All professions have power.
This power is used to control its own members, and also its area of
expertise and interests. A profession tends to dominate, police and
protect its area of expertise and the conduct of its members, and
exercises a dominating influence over its entire field which means that
professions can act monopolist,
rebuffing competition from ancillary trades and occupations, as well as
subordinating and controlling lesser but related trades.
A profession is characterized by the power and high prestige it has in
society as a whole. It is the power, prestige and value that society
confers upon a profession that more clearly defines it. The power of
professions has led to them being referred to as conspiracies against the laity.
On the other hand, professionals acquire some of their power and
authority in organizations from their expertise and knowledge. As such
they can bend rules, reduce bureaucratic inertia and increase problem
solving and adaptability.
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