Introduction to Responsible Organisation
Aantekeningen Lectures
Lecture 2:
What is a profession?
• A profession is a paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training
and a formal qualification.
• A profession is a type of specialized occupation in service of society and the
world. (Laasch)
Characteristics of a Profession:
• Service to society
• Enforcement organisation’
• Body of knowledge
• Process of qualification
What is professional management?
• Professional management:
management practice carried out with professional conduct and in pursuit of
goals serving society and the world
• Domains of professional management:
ethics, responsibility, sustainability.
• Professional management conduct:
Managing ethically, responsibly and sustainably.
Types of management and managers:
,Domains of professionalism:
What is management in practice?
• Managemnent:
The practice of getting things done with people and resources
• Practicing management:
Working with people and resources to achieve performance effectively and
efficiently and in line with pre-established goals.
• Management practices:
Activities that management practitioners customarily engage in
Practicing management:
Effectiveness vs efficiency:
• Effectiveness: describes the degree to which the management process has
contributed to the pre-established managerial goals.
• Efficiency: describes the proportion between resource input and management
output.
, Three Elements of Managerial Practice(s):
What is academic impartially?
• The practice of pursuing and presenting truth without pushing a political or moral
agenda.
Think critically
Maintain academic impartiality
Debate respectfully
Keep growing
Lecture 3 – Young Innovators Project:
How can you prepare for a company visit
• Read into the organization (website, linked-in, etc)
• Prepare questions
Sending an email:
• Subject: choose a professional and clear subject for the email
• Start: dear (first+last name) be aware of pronouns
• Introduction: first names + last names
• Reason for contacting them
• Possible date: ask for dates that suit them or suggest a date, be clear (date, time
etc)
• Thank the organization
Aantekeningen Lectures
Lecture 2:
What is a profession?
• A profession is a paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training
and a formal qualification.
• A profession is a type of specialized occupation in service of society and the
world. (Laasch)
Characteristics of a Profession:
• Service to society
• Enforcement organisation’
• Body of knowledge
• Process of qualification
What is professional management?
• Professional management:
management practice carried out with professional conduct and in pursuit of
goals serving society and the world
• Domains of professional management:
ethics, responsibility, sustainability.
• Professional management conduct:
Managing ethically, responsibly and sustainably.
Types of management and managers:
,Domains of professionalism:
What is management in practice?
• Managemnent:
The practice of getting things done with people and resources
• Practicing management:
Working with people and resources to achieve performance effectively and
efficiently and in line with pre-established goals.
• Management practices:
Activities that management practitioners customarily engage in
Practicing management:
Effectiveness vs efficiency:
• Effectiveness: describes the degree to which the management process has
contributed to the pre-established managerial goals.
• Efficiency: describes the proportion between resource input and management
output.
, Three Elements of Managerial Practice(s):
What is academic impartially?
• The practice of pursuing and presenting truth without pushing a political or moral
agenda.
Think critically
Maintain academic impartiality
Debate respectfully
Keep growing
Lecture 3 – Young Innovators Project:
How can you prepare for a company visit
• Read into the organization (website, linked-in, etc)
• Prepare questions
Sending an email:
• Subject: choose a professional and clear subject for the email
• Start: dear (first+last name) be aware of pronouns
• Introduction: first names + last names
• Reason for contacting them
• Possible date: ask for dates that suit them or suggest a date, be clear (date, time
etc)
• Thank the organization
