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Table 17 – Business Management Shortages
n
Mean Don't
Shortage know
Operations Manager 35 2.5 36.4%
Entrepreneur 31 2. 5 43.6%
Project Manager 40 2.2 27.3%
Small Business Manager 27 2.0 50.9%
Program Manager 27 1.7 50.9%
Executive Assistant 38 1.7 30.9%
Retail Manager 25 1.4 54.5%
Management Trainee 32 1.2 41.8%
Management Consultant 33 1.2 40.0%
Figure 16 – Business Management Shortages
Operations Manager
Entrepreneur
Project Manager
Small Business Manager
Program Manager
Executive Assistant
Retail Manager
Management Trainee
Management Consultant
No Shortage
Small Shortage
2
Moderate Shortage
4
Extreme Shortage
0 20 40 60 80 100
Asked to identify other Business Management occupations currently experiencing shortages, single
mentions were made of four occupations, all of which were considered to be in significant undersupply
(Table 18).
Table 18 – Other Business Management Shortages
Shortage
n Rating
General Manager 1 4
Insurance Manager 1 4
Logistics and Transportation Manager 1 4
Account Managers 1 4
Crisis Manager 1 5
Future Shortages
In terms of potential future shortages for business management employees, only one‐quarter of
Employers did not feel they could offer an opinion and more than half felt that supply would meet
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