Strategic management
The diffusion of managerial and economic discourse to non
profit organisations
Management and accounting history
Management of Museums and Cultural Organisations
Strategic management: Critical revisiting
of the evolution of strategy studies, with particular reference to:
the SBU approach; strategic planning; and the issue of strategic
change.
The diffusion of managerial and economic discourse to
non profit organisations: After considering the
controversial issue of the co-operative society, research interests
have moved to non profit entities. Theoretical and empirical
investigation have been coupled in analysing the evolution of
managerial and accounting practices in trade unions and in other
non profit organisations.
Management of Museums and Cultural
Organisations: In recent years the research focus has
further moved towards cultural organisations (museums in
particular). The aim is to add a critical management understanding
to the debate so far dominated by macro-economic and juridical
approaches in strong conflict with the professionals culture
(artist, musicians, museologist etc.).
My research mostly concerns Italian institutions, with a strong
emphasis on field research (Archaeological Museum in Bologna,
Pompeii, OPD, GAM, Italian Opera Hosues) or consultancy reports for
public bodies (Milan and Venice local authority museums; Egyptian
Museum in Turin). I also act within the National Project on
Cultural Heritage by CNR: Coordinator of research team on
“The evolution of economic and managerial patterns for resources
valorization and exploitation in museum organizations” within the
National Project by CNR on Cultural Heritage). However, I also
worked on international realities: a deep rooted research on the
controversial changes occurring at the British Museum, since 1996;
as part of a project by the Italian Foreigner Ministry on Xi'an
(Shaanxi, 2002); as part of a project by the Italian Foreigner
Ministry on the museums of Belgrade (2003); on the project of
recovering the historical centre of Quito (2004).
Management and accounting history
: The last topic is management and accounting
history: on the one hand referring to the evolution of accounting
thought, comparing different national traditions in accounting
historiographies; on the other hand referring to the history of
management accounting practices and managerialism (especially in
pre-industrial settings, such the Venice Arsenal 16th
century).
