01165pab a2200181 454500008004000000100002000040245004700060260000900107300001200116362000800128520062000136650003000756650001800786773004800804909001000852999001700862952010400879180718b1998   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMatheson, Craig  aIs the higher public service a profession?  c1998  ap.15-27  aSep  aProfessionalisation 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  aCivil service - Australia  aCivil service  aAustralian Journal of Public Administration  a39643  c39643d39643  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 57, Issue no: 3pAR40011r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR