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A philosophical theory for good production

A book full of suggestions offers a different method to better manage a company

A philosophical theory on how to better, or best, govern a company. An important topic – essential, actually, considering our digital world – that Emanuele Sacerdote tackles in his latest literary effort. Indeed, Filosofia per l’impresa (Corporate philosophy) is based on a seemingly simple, though actually rather complex, concept: the philosophical thoughts of illustrious wise thinkers – such as Socrates, Aristoteles, Bacon, Descartes, Hegel, Schopnhauer, Husserls, Popper – could enrich and strengthen the strategic governance of enterprises by enhancing the governability and boosting the potential for progress in production organisations.

Sacerdote begins by observing that corporate management entails a “dominant” concept set on strengthening its own strategies by increasing awareness, foresight, realism stance and conciseness to promote better results. This all sounds fine, but it is not sufficient, as according to Sacerdote we also need a “propositional” concept advocating the need for a new “pre-strategic cycle” whose methodological quintessence consists in a path based on deductive reasoning, a critical approach and factual analysis.

In order to illustrate all this, the author leads readers along a similarly simple and linear path that focuses upon the need to enhance a company’s governability, a focus on philosophy as a pre-strategic tool, advice on how to “implement” the proposed method and a number of practical applications that can be used as examples.

Reading Sacerdote means venturing into a very different world than that of mere (and boring) classic corporate strategy – a more complex and interesting world that is certainly worth discovering and exploring.

Filosofia per l’impresa (Corporate philosophy)

Emanuele Sacerdote

Il Sole 24 Ore, 2023

A book full of suggestions offers a different method to better manage a company

A philosophical theory on how to better, or best, govern a company. An important topic – essential, actually, considering our digital world – that Emanuele Sacerdote tackles in his latest literary effort. Indeed, Filosofia per l’impresa (Corporate philosophy) is based on a seemingly simple, though actually rather complex, concept: the philosophical thoughts of illustrious wise thinkers – such as Socrates, Aristoteles, Bacon, Descartes, Hegel, Schopnhauer, Husserls, Popper – could enrich and strengthen the strategic governance of enterprises by enhancing the governability and boosting the potential for progress in production organisations.

Sacerdote begins by observing that corporate management entails a “dominant” concept set on strengthening its own strategies by increasing awareness, foresight, realism stance and conciseness to promote better results. This all sounds fine, but it is not sufficient, as according to Sacerdote we also need a “propositional” concept advocating the need for a new “pre-strategic cycle” whose methodological quintessence consists in a path based on deductive reasoning, a critical approach and factual analysis.

In order to illustrate all this, the author leads readers along a similarly simple and linear path that focuses upon the need to enhance a company’s governability, a focus on philosophy as a pre-strategic tool, advice on how to “implement” the proposed method and a number of practical applications that can be used as examples.

Reading Sacerdote means venturing into a very different world than that of mere (and boring) classic corporate strategy – a more complex and interesting world that is certainly worth discovering and exploring.

Filosofia per l’impresa (Corporate philosophy)

Emanuele Sacerdote

Il Sole 24 Ore, 2023