By DeVry University
September 23, 2022
5 min read
September 23, 2022
5 min read
Achieving a management role in any field can represent a huge step forward in your career. But if you’re thinking about pursuing a management career in business, particularly as a business operations manager, you might be curious about the best way to go about achieving your goals.
What is a business operations manager exactly? What steps can I take to prepare to pursue a management role in business?
Let’s take some time to understand what a business operations manager is and then move on to how to become a business operations manager in the following sections:
Administration and management
Understanding how to delegate tasks, manage projects and resources, and set achievable goals for departments is a key function of a business operations manager.
Critical thinking
In this career, it’s helpful to know how to think outside of the box and evaluate a plan’s strengths and weaknesses to come up with innovative solutions to challenging business problems.
Mathematical reasoning
Managers regularly deal with budgets and numbers, so understanding how to use math formulas to decide project outcomes is critical.
Judgment and decision making
Knowing how to review and compare two different plans and work out the outcomes is an important skill as a business operations manager.
1Growth projected on a national level. Local growth will vary by location. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/top-executives.htm
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