Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Business Administration, Management, & Operations field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Business Administration, Management, & Operations majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Business Administration, Management, & Operations majors need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, Management of Personnel Resources, Negotiation, Systems Evaluation, Operations Analysis, Coordination, Persuasion, Systems Analysis, Time Management, Monitoring, Mathematics, Complex Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Speaking, Judgment and Decision Making, Learning Strategies, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Writing, Reading Comprehension, Operation Monitoring, Instructing, Service Orientation, Quality Control Analysis, Active Learning, Technology Design, Troubleshooting, Programming, Operation and Control, Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, Equipment Selection, Science, and Installation.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Business Administration, Management, & Operations majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Management of Financial Resources is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Speaking, Writing, Monitoring, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Coordination, Time Management, Active Learning, Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Social Perceptiveness, Management of Personnel Resources, Persuasion, Negotiation, Mathematics, Learning Strategies, Instructing, Service Orientation, Management of Financial Resources, Operations Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Operation Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Science, Operation and Control, Troubleshooting, Technology Design, Programming, Equipment Selection, Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, and Installation are the three most important skills for people in the field.