The way of organizing accounting did not interest many researchers in accounting. The article tries to fill this gap. It puts forward the transition from the bookkeeper to the accountant by the exploration of twelve European novels of the 19th and 20th century. This is not only a change of words...

The purpose of this paper is to show the possible contributions of the history to management. In a first part, through imaginary dialogue founded on the respective works of two historians, the points of cohesion, discussion and rupture are exposed which characterize the epistemological and...