Reflections on Management

S5E02 - Is Anti-Professionalism on the Rise?


Listen Later

A recent Talking About Organizations episode addressed contemporary challenges facing professions due to expanses of technology, growing distrust toward professional workers in some areas, and media coverage; all of which are challenging the autonomy and status of professionals and their work. Anti-professionalism is essentially the breakdown of the profession due to internal and external pressures. I argue in this episode that the way to strengthen professionalism is to re-kindle the sense of honor in serving in a profession -- how to do that is difficult, because one has to agree on what is meant by "honor."
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Reflections on ManagementBy Tom Galvin