
Competencies
Mays Business School has identified seven core competencies that it seeks to promote in students. These are my descriptions of why they are important in business and my life.

Communication is important in a business because that is what keeps the information flowing. Communications encourages collaboration between the different departments and is how a business stays functioning.

Leadership provides a group of people guidance in order to achieve the goal set. Leaders are the people who are able to control the group, help keep them from being off task, missing deadlines, and enforcing hard work. Leaders positive motivation holds a large influence over the people working for them, if a leader is positive, motivating, and hardworking themselves it will inspire their team to work just as hard. Here is a link to a TedTalk on leadership!
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Managing is a crucial part of business because managing is what unites all the different resources to achieve their common goal. With so many different aspects of business, managing ensures that people are working efficiently and not wasting time. Managing makes sure that all the different departments will supply their contribution to the project or goal.

It is important to have ethics in business in order to have a company that people can trust. As the providers of a product or service, people trust the company at hand to give the best quality possible. Ethics keep our world from cheating one another and keeping our businesses honest.

Working with others is very important because almost every business will require people to work with one another. Being able to collaborate and communicate with other people in an appropriate manor. Different departments rely on one another to get information and being able to get that entails talking with fellow employees who will be more willing to help if you get along with one another.

Creating opportunities in business is essential to staying in business and growing a market. Companies that find creative ways to approach an issue will give a competitive advantage that can be utilized to grow their business.

Problem solving is crucial to a business because if people are not able to solve the issues at hand then they will always be stuck unable to move forward. Analyzing the issue and having a full understanding will help bring better solutions.