Overview
This book explores common management practices as they relate to professional service organisations. Adopting a unique critical institutional view, it focuses on challenges and struggles in both public and private settings and offers new insights. This will be essential reading for scholars of management and leadership. Alvehus opens important discussions on what it means to work, manage and be managed in such professional organisations, casting light on classic conflicts. He takes everyday work as a starting point and adopts a critical view that focuses on challenges and struggles in both public and private settings. He offers new perspectives and key insights for the future of professionalism. Providing a comprehensive overview of the field, this book is an important guide for understanding how professionalism is maintained in today's organizations. It will be essential reading for students and scholars of management and leadership.
Full Product Details
Author: Johan Alvehus (Lund University)
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Imprint: Bristol University Press
ISBN: 9781529206067
ISBN 10: 1529206065
Pages: 162
Publication Date: 08 December 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
This is an erudite, original, and thought-provoking book, which skilfully handles many different intellectual traditions while challenging several key assumptions in orthodox understandings of professions and professional organizations. Essential reading both for students of the professions and established scholars in this area. Daniel Muzio, University of York This book is a must-read for any scholar focused on the professions. Boldly addressing important topics such as ambiguity, control, and leadership in the professions, it informs future practice and research agendas. An invaluable resource for professional practitioners and students alike. Juani Swart, University of Bath
"""It is not often that you read a text that so emphatically puts the professional work at the center...It is extremely relevant reading for anyone interested in professions and professional work."" Swedish Business Economics Journal"
It is not often that you read a text that so emphatically puts the professional work at the center...It is extremely relevant reading for anyone interested in professions and professional work. Swedish Business Economics Journal
Author Information
Johan Alvehus is Associate Professor at the Department of Service Management and Service Studies, Lund University.
