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This chapter challenges the views held by scholars in the professions arena asserting that the management occupation is not a profession. The role of civil society is examined and occupational classification systems are used to develop an occupational baseline to enable an assessment of management along a professionalization continuum. A new professionalization framework is applied to assess the degree to which management can be considered as a profession. Leveraging the precedence of medicine as a true profession, common professionalization framework elements are applied to the management occupation resulting in an assessment at Level 2, Emerging Professions.
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Delacruz, V.J. (2018). Management Can Be Considered as a Profession. In: Örtenblad, A. (eds) Professionalizing Leadership. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71785-2_14
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