Who Is a Professional?
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Publication Date:
December 16, 2003
Industry:
Professional Services
Source:
Harvard Business School
Many occupations lay claim to professional status. Business executives, social workers, musicians, sportsmen, and academics describe their occupations as “professions”. Office assistants call themselves “administrative professionals”. Obviously, not all occupations that claim to be professions are so recognized by society. Society attaches the professional label only to certain occupations. Doctors and lawyers are professionals; auto mechanics and restaurant wait staff are not. Yet, gray areas exist. Are nurses professionals? Teachers? Real estate brokers? This case identifies the distinguishing characteristics of professional work. Professionals are a subcategory of service providers. An understanding of what distinguishes professionals from other service providers must be grounded in an understanding of 1.) what constitutes service provisions and 2.) how the various categories of service provision differ.
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