Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction: configuring the 'new' professional; Trusting the professional: a managerial discourse for uncertain times; Aspects of the 'Audit Society': issues arising from the colonization of professional academic identities by a 'portable management tool'; Medical professional autonomy in an era of accountability and regulation: voices of doctors under siege; Managing the 'professional' man; Speaking professionally: occupational anxiety and discursive ingenuity among human resourcing specialists
Summary
This book addresses the nature of current shifts in professional and managerial knowledge and practice, particularly in relation to power and accountability
