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1 online resource (296 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Part 1: Prospect; 1. Introduction; What this Book is About; Who the Book is For; Previous Accounts of Professions; The Specifics of the Present Study; The Method of Enquiry; The Limitations of the Approach; Classifying and Characterizing the Professions; The Conventions Adopted; Notes; 2. The Six Professions; A Short Prospectus; Medicine; Pharmacy; Law; Accountancy; Architecture; Structural Engineering; Relations between the Professions; Professional Bodies and Commercial Agencies; Notes; Part 2: Change; 3. Pressures for Change |
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The Sources of ChangeThe Effects of Legislation and National Policy; Economic Pressures; Internationalism; Client Attitudes; The Business Ethos; The Rise of Managerialism; Knowledge Development; The Emergence of Specialisms; The Impact of Information Technology; The Cumulation of Change; Notes; Part 3: Commitment; 4. Professional Careers; Career Patterns; The Great and the Small; Recruitment and Initial Training; Specialization and Advanced Qualifications; The Later Career Stages; Career Benefits and Disbenefits; Ending a Career; Notes; 5. Women Professionals; Structural Issues |
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Forms of Gender DiscriminationThe Demands of Domesticity; The Channeling of Careers; Social Deprivations; Attitudes and Feelings; The Picture in Perspective; Notes; Part 4: Capability; 6. Continuing Professional Development; Definitions, Origins, and Purposes; Formal Requirements and the Related Debate; Providing and Implementing CPD; Practitioners' Attitudes and Motivation; Aspects of Course Provision; Contextual Courses; The Margins of Formality; Notes; 7. Informal Learning; Some Basic Considerations; Resource-Based Activities; Practice-Based Activities; Practice-Related Activities |
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Interpersonal ActivitiesCharacteristics of Informal Learning; Notes; 8. Questions of Quality; Accountability and Quality Maintenance; Rotten Apples and Whistle Blowing; Modes of Procedure; Organizationally Based Quality Assurance; Individually Based Quality Assurance; Organizationally Based Quality Control; Individually Based Quality Control; Quality and Professional Life; Notes; Part 5: Retrospect; 9. Conclusion; The Rationale in Retrospect; Variations and Similarities; Some Potential Implications; Notes; Postscript: The Role of the Universities; Appendix: Methodological Issues |
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Notes on RespondentsReferences; Index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Professions.
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Professional employees.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Professional employees
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Professions
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351289665 |
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1351289667 |
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