Management

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Types of occupations for this career path:

Advertising and Promotions Managers: Plan and direct advertising policies and programs or produce collateral materials, such as posters, contests, coupons, or give-aways, to create extra interest in the purchase of a product or service for a department, an entire organization, or on an account basis.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral expression; oral comprehension; speech clarity; active listening; speaking; writing; social perceptiveness; time management; judgment and decision making; English language; communications and media; administration and management
Training Programs: Public relations/image management; advertising; marketing/marketing management

Administrative Services Managers: Plan, direct, or coordinate supportive services of an organization, such as record-keeping, mail distribution, telephone operator/receptionist, and other office support services. May oversee facilities planning and maintenance and custodial operations.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral comprehension; written comprehension; oral expression; speaking; active listening; writing; coordination; time management; negotiation; clerical; customer and personal service; English language
Training Programs: Public administration; medical/health management and clinical assistant/specialist; medical staff services technology; business/commerce; business administration and management; purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management; transportation/transportation management

Compensation and Benefits Managers: Plan, direct, or coordinate compensation and benefits activities and staff of an organization. Include job analysis and position description managers.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral comprehension; written comprehension; oral expression; reading comprehension; active listening; speaking; judgment and decision making; time management; management of personnel resources; personnel and human resources; administration and management; English language
Training Programs: Human resources management/personnel administration; labor and industrial relations

Chief Executives: Determine and formulate policies and provide the overall direction of companies or private and public sector organizations within the guidelines set up by a board of directors or similar governing body. Plan, direct, or coordinate operational activities at the highest level of management with the help of subordinate executives and staff managers.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral expression; oral comprehension; written comprehension; reading comprehension; active listening; speaking; complex problem solving; judgment and decision making; coordination; administration and management; economics and accounting; law and government
Training Programs: Public administration; public policy analysis; public administration and social service professions; business/commerce; business administration and management; transportation/transportation management; entrepreneurship/entrepreneurial studies;  international business/trade/commerce

Computer and Information Systems Managers: Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as electronic data processing, information systems, systems analysis, and computer programming.
Important Abilities & Skills: Written comprehension; oral expression; oral comprehension; reading comprehension; active listening; critical thinking; complex problem solving; coordination; social perceptiveness; computers and electronics; administration and management; customer and personal service
Training Programs: Computer and information sciences; information science/studies; computer science; system administration/administrator; operations management and supervision; management information systems; information resources management/CIO training; knowledge management

Construction Managers: Plan, direct, coordinate, or budget, usually through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities concerned with the construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, and systems. Participate in the conceptual development of a construction project and oversee its organization, scheduling, and implementation. Include specialized construction fields, such as carpentry or plumbing. Include general superintendents, project managers, and constructors who manage, coordinate, and supervise the construction process.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral comprehension; problem sensitivity; written comprehension; active listening; speaking; critical thinking; time management; management of personnel resources; coordination; building and construction; administration and management; customer and personal service
Training Programs: Construction engineering technology; business/commerce; business administration and management; operations management and supervision

Education Administrators, Preschool and Child Care Center/Program: Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic and nonacademic activities of preschool and child care centers or programs.
Important Abilities & Skills: Written comprehension; written expression; oral expression; active listening; speaking; monitoring; social perceptiveness; coordination; time management; administration and management; customer and personal service; English language
Training Programs: Educational leadership and administration; educational, instructional, and curriculum supervision; elementary and middle school administration/principalship; educational administration and supervision

Education Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School: Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, clerical, or auxiliary activities of public or private elementary or secondary level schools.
Important Abilities & Skills: Written comprehension; written expression; oral expression; active listening; speaking; monitoring; social perceptiveness; coordination; time management; administration and management; customer and personal service; English language
Training Programs: Educational leadership and administration; educational, instructional, and curriculum supervision; elementary and middle school administration/principalship; educational administration and supervision

Education Administration, Educational Leadership and Administration Post-secondary: Plan, direct, or coordinate research, instructional, student administration and services, and other educational activities at post-secondary institutions, including universities, colleges, and junior and community colleges.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral comprehension; written comprehension; oral expression; reading comprehension; active listening; speaking; judgment and decision making; social perceptiveness; coordination; customer and personal service; administration and management; English language
Training Programs: Education leadership and administration; educational, instructional, and curriculum supervision; higher education/higher education administration

Engineering Managers: Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as architecture and engineering or research and development in these fields.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral comprehension; written comprehension; oral expression; reading comprehension; active listening; speaking; coordination; complex problem solving; operations analysis; engineering and technology; design; mathematics
Training Programs: Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD); city/urban, community and regional planning; environmental design/architecture; interior architecture; landscape architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD); engineering, general; aerospace, aeronautical and astronautical engineering; agricultural/biological engineering and bioengineering; architectural engineering; biomedical/medical engineering; ceramic sciences and engineering; chemical engineering; civil engineering, general; geotechnical engineering; structural engineering; transportation and highway engineering; water resources engineering; civil engineering, other; computer engineering, general; computer hardware engineering; computer software engineering; computer engineering, other; electrical, electronics and communications engineering; engineering mechanics; engineering physics; engineering science; environmental/environmental health engineering; materials engineering; mechanical engineering; metallurgical engineering; mining and mineral engineering; naval architecture and marine engineering; nuclear engineering; ocean engineering; petroleum engineering; systems engineering; textile sciences and engineering; materials science; polymer/plastics engineering; construction engineering; forest engineering; industrial engineering; manufacturing engineering; surveying engineering; geological/geophysical engineering; engineering, other

Farmers and Ranchers: On an ownership or rental basis, operate farms, ranches, greenhouses, nurseries, timber tracts, or other agricultural production establishments which produce crops, horticultural specialties, livestock, poultry, finfish, shellfish, or animal specialties. Include operators of cotton gins, packing houses, and other post-harvest operations. May plant, cultivate, harvest, perform post-harvest activities, and market crops and livestock; may hire, train, and supervise farm workers or supervise a farm labor contractor; may prepare cost, production, and other records. May maintain and operate machinery and perform physical work.
Important Abilities & Skills: Control Precision; Problem Sensitivity; Multi-limb Coordination; Critical Thinking; Monitoring; Active Listening; Operation and Control; Operation Monitoring; Judgment and Decision Making; Food Production; Mechanical; Administration and Management.
Training Programs: Agricultural business and management, general; agribusiness/agricultural business operations; farm/farm and ranch management; agricultural production operations, general; animal/livestock husbandry and production; aquaculture; crop production; dairy husbandry and production; agricultural production operations, other; ornamental horticulture; greenhouse operations and management; plant nursery operations and management; animal sciences, general; agricultural animal breeding; animal nutrition; dairy science; livestock management; poultry science; plant sciences, general; agronomy and crop science; horticultural science; plant protection and integrated pest management; range science and management

Financial Managers: Plan, direct, and coordinate accounting, investing, banking, insurance, securities, and other financial activities of a branch, office, or department of an establishment
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral expression; oral comprehension; written comprehension; active listening; speaking; critical thinking; judgment and decision making; complex problem solving; time management; English language; administration and management; economics and accounting
Training Programs: Finance; accounting and finance; accounting and business/management; international finance; public finance; credit management; finance and financial management services

Food Service Managers: Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization or department that serves food and beverages.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral expression; oral comprehension; problem sensitivity; speaking; critical thinking; monitoring; service orientation; coordination; social perceptiveness; customer and personal service; administration and management; production and processing
Training Programs: Restaurant, culinary, and catering management; hospitality administration/management; hotel/motel administration/management; restaurant/food services management

Funeral Directors: Perform various tasks to arrange and direct funeral services, such as coordinating transportation of body to mortuary for embalming, interviewing family or other authorized person to arrange details, selecting pallbearers, procuring official for religious rites, and providing transportation for mourners.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral expression; oral comprehension; speech clarity; speaking; active listening; writing; social perceptiveness; service orientation; coordination; customer and personal service; English language; administration and management
Training Programs: Funeral service and mortuary science, general; funeral direction/service

Gaming Managers: Plan, organize, direct, control, or coordinate gaming operations in a casino. Formulate gaming policies for their area of responsibility.
Important Abilities & Skills: Speech clarity; speech recognition; oral comprehension; speaking; critical thinking; monitoring; time management; management of personal resources; social perceptiveness; customer and personal service; administration and management; mathematics
Training Programs: Personal and culinary services

General and Operations Managers: Plan, direct, or coordinate the operations of companies or public and private sector organizations. Duties and responsibilities include formulating policies, managing daily operations, and planning the use of materials and human resources, but are too diverse and general in nature to be classified in any one functional area of management or administration, such as personnel, purchasing, or administrative services. Include owners and managers who head small business establishments whose duties are primarily managerial.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral expression; oral comprehension; written comprehension; reading comprehension; active listening; speaking; social perceptiveness; coordination; negotiation; administration and management; personnel and human resources; customer and personal service
Training Programs: Business administration and management; international business/trade/commerce; public administration; entrepreneurship/entrepreneurial studies

Industrial Production Managers: Plan, direct, or coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing products in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications.
Important Abilities & Skills: Problemsensitivity; deductive reasoning; oral comprehension; critical thinking; monitoring; active listening; coordination; time management; management of personnel resources; production and processing; mechanical; mathematics
Training Programs: Business/commerce; business administration and management; operations management and supervision

Legislators: Develop laws and statutes at the Federal, State, or local level. Includes only elected officials.
Training Programs: Public administration; public policy analysis; public administration and social service professions

Lodging Managers: Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization or department that provides lodging and other accommodations.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral expression; oral comprehension; problem sensitivity; active listening; speaking; critical thinking; coordination; management of personnel resources; time management; customer and personal service; administration and management; English language
Training Programs: Hospitality administration/management; hotel/motel administration/management; resort management; selling skills and sales operations; hospitality and recreation marketing operations

Marketing Managers: Determine the demand for products and services offered by a firm and its competitors and identify potential customers. Develop pricing strategies with the goal of maximizing the firm’s profits or share of the market while ensuring the firm’s customers are satisfied. Oversee product development or monitor trends that indicate the need for new products and services.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral comprehension; oral expression; written comprehension; active listening; critical thinking; speaking; persuasion; social perceptiveness; judgment and decision making; sales and marketing; customer and personal service; English language
Training Programs: Consumer merchandising/retailing management; apparel and textile marketing management; marketing/marketing management; marketing research; international marketing; marketing

Medical and Health Services Managers: Plan, direct, or coordinate medicine and health services in hospitals, clinics, managed care organizations, public health agencies, or similar organizations.
Important Abilities & Skills: Problem sensitivity; oral comprehension; written expression; active listening; reading comprehension; speaking; English language; customer and personal service; medicine and dentistry
Training Programs: Health/health care administration/management; hospital and health care facilities administration/management; health unit manager/ward supervisor; health information/medical records administration/administrator; health and medical administrative services, other; nursing administration (MSN, MS, PhD); public health, general (MPH, DPH); community health and preventive medicine; health services administration

Natural Sciences Managers: Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, statistics, and research and development in these fields.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral comprehension; oral expression; written comprehension; speaking; science; critical thinking; operations analysis; time management; judgment and decision making; chemistry; law and government; English language
Training Programs: Operations research; biology/biological sciences, general; biochemistry; biophysics; molecular biology; radiation biology/radiobiology; botany/plant biology; plant pathology/phytopathology; plant physiology; botany/plant biology, other; cell/cellular biology and histology; anatomy; cell/cellular biology and anatomical sciences, other; microbiology, general; medical microbiology and bacteriology; virology; parasitology; immunology; zoology/animal biology; entomology; animal physiology; zoology/animal biology, other; animal genetics; plant genetics; pathology/experimental pathology; pharmacology; toxicology; biometry/biometrics; biostatistics; biotechnology; ecology; marine biology and biological oceanography; evolutionary biology; ecology, evolution, systematics and population biology, other; biological and biomedical sciences, other; mathematics, general; algebra and number theory; analysis and functional analysis; geometry/geometric analysis; topology and foundations; applied mathematics; computational mathematics; applied mathematics, other; statistics, general; mathematics and statistics, other; biological and physical sciences; mathematics and computer science; biopsychology; science, technology and society; natural sciences; nutrition sciences; neuroscience; logic; physical sciences; astronomy; astrophysics; planetary astronomy and science; atmospheric sciences and meteorology, general; atmospheric chemistry and climatology; atmospheric physics and dynamics; meteorology; atmospheric sciences and meteorology, other; chemistry, general; analytical chemistry; inorganic chemistry; organic chemistry; physical and theoretical chemistry; polymer chemistry; chemical physics; chemistry, other; geology/earth science, general; geochemistry; geophysics and seismology; paleontology; hydrology and water resources science; geochemistry and petrology; oceanography, chemical and physical; geological and earth sciences/geosciences, other; physics, general; atomic/molecular physics; elementary particle physics; plasma and high-temperature physics; nuclear physics; optics/optical sciences; solid state and low-temperature physics; acoustics; theoretical and mathematical physics; physics, other; physical sciences, other

Public Relations Managers: Plan and direct public relations programs designed to create and maintain a favorable public image for employer or client; or if engaged in fundraising, plan and direct activities to solicit and maintain funds for special projects and nonprofit organizations.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral expression; written expression; speech clarity; speaking; active listening; writing; social perceptiveness; coordination; persuasion; English language; customer and personal service; communications and media
Training Programs: Public relations/image management

Purchasing Managers: Plan, direct, or coordinate the activities of buyers, purchasing officers, and related workers involved in purchasing materials, products, and services. Include wholesale or retail trade merchandising managers and procurement managers.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral expression; written expression; oral comprehension; active listening; speaking; critical thinking; coordination; persuasion; negotiation; administrative and management; English language; production and processing
Training Programs: Purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management

Postmasters and Mail Superintendents: Direct and coordinate operational, administrative, management, and supportive services of a U.S. post office; or coordinate activities of workers engaged in postal and related work in assigned post office.
Important Skills & Abilities: Oral expression, oral comprehension, problem sensitivity; critical thinking; active listening; speaking; social perceptiveness; coordination; time management; administration and management; customer and personal service; English language
Training Programs: Public Administration.

Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers: Direct and coordinate operational, administrative, management, and supportive services of a U.S. post office; or coordinate activities of workers engaged in postal and related work in assigned post office.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral expression; oral comprehension; written expression; speaking; active listening; reading comprehension; critical thinking; negotiation; coordination; social perceptiveness; customer and personal service; administration and management; sales and marketing
Training Programs: Real estate

Social and Community Service Managers: Plan, organize, or coordinate the activities of a social service program or community outreach organization. Oversee the program or organization’s budget and policies regarding participant involvement, program requirements, and benefits. Work may involve directing social workers, counselors, or probation officers.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral expression; oral comprehension; speech clarity; active listening; speaking; critical thinking; time management; management of personnel resources; social perceptiveness; customer and personal service; administration and management; English language
Training Programs: Human services, general; community organization and advocacy; public administration; business/commerce, general; business administration and management, general; non-profit/public/organizational management; entrepreneurship/entrepreneurial studies; business, management, marketing, and related support services, other

Training and Development Managers: Plan, direct, or coordinate the training and development activities and staff of an organization.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral expression; speech clarity; written expression; speaking; learning strategies; active listening; instructing; coordination; social perceptiveness; English language; administration and management; personnel and human resources
Training Programs: Human resources management/personnel administration; human resources development

Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers: Plan, direct, or coordinate transportation, storage, or distribution activities in accordance with governmental policies and regulations. Include logistics managers.
Important Abilities & Skills: Written comprehension; oral expression; oral comprehension; speaking; active listening; critical thinking; coordination; time management; complex problem solving; administration and management; English language; customer and personal service
Training Programs: Public administration; aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology, general; aviation/airway management and operations; business/commerce, general; business administration and management, general; logistics and materials management; transportation/transportation management

Education and training for this career path:
Agriculture Sciences ; Ethnic Studies ; Arts (Visual, Music, Entertainment) ; Biological Studies ; Business (Finance/Accounting/HR) ; Communication/Journalism ; Computer & Information Sciences ; Construction Trades ; Education ; Engineering ; Engineering Related Technology ; English ; Family Consumer Sciences ; Health ; History ; Language ; Law ; Library Science ; Marketing ; Math/Statistics ; Mechanical Engineering Technology ; Environmental, Natural, Resource Science ; Parks, Recreation & Fitness ; Hospitality/Culinary ; Philosophy/Religion ; Physical Sciences ; Production Trades ; Psychology ; Public Administration ; Social Sciences ; Transportation/Logistics