Legal professions

elaborated on through knowledge of the word and how it applies to the Army, the culture of a professional Army, and the leaders role in a profession of arms. Firstly, An Army White Paper, The Profession of Arms (2010) states that, professions produce uniquely expert work and thrive on effectiveness, rather than efficiency. According to Webster’s dictionary a profession…

controversy over the ongoing debate of whether nursing should be considered a profession. Because of the diverse culture within healthcare and the different roles that nurses play, some people may not classify nursing as a profession. I strongly believe…

This week, having engaged with the paper by Stephen J. Ball (2010) surrounding performativity which is entitled "The teacher's soul and the terrors of performativity." There was an ideology present in which students that don't perform academically are valued less. This is something which I had never really thought about before, and having related it to my own experiences that ideology is present in schools. Analysis/Comment: Relating this ideology to my own experiences in a classroom setting it…

Professional Nursing To become a nurse you don’t have to be special. Nurses that make all C’s in class will still be called nurses, so it is up to us to define ourselves with the traits befitting of a professional nurse. Being a good nurse that displays professionalism is a life long challenge that takes work everyday. The difficulty arises because we are human, and in all walks of life we will encounter things contrary to who we are. Conflict of belief, culture, or a million different things…

The Business Dictionary describes a professional as a person who belongs to a specific profession because they completed a required course of studies. Their competencies can be measured against a set of standards and has reached a level of proficiency in their field. According to that definition do I believe I am a professional? I do. A professional also dresses properly, is prepared to teach, complies to the expectations of their school, is passionate about their job, maintains confidentiality,…

Professionalism is what has set me apart from the rest of the field in my last two jobs and I am a firm believer of just how important it is. Social media has brought about a new way for us to present ourselves as well as a new wave of deeper background checks. It is imperative that you maintain a sense of professionalism when using all of the many social media platforms, however, it is important to remain true to who you actually are in real life being fake isn't going to help your brand or…

Professional Development is an essential component of building aptitude and developing as an professional as well as an individual. Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. I have found the learning plan to be quite useful in allowing me to focus more on myself. Course work allows me to develop and enhance the skills I need. However, actually having a plan set up and knowing that I have to work on these areas for improvements, provided me with a perfect sense of how I can work towards…

Unlike other professions that are protected by official regulators, it is the responsibility of professional bodies to act as authoritative power that protects the integrity of the PR industry (Tench and Yeomans, 2014). Doorley and Garcia (2011) argue, however, that such regulating professional associations have no true controlling authority at all, as their membership is optional to PR practitioners. Voluntary membership implies that there will always be non-members who are excluded from…

A profession is defined as a paid occupation that requires a formal qualification in a specific area or subject. A Profession of Arms is defined as “the vocation comprised of experts certified in the ethical application of land combat power, serving under civilian authority…”. Just like a regular profession, I consider, that the profession of arms is one based on customer service. I will explain. Every profession’s main objective is to serve people, the community. You can successfully perform…

Engineers have to deal with increasing responsibilities as technology is each day more involved in our daily lives. Hence, it is important that engineers are able to make the correct decisions on which is the right way to act. Engineers can base themselves in the several norms and rules that are outlined by their professional organizations. However, there is a finite amount of things that can be stated as rules. For this reason, and as the Good Engineer reading proposes, it is important that…