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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN-13
9780198737735
eBay Product ID (ePID)
222145687
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Organizational Sociology
Author
Georges Romme
Publication Name
The Quest for Professionalism: the Case of Management and Entrepreneurship
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Management, Business
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
276 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
240mm
Item Width
167mm
Item Weight
554g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Georges Romme
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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