Abstract

This paper focuses on the reconstruction of the Ottoman fleet following the naval defeat at Lepanto (1571). It examines the event from the perspective of management studies. Drawing on extensive archival research, we reconstruct the Ottoman Empire’s decision-making processes, looking at the main organisational conditions that made this remarkable feat possible. This allows us to make a preliminary comparison with the management of the Venice Arsenal in the same period, as an example of an early form of modern management. To what extent this extraordinary effort was—at the same time—a consequence and a driver of a different pattern of organising economic activities on two sides of Mediterranean Sea? Differences between the two contexts are discussed, while addressing the importance of shipbuilding in the development of early forms of management and the invention of the factory system in preindustrial, state run manufacturing, with particular reference to shipyards.

摘要

本文重点关注在勒班陀（1571 年）海战失败后奥斯曼舰队的重建。它从管理研究的角度审视了这一事件。利用广泛的档案研究，我们重建了奥斯曼帝国的决策过程，着眼于使这一非凡壮举成为可能的主要组织条件。这让我们可以与同时期的威尼斯兵工厂的管理做一个初步的比较，作为现代管理的早期形式的一个例子。这种非凡的努力在多大程度上是——同时——在地中海两侧组织经济活动的不同模式的结果和驱动力？讨论了两种上下文之间的差异，