The End of the Professions? - The Restructuring of Professional Work (Hardcover, New)

Professions and professional activity are undergoing dramatic changes as we approach the millennium. This volume presents an overview of conceptual issues and considers the practical issues facing professionals today. It has two key objectives: to understand the nature of the changes in professional activity; and to see this restructuring in the context of wider socio-economic processes. Examining the professional areas of medicine, education, law and accountancy, the authors illustrate how the nature of professional activity is changing, and how decision making power is being shifted away from the holders of specialized knowledge and towards clients and managers. Although this might seem to signify an end to traditional notions of professionalism involving trust, responsibility and self-organization, they argue that this does not necessarily mean an end to professionalism itself, but rather a rethinking of its significance and functioning. This process is of central importance to political economists, sociologists, organization and management theorists, and anyone who is trying to understand the significance of professional organization in modern British society.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks
Release date:	March 1997
First published:	1997
Authors:	Jane Broadbent • Michael Dietrich • Jennifer Roberts
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	160
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-14300-4
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > Organizational theory & behaviour Promotions
LSN:	0-415-14300-4
Barcode:	9780415143004

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