TY  - BOOK
AU  - Saks, Mike
TI  - Professions: : a key idea for business and society
SN  - 9781138610415
U1  - 331.71 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Professions--Sociological aspects
N1  - Table of Contents
1. Introduction: The concept of professions

2. The History of Professions and Professionalisation

3. Positive and Negative Theories of Professions

4. Attacks on Professions: Professional Deconstruction?

5. Business and Management Issues and the Professions

6. Conclusion: The Future of Professions
N2  - Book 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
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