Management Analysts

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Business Analyst, Business Consultant, Management Analyst, Management Consultant

What they do:
Conduct organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures, conduct work simplification and measurement studies, and prepare operations and procedures manuals to assist management in operating more efficiently and effectively. Includes program analysts and management consultants.
On the job, you would:
  • Gather and organize information on problems or procedures.
  • Confer with personnel concerned to ensure successful functioning of newly implemented systems or procedures.
  • Analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding.

Knowledge

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Business

  • management
  • customer service

Math and Science

  • arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
  • psychology

Education and Training

  • teaching and course design

Skills

Basic Skills

  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • reading work related information

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

People and Technology Systems

  • thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it

Abilities

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

  • notice when problems happen
  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.

They do well at jobs that need:

  • Dependability
  • Integrity
  • Cooperation
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Attention to Detail
  • Initiative

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Web platform development software

  • Google Angular Hot Technology
  • Spring Framework Hot Technology

Data base user interface and query software

  • Blackboard software
  • Transact-SQL Hot Technology

Development environment software

  • Apache Kafka Hot Technology
  • Apache Maven Hot Technology

Education

Education: (rated 4 of 5)
bachelor's degree or
master's degree
usually needed

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