専門職：ビジネス・経営の鍵概念 Professions : A Key Idea for Business and Society

著者名：Saks, Mike

Routledge（2021/04/19発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9781138610415
• eISBN：9780429879722

Description

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.

Table of Contents

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 professions  6. Conclusion: The future of professions