Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Foodservice System Management field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Foodservice System Management majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Foodservice System Management majors need more than the average amount of Operation and Control, Quality Control Analysis, Troubleshooting, Management of Material Resources, Operation Monitoring, Management of Financial Resources, Service Orientation, Mathematics, Management of Personnel Resources, Technology Design, Equipment Selection, Coordination, Monitoring, Persuasion, Social Perceptiveness, Systems Evaluation, Time Management, Systems Analysis, Learning Strategies, Judgment and Decision Making, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Active Learning, Speaking, Instructing, Complex Problem Solving, Operations Analysis, Negotiation, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Equipment Maintenance, Programming, Science, Installation, and Repairing.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Foodservice System Management majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Operation and Control is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Learning Strategies, Instructing, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Active Learning, Writing, Judgment and Decision Making, Complex Problem Solving, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Time Management, Service Orientation, Management of Personnel Resources, Mathematics, Systems Evaluation, Persuasion, Systems Analysis, Negotiation, Quality Control Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Operations Analysis, Operation Monitoring, Management of Financial Resources, Operation and Control, Science, Troubleshooting, Technology Design, Programming, Equipment Selection, Equipment Maintenance, Installation, and Repairing are the three most important skills for people in the field.