Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the General Hospitality Management field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. General Hospitality Management majors need many skills, but most especially Service Orientation. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that General Hospitality Management majors need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, Management of Personnel Resources, Service Orientation, Negotiation, Operation and Control, Instructing, Social Perceptiveness, Persuasion, Coordination, Time Management, Quality Control Analysis, Troubleshooting, Monitoring, Learning Strategies, Equipment Selection, Operation Monitoring, Active Learning, Speaking, Active Listening, Systems Evaluation, Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making, Mathematics, Writing, Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving, Systems Analysis, Operations Analysis, Technology Design, Programming, Science, and Installation.
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 General Hospitality 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 Management of Financial Resources is very distinctive for majors, but the Service Orientation, Management of Personnel Resources, Speaking, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Coordination, Critical Thinking, Time Management, Active Learning, Negotiation, Instructing, Writing, Persuasion, Judgment and Decision Making, Learning Strategies, Complex Problem Solving, Management of Material Resources, Management of Financial Resources, Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Mathematics, Quality Control Analysis, Operation Monitoring, Operation and Control, Operations Analysis, Troubleshooting, Equipment Maintenance, Equipment Selection, Repairing, Programming, Technology Design, Science, and Installation are the three most important skills for people in the field.