Giovanni Battista Giglioni (January 18, 1929 – January 23, 2008) was an American business theorist, and professor of management and international business at Mississippi State University.Faculty, Emeriti, and Staff at msstate.edu, 2014 He is notable for his 1974 article, "A Conspectus of Management Control Theory: 1900-1972", co-authored with Arthur G. Bedeian.Emmanuel, Clive, David Otley, and Kenneth Merchant. Accounting for Management Control. Springer US, 1990.John Clifton Williams, Henry L. Sisk, Andrew J. DuBrín (1985) Management & Organization. p. 454
Early life and education John Giovanni Battista Giglioni was born on January 18, 1929 in Perugia, Italy, to Quindicio and Elvira Ciconi Giglioni. He immigrated to the United States in 1955, where he became a nationalized citizen.
He received a BBA in 1958, and an MBA in 1959 at Tulane University.Class of 1959 at tulane.edu/gradsIn Memoriam, 2009/09, The alumni magazine of the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University, accessed 2014. In 1960, Giglioni was appointed instructor in management at Tulane University.Southern economic journal. Vol. 26 (1960). p. 256 In 1969, he received a PhD from Indiana University, under the supervision of Charles F. Bosner,Bedeian, Arthur G. "The gift of professional maturity." Academy of Management Learning & Education 3.1 (2004): 92-98. with the thesis entitled, "Multiple Correlation Analysis for Manpower Forecasting: A Case Study."
Career After graduation, Giglioni moved to Mississippi State University, where he became Associate Professor of Management and Director of the Manpower Research Center.Giglioni, Giovanni B., and Arthur G. Bedeian. "A conspectus of management control theory: 1900–1972." Academy of Management Journal 17.2 (1974): 292-305. In the 1970s, he was appointed Professor of Management. Arthur G. Bedeian was his Ph.D. student.
He retired in 1992.
Personal life He married Joyce Bateman Giglioni.
Death He died on January 23, 2008 in Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville, North Carolina.
Selected publications Giglioni, Giovanni Battista. Multiple Correlation Analysis for Manpower Forecasting: A Case Study. Diss. Indiana University, 1968. Giovanni B. Giglioni, Manpower planning for selected manufacturing industries in Mississippi. Division of Business Research, College of Business and Industry, Mississippi State University. 1970
Articles, a selection Giglioni, Giovanni B., and Arthur G. Bedeian. "A conspectus of management control theory: 1900-1972." Academy of Management Journal 17.2 (1974): 292-305. Giovanni B. Giglioni, Joyce B. Giglioni, and James A. Bryant, "Performance Appraisal: Here Comes the Judge," California Management Review 26 (Winter 1981), pp. 14–23
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