounting, 2017 Vol.9 No.4, pp.289 - 311

Published online: 22 Jan 2018 *

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