Business / Management Professor

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.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Accounting Instructor; Accounting Professor; Associate Professor; Business Administration Professor; Business Instructor; Business Professor; Instructor; Management Professor; Marketing Professor; Professor

Tasks

• Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as financial accounting, principles of marketing, and operations management.
• Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
• Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
• Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
• Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional organizations and conferences.
• Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.
• Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
• Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
• Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
• Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
• Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
• Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and career issues.
• Develop and maintain course Web sites.
• Collaborate with members of the business community to improve programs, to develop new programs, and to provide student access to learning opportunities, such as internships.
• Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.

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
• Reading Comprehension
• Active Listening
• Writing
• Learning Strategies
• Critical Thinking
• Active Learning
• Monitoring
• Mathematics

Abilities

• Oral Expression
• Written Comprehension
• Written Expression
• Speech Clarity
• Oral Comprehension
• Deductive Reasoning
• Inductive Reasoning
• Speech Recognition
• Problem Sensitivity
• Near Vision
• Information Ordering
• Category Flexibility
• Mathematical Reasoning
• Number Facility
• Fluency of Ideas
• Originality
• Selective Attention