Business on Their Minds. - How Experts in Investment Banks Organise Their Work

Abstract

In discussions about the society of today, an important role is often attributed professions. However, expert knowledge is nowadays described as more fragmented than earlier, and the new ‘free experts' show differences as well as similarities with the traditional professions. Features of differences and similarities between these groups of expertise, are also expressed on the organisational arena. This paper elaborates expertise in investment banks, and discusses the distinct features of their organising of work. In addition, their relation to the organisation employing them is discussed, and the paper thereby contributes to earlier findings on professions and expertise in organisations.