Reconceptualising the professions:
Interdisciplinary Debates
Programmes
6th Jan '09 - Professions and professionalism in the 21st century: meanings, challenges and prospects (Lancaster University)
This launch event for the seminar series (which took place on January 6th 2009 at Lancaster University) identified a number of key debates that will be explored in more detail through subsequent seminars. In particular the event focussed on developing… More24th Apr '09 - The Globalization and Changing Geographies of Professional Expertise (Nottingham University)
The second event in this inter-disciplinary seminar series on, 'Re-Conceptualising the contemporary 'professions' is focused around exploring the ways in which processes of contemporary globalization are creating new threats and opportunities… More9th Sep '09 - Diversity, inclusion and representativeness: challenges for the professions (Leeds University)
The professions have historically suffered from a poor equal opportunity and diversity record. Recent social and demographic trends have certainly altered the numerical composition of the professions, yet the working lives of these 'new entrants'… More12th Jan '10 - The challenge of change in professional service firms (Centre for Professional Service Firms, Cass Business School, City University, London)
Questions have emerged recently about whether traditional models for managing professionals can deal with the distinctive challenges confronting contemporary professional service firms. Current leaders must struggle to reconcile multiple… More
