Professionals Making Judgments examines the role of judgment in professional work. The book makes the argument that too many studies of professionalism put emphasis on rational decision making. The more theoretical parts of the book are complemented by empirical studies of three distinct domains of professional practice.

List of Tables and Figures Preface Introduction: On judgment PART I: THEORY 1. Three Perspectives on Professional Judgment 2. Organizing for Professional Judgment: Bureaucracies and Heterarchies PART II: EMPIRICAL CASES 3. Perceptual-epistemological Judgment: Embryologists Examining Life 4. Aesthetic-emotional Judgment: Ministers, Faith-based Work, and the Church of Sweden 5. Economic Judgment: The Regional Culture Agency and the Governance of Culture Budgets PART III: ANALYSIS 6. Professionals Making Judgment: Some Issues and Contributions Appendix: Methodology of the Studies Bibliography Index