| Title | : | Professions |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Mike Saks |
| Release | : | 2021-04-19 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Management & Leadership, Books, Business & Personal Finance, Industries & Professions, Accounting, Nonfiction, Social Science, Small Business & Entrepreneurship |
| Size | : | 1226160 |
| 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 an analysis of a range of professions, including, amongst others, accountants, doctors and lawyers. The book offers a critical analysis of such privileged occupational groups in modern societies. Anticipating a positive if changing role for such groups in the years ahead, the book outlines conflicting theoretical perspectives on professions and discusses current developments in an accessible, multi-disciplinary style. The book documents their evolution and contemporary transformation from medieval guilds to fully-fledged professions and international professional service firms, while pointing a path towards their future in the world of work and beyond. With insights into the recent challenges provided by clients, citizens, the state and corporations in neo-liberal societies, Professions provides a concise overview that will be essential reading for students, academics and others interested in the operation of these key occupational groups in business and society. |
