A Business or Profession?
Tonight in my political management ethics course we discussed whether or not political management is a profession or business. In respect to what I have thus far learned in this course, I would consider internet political management a business. The reason internet management is a business is because there is no degree criteria for running an internet and anyone can learn how to operate an internet system and web site.
Unlike professions such as medicine and law, where practitioners must meet certain criteria in order to practice, internet professionals have no such foundation. Instead, what differentiate internet professionals are experience, creativity and personal relationships.
The internet business is extremely new and it wouldn't surprise me if a more formal foundation of requirements is set-up to establish a profession like atmosphere - but I have a real doubt that will take place in my lifetime. The internet business is too new for fundamental requirements and criteria.
3 Comments:
It's a business hands down. We don't want it to become a profession because then it excludes everyone else. How can we tell one person he is certified to run a campaign while exclusing another. That defeats democracy. We exclude people in medicine and law, but those aren't meant to be participatory activities for the general public.
I am so thankful that this field is a business and not a profession. As such, the value of experience is recognized. Many of the skills and abilities required to be a successful political manager can not be measured or taught. Thus, having experience outweighs meeting specific criteria.
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