Does the concept of professionalism apply to the creative industries?

Does the concept of professionalism apply to the creative industries? Great question that I will respond in this post.
In every industries there is professionals who gives their skills, knowledge and their behavior. So we can imagine that this concept would apply in every kind of industries... Let's see this.

What's the concept of professionalism ?

According to the site Merriam webster the professionalism is the conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or a professional person. This definition says that the concept of professionalism is a number of different attributes and, together, these attributes identify and define a professional. So what are these attributes? There is a lot of and it depends what profession you are doing.

How this apply in the creative industries ?

I will clarify something for you, Of course, the concept of professionalism apply to the creative industries like in every kind of industries. If it wasn't we could says that it would be a kind of chaos in every companies. So the point is, In which way this concept apply to the creative industries ?

Expertise and leadership

A professional can bring his own expertise of the sector for solving a problem or making decision. For example leading a team or make a choice when there is a conflict between several ideas. It is quite link to the leadership of a professional. For example, someone with an idea of a movie or a videogame might be able to build a team to help him. Maybe he would lead it or maybe he would delegate this task to someone else. The point is, that it must be have someone who can set a limit for the team to stick to the first idea.

Ethics

Ethics and image are two things really important in the industry. And there are both reunite in one document : The Code of conducts. Each compagny can make his own code of conducts and the creative industries don't break with this concept. Compagnies like Nintendo or Blender have their own code of conducts to maintain the ethics and the image of their employees and professionals.

Competency

Get the job done make also part of the concept of professionalism. Industries like video games or films are industries with a lot of risks and a lot of rivalry. It costs a lot of money so, for them, to know that the job will be done great by someone who's professional will reassure them.

Conclusion

In conclusion I will just say that every industry need some professionalism and creative industries as well. So a company (no matter the industry) needs to focus on which attributes could defines them as a good and professional one.