CHARACTERISTICS OF PROFESSION
Typical characteristics of profession
Dr G. Millenson (1964) sets down criteria of profession:
1. A profession as a sense of public services – a lifetime commitment to career;
2. A defined body of knowledge and skills beyond that non possessed by a layman (the
mastery of the subject matter)
3. A lengthen period of specialized training of education;
4. A control over licensing or entry requirement;
5. Autonomy in making decision about selecting affairs of work;
6. Self governing organization, compound of members of profession ( to foresee the rights
of members are not violated);
7. A code of ethics to help clarify ambiguous matters related to the services rendered;
8. A high prestige and economic standing;
9. Professional association earn elite groups in providing recognition for individual
achievement; and
10. Every profession must have mobil…
Dr G. Millenson (1964) sets down criteria of profession:
1. A profession as a sense of public services – a lifetime commitment to career;
2. A defined body of knowledge and skills beyond that non possessed by a layman (the
mastery of the subject matter)
3. A lengthen period of specialized training of education;
4. A control over licensing or entry requirement;
5. Autonomy in making decision about selecting affairs of work;
6. Self governing organization, compound of members of profession ( to foresee the rights
of members are not violated);
7. A code of ethics to help clarify ambiguous matters related to the services rendered;
8. A high prestige and economic standing;
9. Professional association earn elite groups in providing recognition for individual
achievement; and
10. Every profession must have mobil…
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