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Business Teachers, Postsecondary

$88.79K Median Salary 9.7K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 6.5% Job Growth

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About This Career

Teach courses in business administration and management, such as accounting, finance, human resources, labor and industrial relations, marketing, and operations research. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Reported Job Titles

Accounting Instructor, Accounting Professor, Associate Professor, Business Administration Professor, Business Instructor, Business Professor, Instructor, Management Professor, Marketing Professor, Professor

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Oral Expression

Speech Clarity

Written Comprehension

Written Expression

Oral Comprehension

Deductive Reasoning

Inductive Reasoning

Speech Recognition

Near Vision

Problem Sensitivity

Category Flexibility

Information Ordering

Mathematical Reasoning

Number Facility

Fluency of Ideas

Originality

Selective Attention

Knowledge

English Language

Education and Training

Administration and Management

Economics and Accounting

Mathematics

Computers and Electronics

Law and Government

Customer and Personal Service

Personnel and Human Resources

Communications and Media

Psychology

Administrative

Skills

Speaking

Instructing

Active Listening

Learning Strategies

Reading Comprehension

Writing

Active Learning

Critical Thinking

Monitoring

Complex Problem Solving

Judgment and Decision Making

Social Perceptiveness

Time Management

Systems Analysis

Systems Evaluation

Coordination

Mathematics

Technology Skills

Electronic mail software

Computer based training software

Word processing software

Analytical or scientific software

Information retrieval or search software

Spreadsheet software

Accounting software

Optical character reader OCR or scanning software

Office suite software

Object or component oriented development software

Internet browser software

Presentation software

Web platform development software

Calendar and scheduling software

Tools

Microphones

Televisions

Portable data input terminals

Notebook computers

Web cameras

Photocopiers

Microphone stand

Scanners

Videoconferencing systems

Teleconference equipment

Epidiascopes

Touch screen monitors

High capacity removable media drives

MP3 players or recorders

Inkjet printers

Digital cameras

Slide projectors

Liquid crystal display projector

Laser printers

Compact disk players or recorders

Digital camcorders or video cameras

Digital video disk players or recorders

Special purpose telephones

Overhead projectors

Pocket calculator

Laser fax machine

Multimedia projectors

Desktop computers

Personal computers

Tablet computers

Abilities

Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
Number Facility: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

Knowledge

English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
Psychology: Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
Administrative: Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.

Skills

Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.

Technology Skills

Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Computer based training software: BrainTrain IVA+Plus; Language arts educational software; Math educational software
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Analytical or scientific software: Statistical analysis software; TapRooT
Information retrieval or search software: LexisNexis
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Accounting software: Billing software; Bookkeeping software; Intuit QuickBooks; Sage 50 Accounting
Optical character reader OCR or scanning software: Text scanning software
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Object or component oriented development software: Oracle Java
Internet browser software: Web browser software
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Web platform development software: Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP
Calendar and scheduling software: Appointment scheduling software

Tools

Microphones: Handheld microphones; Studio microphones; Wireless microphones
Televisions: Liquid crystal display LCD televisions; Television monitors
Portable data input terminals: Data acquisition equipment; Data loggers
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Web cameras: Webcams
Photocopiers: Photocopying equipment
Microphone stand: Microphone podiums
Scanners: Data input scanners
Videoconferencing systems: Videoconferencing equipment
Teleconference equipment: Teleconferencing equipment
Epidiascopes: Opaque projectors
Touch screen monitors: Interactive whiteboards
High capacity removable media drives: Universal serial bus USB flash drives
MP3 players or recorders: MP3 digital voice recorders
Inkjet printers: Poster printers
Digital cameras:
Slide projectors: Carousel slide projectors
Liquid crystal display projector: Liquid crystal display LCD projectors
Laser printers: Computer laser printers
Compact disk players or recorders: Compact disk CD players
Digital camcorders or video cameras: Digital video cameras
Digital video disk players or recorders: Digital video disk DVD players
Special purpose telephones: Multi-line telephone systems
Overhead projectors: Overhead data projectors
Pocket calculator: Handheld calculators
Laser fax machine: Laser facsimile machines
Multimedia projectors: Computer projectors; Multimedia projection equipment
Desktop computers:
Personal computers:
Tablet computers:

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