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Career as a Business Manager

By Jyppe Alqui on October 30, 2013 — Updated on February 9, 2016

Today the success of businesses is largely based on the companies offering high quality products and services that meet the market’s requirements. The quality depends on the processes used to produce these goods and services.

Corporate business managers are responsible for executing strategic and tactical processes and also monitor those processes.

It is therefore vitally important to ensure that the management of these companies is in the hands of professional, capable and well-trained professionals.

Here are some of the essentials for being a successful business manager in this highly competitive business world:

Management: A business manager must be aware of the process of planning, organization, performance and control of the operations of the organization, and should be capable of coordinating human and material resources essential to achieve the defined objectives effectively and efficiently.

Business: He/she must be pro at activities of public and private businesses that affect the economy, politics, beliefs, skills or knowledge of the persons or institutions across boundaries.

The business manager is a professional with a broad view of the market with proven analytical skills, communication, strategic decision-making and timely mastery of new trends, appropriate use of indicators of business management to implement improvements in management practice, i.e. maintaining a proactive commercial attitude.

He/she must be at the forefront of technological tools and resources, which are required to successfully manage and own a noted business sense.

The education

To work as a business manager, you must hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree in business administration. However, the education requirements and experience required by the employers may vary according to the size of the business and the industry. The small companies usually hire graduates and train them according to the desired work profiles.

On the other hand, the big names or the international companies tend to hire candidates having an MBA degree from the reputed institutions, or those with extensive managerial experience.

The primary objective of these business management courses at both graduate and postgraduate levels is to shape up a professional who has a comprehensive and solid knowledge in the areas of finance, marketing, production, personnel management, coordination of activities and decision-making in a business or company.

Career profiles

It is the job profile of the business managers to help the companies in meeting their targets and in reaching the defined goals in terms of product sales, productivity, profitability and penetration in the niche, among other important areas.

Most of the business managers are responsible to handle a single department, privately owned business, corporate world as well as non-government organizations in a plethora of industries. The task responsibilities mainly include supervising the team members, data analysis, planning and decision-making.

In the small-scale industries or the corporate world, the business managers are also responsible to perform the day-to-day tasks, which include purchase of products, hiring of the individuals, training as well as quality control. In the larger organizations, the business managers are also policy makers, resource planners, and strategies designers.

The Business Management career is a modern concept of business administration, based on the diversity of topics covered in the curriculum, which gives a manager the ability to make decisions in different environments.

The career objective is to train professionals who can manage companies, both public and private, in functions such as:

Planning and Financial Analysis
Resource Management
Sales Management
Project Management
Consultancy
Training
Comptroller
Administrative Manager
And mainly, General Manager of small, medium and large companies

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Rashmi Karan is a web enthusiast and a professional writer who keeps an eagle eye on the trends of the education sector. She writes on the latest happenings in the education industry and offers useful advices.