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What are the books that every Professor must read?

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RE: What are the books that every Professor must read?

Dr Aparna
Dr Aparna
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PhD Organizational Psychology
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Hello


Thank you for choosing Mera career guide and writing to us. I understand your question is about skill development for professors. I am giving you suggestions in general and please apply these suggestions with respective of your subject of study/research/teaching.

I understand your question is about developing skills for someone who is already a Professor in position. A Professor is a person who works in academic schools, engages with active teaching and research and is highly knowledgeable about his subject. For example, if you are considering a Professor in Management subject, these are the things a professor should do to expand his knowledge and develop his skills.

1. A professor should have already achieved a Doctorate degree to be in their current Professor position. So this says he has already contributed some extra piece of knowledge to the existing body of vast knowledge. Say the professor is working in the area of Human resource management and in particular he is a specialist in Recruiting and selection area of HRM. In this way a Professor has to read books all that works on 'Recruiting and selection' field and he should also have sound knowledge and understanding of other areas of Human resource management like the Performance appraisal, strategic human resources, learning and development. So the professor should have read every book that were written specifically on 'Recruiting and selection' as it is the field he works in.

2. The professor should also read books on industry applications on his area of subject. Apart from theories existent in the academic literature, he should understand how his subject theories are applied in present industries. Industries practice many creative ways in solving real world business problems and the professor should know how the theories are practiced by the industries around him. He should try solving the real world business problems using his subject theories and could release it as a research paper/ research article/ practice book. To get the knowledge of problems faced by industries, he should read articles on newspapers that mentions the problem faced by industries.

3. A professor should read journals and articles that are published in his area of research. This is the only way a professor should be able to update his knowledge on recent trends and changes. The professor is expected to read his peers research and review it critically. He can also read books written by his peers on his subject apart from the research articles or journals that his peers publish.

Hope this helps. Many thanks.
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