Profession : a key idea for business and society / Mike Saks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saks, Mike, author.

Series:

Key ideas in business and management.

Key Ideas in Business and Management

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Professions.

Professions--Sociological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

Summary:

"Profession, professions and professionalism have taken integral roles in business and society. In this book, Mike Saks provides a thorough overview of this concept through analysis of a range of professions, including accountants, doctors and lawyers. The book offers a critical analysis of privileged occupational groups in modern societies. Anticipating a positive role for such groups in the years ahead, the book provides a comparative account of conflicting theoretical perspectives charting developments in an accessible, multi-disciplinary style. Profession documents evolution and contemporary transformation from medieval guilds, through international professional service firms, to a precarious role in the future of work. With insights into the challenges provided by neoliberalism and marketization, Profession provides a concise overview that will be essential reading for students and researchers interested in business and society"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: the context to the analysis of professions

The history of professions and professionalisation

Competing theories of professions

Attacks on professions: professional deconstruction?

Business and management issues and the professions

Conclusion: the future of professions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-87972-5

0-429-46580-7

0-429-87973-3

9780429465802

OCLC:

1240581044