Management Analyst / Consultant

Conduct organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures, conduct work simplification and measurement studies, and prepare operations and procedures manuals to assist management in operating more efficiently and effectively. Includes program analysts and management consultants.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Administrative Analyst; Business Analyst; Business Consultant; Employment Programs Analyst; Management Analyst; Management Consultant; Organizational Development Consultant; Performance Management Analyst; Program Management Analyst

Tasks

• Gather and organize information on problems or procedures.
• Confer with personnel concerned to ensure successful functioning of newly implemented systems or procedures.
• Analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding.
• Document findings of study and prepare recommendations for implementation of new systems, procedures, or organizational changes.
• Plan study of work problems and procedures, such as organizational change, communications, information flow, integrated production methods, inventory control, or cost analysis.
• Interview personnel and conduct on-site observation to ascertain unit functions, work performed, and methods, equipment, and personnel used.
• Prepare manuals and train workers in use of new forms, reports, procedures or equipment, according to organizational policy.
• Review forms and reports and confer with management and users about format, distribution, and purpose, identifying problems and improvements.
• Develop and implement records management program for filing, protection, and retrieval of records, and assure compliance with program.
• Design, evaluate, recommend, and approve changes of forms and reports.

Knowledge

• English Language
• Administration and Management
• Customer and Personal Service
• Mathematics
• Education and Training
• Economics and Accounting
• Computers and Electronics
• Sales and Marketing
• Personnel and Human Resources
• Law and Government
• Psychology
• Sociology and Anthropology
• Communications and Media

Skills

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

Abilities

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