Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the General Business Administration & Management field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. General Business Administration & Management majors need many skills, but most especially Critical Thinking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that General Business Administration & Management majors need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, Management of Personnel Resources, Operations Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Negotiation, Coordination, Systems Analysis, Monitoring, Time Management, Mathematics, Persuasion, Operation Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Complex Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Learning Strategies, Troubleshooting, Judgment and Decision Making, Speaking, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Reading Comprehension, Instructing, Writing, Active Learning, Service Orientation, Operation and Control, Technology Design, Programming, 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 General Business Administration & Management 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 Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Monitoring, Speaking, Coordination, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Writing, Time Management, Management of Personnel Resources, Systems Evaluation, Active Learning, Systems Analysis, Social Perceptiveness, Persuasion, Negotiation, Mathematics, Learning Strategies, Instructing, Management of Financial Resources, Service Orientation, Management of Material Resources, Operations Analysis, Operation Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Operation and Control, Troubleshooting, Science, Technology Design, Programming, Equipment Selection, Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, and Installation are the three most important skills for people in the field.