{"id":5723,"date":"2017-07-04T12:45:43","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T11:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/?p=5723"},"modified":"2022-02-22T22:05:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T22:05:36","slug":"dr-michele-bigonis-video-lecture-on-accounting-and-irrational-decision-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/2017\/07\/dr-michele-bigonis-video-lecture-on-accounting-and-irrational-decision-making\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Michele Bigoni\u2019s Video Lecture on Accounting and Irrational Decision Making"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Kent Business School&#8217;s Dr Michele Bigoni, Senior Lecturer in Accounting has spoken on Accounting and Irrational Decision Making in a new Think Kent video.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Michele Bigoni\u2019s major field of interest is accounting history, where he explores how accounting can be a tool in the exercise of state power. His recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=876rAVPUa00\">Think Kent video<\/a> entitled \u2018Accounting and Irrational Decision Making&#8217; explores how Italian Fascism sought to enlist the Alla Scala Opera House as a weapon of propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>The lecture also examines the regime\u2019s use of accounting documents in the case of the Alla Scala Opera House to ensure the institution was fully committed to spreading a Fascist message. This contrasts the traditional view of accounting as a neutral, value-free technique whose only aim is to secure efficiency and rational decision-making.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I have chosen the topic because I believe it could have been interesting to both an accounting and non-accounting audience. I was hoping to focus on something new and attractive, which would have helped me to demonstrate that accounting is not necessarily concerned with money, but can work as a means to exercise power in less obvious and unseen ways.&#8221;- <\/em>Dr Michele Bigoni<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Over eighty Think Kent videos are now available on the University of Kent YouTube Channel.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=876rAVPUa00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5008 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/files\/2017\/01\/VIEW-VIDEO-BUTTON-300x60.png\" alt=\"view-video-button\" width=\"300\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/files\/2017\/01\/VIEW-VIDEO-BUTTON-300x60.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/files\/2017\/01\/VIEW-VIDEO-BUTTON.png 387w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>If you would like further information about Dr Bigoni\u2019s research you can visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/kbs\/our-staff\/profiles\/bigoni-michele.html?utm_source=YouTube&amp;utm_medium=BigoniProfile&amp;utm_campaign=ThinkKent1617\">his staff profile page<\/a>,<\/strong> <strong>or find out about our postgraduate programmes on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/kbs\/courses\/msc\/index.html\">our course pages<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kent Business School&#8217;s Dr Michele Bigoni, Senior Lecturer in Accounting has spoken on Accounting and Irrational Decision Making in a new Think Kent video. 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