| The End of the Professions?: The Restructuring of Professional Work Contributor(s): Broadbent, Jane (Author), Dietrich, Michael (Author), Roberts, Jennifer (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415143004 ISBN-13: 9780415143004 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1997 Annotation: Professions and professional activity are undergoing dramatic changes as we approach the millennium. This interdisciplinary 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: decision-making power is being shifted away from the holders of specialised knowledge and towards clients and managers. Although this might seem to signify an end to traditional notions of professionalism involving trust, responsibility and self-organisation, they argue that this does not necessarily mean an end to professionalism itself, but rather a restructuring of its significance and functioning. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - General - Business & Economics | Management - General |
| Dewey: 658 |
| LCCN: 96019119 |
| Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.44" W x 9.51" (0.78 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What has been the impact of deregulation and a rapidly changing socio-economic environment on the professions? The cross-disciplinary contributions to this volume examine the changing role of the professions. |