01049pab a2200169 454500 180718b1998 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Matheson, Craig Is the higher public service a profession? 1998 p.15-27 Sep Professionalisation in the public services is regarded as essential but the concept is ambiguous and organisationally weak. Moreover, if not jeopardised by managerialism, public service professionalisation today faces some major barriers or limitations. Nonetheless, the public service may be able to maintain greater professional status with increased emphasis on job security, occupational closure and horizontal organisation. The prospects for such conditions may now seem remote, but with this criteria in mind Australia will neglect the professionalism of its public service very much to its cost. - Reproduced Civil service - Australia Civil service Australian Journal of Public Administration 39643 39643 39643 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 57, Issue no: 3 AR40011 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR