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The Quest for Professionalism

Author : Georges Romme
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198737734
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book The Quest for Professionalism written by Georges Romme and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early pioneers in management thinking, such as Henri Fayol and Peter Drucker, conceived of management as a science-based professional activity that serves the greater good. Today, however, many organizations are managed by people demonstrating anything but professionalism, resulting in mismanagement of risks as well as a one-dimensional focus on short-term results. The key thesis in this book is that The Quest for Professionalism must be revitalized because the societal costs and damage caused by managerial amateurism are huge. The book is about how to address this grand challenge, for example by exploring whether and how a shared professional purpose, and a professional body of knowledge, can be developed. While most work in this area has previously focused on management education, The Quest for Professionalism adopts an inside-out approach, implying management scholarship is the driving force behind any intrinsic transformation of the profession at large. Without management scholars playing an active role in advancing 'science-based professionalism, ' in the mould of engineering and medicine, any attempt to professionalize management practice is doomed to fail. Moreover, Georges Romme demonstrates the professionalization quest has to move away from the idea of management being confined to a few people at the top toward management as a technology for distributing power and leadership throughout the organization

Education, Professionalism, and the Quest for Accountability

Author : Jane Green
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136837205
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book Education, Professionalism, and the Quest for Accountability written by Jane Green and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-05-20 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on education and its relation to professional accountability as viewed from two different, but not unrelated, perspectives. First, the book is about the work of professionals in schools and colleges (teachers, head teachers, leaders, principals, directors and educational managers, etc.) and the detrimental effects which our present system of accountability – and the managerialism which this system creates – have had on education, its practice, its organization, its conduct and its content. It is also about the professional education (the occupational/professional formation and development) of practitioners in communities other than educational ones and how they, too, contend with the effects of this system on their practices. These different perspectives represent two sides of the same problem: that whatever one’s métier – whether a teacher, nurse, social worker, community officer, librarian, civil servant, etc – all who now work in institutions designed to serve the public are expected to reorganize their thoughts and practice in accordance with a "performance" management model of accountability which encourages a rigid bureaucracy, one which translates regulation and monitoring procedures, guidelines and advice into inflexible and obligatory compliance. A careful scrutiny of the underlying rationale of this "managerial" model shows how and why it may be expected, paradoxically, to make practices less accountable – and, in the case of education, less educative.

Education, Professionalism and the Quest for Accountability

Author : Jane Green
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136837213
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book Education, Professionalism and the Quest for Accountability written by Jane Green and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-05-20 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on education and its relation to professional accountability as viewed from two different, but not unrelated, perspectives. First, the book is about the work of professionals in schools and colleges (teachers, head teachers, leaders, principals, directors and educational managers, etc.) and the detrimental effects which our present system of accountability – and the managerialism which this system creates – have had on education, its practice, its organization, its conduct and its content. It is also about the professional education (the occupational/professional formation and development) of practitioners in communities other than educational ones and how they, too, contend with the effects of this system on their practices. These different perspectives represent two sides of the same problem: that whatever one’s métier – whether a teacher, nurse, social worker, community officer, librarian, civil servant, etc – all who now work in institutions designed to serve the public are expected to reorganize their thoughts and practice in accordance with a "performance" management model of accountability which encourages a rigid bureaucracy, one which translates regulation and monitoring procedures, guidelines and advice into inflexible and obligatory compliance. A careful scrutiny of the underlying rationale of this "managerial" model shows how and why it may be expected, paradoxically, to make practices less accountable – and, in the case of education, less educative.

The Quest for Authority and Honor in the American Professions, 1750-1900

Author : Samuel Haber
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226311739
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book The Quest for Authority and Honor in the American Professions, 1750-1900 written by Samuel Haber and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1991-08-27 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the decline in the size of our industrial work force and the rise of the service occupations, the professions today are prominent models for a singular kind of social position. The professions and "professionalism" seem to offer an escape from vexing supervision at work as well as from some of the depersonalization and uncertainty of markets and bureaucracies. In taking account of our hunger for professional status and privileges, Samuel Haber presents the first synthetic history of major professions in America. His account emphasizes the substance of each profession's work experience, told from the vantage point of the doctors, lawyers, ministers, and their emulators whose work gave them a high sense of purpose and a durable sense of community. Contrary to those who regard the professions as exemplary and up-to-date specimens of social modernization or economic monopoly, Haber argues that they bring both preindustrial and predemocratic ideals and standards into our modern world. He proposes that the values embedded in the professions—authority and honor, fused with duty and responsibility—have their origins in the class position and occupational prescriptions of eighteenth-century English gentlemen. Such an argument has implications for the understanding of American society; it underscores the cumulative and variegated nature of our culture and suggests the drawbacks of trying to describe society as a system. It also accords with Haber's endeavor to write a history that rescues for description and analysis mixed motives, composite conditions, and persons and parties acting upon contradictory explanatory schemes. Haber traces the cultural evolution of the professions through three stages—establishment (1750-1830), disestablishment (1830-1880), and reestablishment (1880-1900). He shows that when the gentlemanly class declined in the United States, the professions maintained status even in somewhat hostile settings. The professions thus came to be seen as a middle way between the pursuits of laborers and those of capitalists. Massive in scale and ambition, this book will have a formidable impact among scholars newly attuned to the history of American middle-class culture.

The Quest for Professionalism

Author : Georges Romme
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780191801266
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Quest for Professionalism written by Georges Romme and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text shows the societal costs and damage caused by mismanagement and other forms of managerial amateurism are huge. 'The Quest for Professionalism' calls upon management scholars to drive the intrinsic transformation of the profession at large, toward management as a technology for distributing power and leadership throughout the organization.

So Good They Can't Ignore You

Author : Cal Newport
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1455509108
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book So Good They Can't Ignore You written by Cal Newport and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an unorthodox approach, Georgetown University professor Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is good advice, and sets out on a quest to discover the reality of how people end up loving their careers. Not only are pre-existing passions rare and have little to do with how most people end up loving their work, but a focus on passion over skill can be dangerous, leading to anxiety and chronic job hopping. Spending time with organic farmers, venture capitalists, screenwriters, freelance computer programmers, and others who admitted to deriving great satisfaction from their work, Newport uncovers the strategies they used and the pitfalls they avoided in developing their compelling careers. Cal reveals that matching your job to a pre-existing passion does not matter. Passion comes after you put in the hard work to become excellent at something valuable, not before. In other words, what you do for a living is much less important than how you do it. With a title taken from the comedian Steve Martin, who once said his advice for aspiring entertainers was to "be so good they can't ignore you," Cal Newport's clearly written manifesto is mandatory reading for anyone fretting about what to do with their life, or frustrated by their current job situation and eager to find a fresh new way to take control of their livelihood. He provides an evidence-based blueprint for creating work you love, and will change the way you think about careers, happiness, and the crafting of a remarkable life.

The Professional Quest for Truth

Author : Stephan Fuchs
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791409237
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Professional Quest for Truth written by Stephan Fuchs and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that the power of science as the most respected and authoritative world view is based on its superior material and organizational resources, not on its superior rationality. Fuchs approaches science as a social construct, and utilizing a theory of scientific organizations, he analyzes knowledge production in scientific fields--how they differ in their resources and how these differences affect how science is conducted. The book explains why certain fields produce science and facts, while others engage in hermeneutics and conversation; why certain specialities change through cumulation rather than fragmentation; and why some fields are relativistic while others are positivist in their self-understanding. This general theory of knowledge is applicable not only to science, but to all varieties of professional groups engaged in knowledge production.

Early Bicycles and the Quest for Speed

Author : Andrew Ritchie
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476671079
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Early Bicycles and the Quest for Speed written by Andrew Ritchie and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-02-21 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the earliest "velocipedes" through the advent of the pneumatic tire to the rise of modern road and track competition, this history of the sport of bicycle racing traces its role in the development of bicycle technology between 1868 and 1903. Providing detailed technical information along with biographies of racers and other important personalities, the book explores this thirty-year period of early bicycle history as the social and technical precursor to later developments in the motorcycle and automobile industries.

Creating a Life

Author : Sylvia Ann Hewlett
Publisher : Miramax
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Creating a Life written by Sylvia Ann Hewlett and published by Miramax. This book was released on 2002-04-10 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 40% of women earning $50,000 or more a year are childless at age 45--and these women have not chosen to be childless. A highly controversial book about American women & the bitter paradoxes of success. Data is based on a nationwide survey conducted specifically for the book.

The Allure of Order

Author : Jal Mehta
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190231459
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Allure of Order written by Jal Mehta and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-04 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores why reformers from both the left and right have repeatedly placed such high hopes in these reforms and why teachers and schools have been unable to resist these external reformers.

Ethical Issues in the Use of Computers

Author : Deborah G. Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Ethical Issues in the Use of Computers written by Deborah G. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Quest for Professionalism

Author : Roger Goldman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (181 download)

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Download or read book A Quest for Professionalism written by Roger Goldman and published by . This book was released on 2023-03-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of law enforcement training in the United States and the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST) from colonial times to 2020.

Technology Use and Research Approaches for Community Education and Professional Development

Author : Bryan, Valerie C.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466629568
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)

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Book Synopsis Technology Use and Research Approaches for Community Education and Professional Development by : Bryan, Valerie C.

Download or read book Technology Use and Research Approaches for Community Education and Professional Development written by Bryan, Valerie C. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2013-02-28 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the areas of community education and professional development continue to expand, the technologies that are utilized in these programs are also progressively advancing. However, it can sometimes be difficult to pin-point the best system in such a vast, ever-changing world of technology. Technology Use and Research Approaches for Community Education and Professional Development investigates how the role of information technology is impacting the academic and workplace environments. This publication will explore areas such as unique learning styles, various methods of disseminating information, and technologys role and impact within these settings. Researchers, practitioners, and instructors in the areas of adult, continued, and higher education will benefit from this texts innovative way of addressing efficient methods of utilizing technology.

Responsible Journalism and Quest for Professional Standards in Ghana

Author : Diedong, Africanus Lewil
Publisher : Woeli Publishing Services
ISBN 13 : 9988236042
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (882 download)

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Download or read book Responsible Journalism and Quest for Professional Standards in Ghana written by Diedong, Africanus Lewil and published by Woeli Publishing Services. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghana has a diverse and vibrant media landscape that includes state and privately owned television and radio stations, and several independent newspapers and magazines. This book looks at media ethics from the perspective of engendering journalistic responsibility, and the role of journalists in improving journalistic standards. The primary focus is on journalists within the Ghanaian context. This book will enrich discourse on Ghana has a diverse and vibrant media landscape that includes state and privately owned television and radio stations, and several independent newspapers and magazines. This book looks at media ethics from the perspective of engendering journalistic responsibility, and the role of journalists in improving journalistic standards. The primary focus is on journalists within the Ghanaian context. This book will enrich discourse on finding realistic ways and means of establishing journalistic standards in the Ghanaian media landscape.

Schooling, Democracy, and the Quest for Wisdom

Author : Robert V Bullough
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813599911
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Schooling, Democracy, and the Quest for Wisdom written by Robert V Bullough and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-07 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tremendous amount of energy has been expended by organizations to coordinate "partner schools" for teacher education. Bullough and Rosenberg examine the concept of partnering through various lenses and they address what they think are the major issues that need to be, but rarely are, discussed by thousands of educators.

The Quest for a Radical Profession

Author : David Wagner
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 9780819177513
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (775 download)

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Download or read book The Quest for a Radical Profession written by David Wagner and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 1990 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, based on in-depth interviews of radical social workers, who at one time were associated with the Catalyst collective, explores through oral history the social psychological effects of upward mobility on political ideology. Historically large numbers of idealistic activists entered social work and other human services professions, but there have been few studies about the careers of such individuals and what has happened to radicals who pursue careers as community organizers, caseworkers or therapists, administrators or planners. Contents: A Radical Professionalism?; Radical Social Work; The Moral Careers of Radical Social Service Workers-Becoming Radical, Becoming Social Workers, Images of Success/Worlds of Pain, and Occupations and Ideology; Radicalism, Social Action, and Social Service Careers-The Decline of Oppositional Activism, Politics at the Retail Level: 'Radical Practice', The Absorption of Radicalism; and Bibliography.

The Quest

Author : Daniel Yergin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143121944
Total Pages : 834 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book The Quest written by Daniel Yergin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A sprawling story richly textured with original material, quirky details and amusing anecdotes . . .” —Wall Street Journal “It is a cause for celebration that Yergin has returned with his perspective on a very different landscape . . . [I]t is impossible to think of a better introduction to the essentials of energy in the 21st century. The Quest is . . . the definitive guide to how we got here.” —The Financial Times This long-awaited successor to Daniel Yergin’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Prize provides an essential, overarching narrative of global energy, the principal engine of geopolitical and economic change A master storyteller as well as a leading energy expert, Daniel Yergin continues the riveting story begun in his Pulitzer Prize–winning book, The Prize. In The Quest, Yergin shows us how energy is an engine of global political and economic change and conflict, in a story that spans the energies on which our civilization has been built and the new energies that are competing to replace them. The Quest tells the inside stories, tackles the tough questions, and reveals surprising insights about coal, electricity, and natural gas. He explains how climate change became a great issue and leads readers through the rebirth of renewable energies, energy independence, and the return of the electric car. Epic in scope and never more timely, The Quest vividly reveals the decisions, technologies, and individuals that are shaping our future.