Business Management & Administration Cluster Review

Workers who

•Give the support needed to make a business run

•Plan and organize activities

•Provide the overall direction for a company or department

•Manage the financial activities of a business

are in this career cluster.

• Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources

• Business Management and Administration

• Education and Training

• Hospitality and Tourism

Workers who focus on staffing activities that involve planning, recruitment, selection, orientation, training, performance appraisal, compensation, and safety of an organization's employees are in this pathway.

• Human Resources Management

• Administrative Support

• General Management

• Operations Management

Occupations that plan, organize, direct, and evaluate all or part of a business organization through the allocation and use of financial, human, and material resources are in this pathway.

• Human Resources Management

• Administrative Support

• General Management

• Operations Managment

Workers who focus on planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling the resources needed to produce or provide a business' goods and/or services. Includes quality control, scheduling, procurement, and warehousing.

• Human Resources Management

• Operations Management

• General Management

• Administrative Support

Occupations that facilitate business operations through a variety of administrative and clerical duties including information and communication management, data processing and collection, and project tracking.

• Administrative Suppot

• Operations Managment

• Human Resources Managment

• General Management

Occupations that provide a bridge between business processes or initiatives and information technology processes. Employees in this area help to align business and IT goals.

• Human Resources Management

• Operations Management

• General Management

• Business Information Management

The median salary in 2016 for business workers was $96,000.

• True

• False

A typical day in the business world may include EXCEPT which of the following?

• Making decisions and solving problems

• Working in an office with a variety of technology

• Working to create a new bridge.

• Working with team members and supervisory duties

What kind of skills do you need for careers in this cluster? (Select all that apply).

• critical thinking

• good verbal and written skills

• problem solving

• ability to work alone or with others on a team

• being creative

All of the following are examples of the work environment EXCEPT:

• working at a desk in an office

• Working alone and with others on a team

• working outside

• working at a desk in an office