Professions: A Key Idea for Business and Society

ISBN-13: 9781138610415 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 216 str.

Mike Saks

Opis

Professions and professionalism have played an integral part in business and society. In this book, Mike Saks provides a thorough overview of this field through the analysis of a range of professions, including, amongst others, accountants, doctors and lawyers.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: The context to the analysis of professions 2. The history of professions and professionalisation 3. Competing theories of professions 4. Attacks on professions: Professional deconstruction? 5. Business and management issues and the professions6. Conclusion: The future of professions

O autorze

Mike Saks is Emeritus Professor at the University of Suffolk, UK, and Visiting Professor at the University of Lincoln, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, University of Westminster, UK, and University of Toronto, Canada.