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The End of the Professions?: The Restructuring of Professional Work

By Jennifer Roberts , Jane Broadbent , Michael Dietrich

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1997
ISBN
0415143004, 9780415143004, 9780203978436
LCC
HD62.65 .E53 1997
Open Library ID
OL7484035M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1239437 bytes)
Series
Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks
Edition
1
Pages
161\161
Topic
Economy
Library
avaxhome.ws
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

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. 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-organisation, they argue that this does not necessarily mean an end to professionalism itself, but rather a shifting of its significance and functioning.

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