Technical Skills Are Essential For MBA

By Dr Monika Arora

The time from the grade school, everyone hear the most common degree that is MBA. MBA is a lifelong continuous learning activity. Continuous learning is one of the keys to success in life, no matter what you do. Learning is a part of life, and it is absolutely true. We all learn to gain knowledge. Knowledge is in the air, and we can gain it anywhere and anytime. Knowledge is also a free thing. You can learn from your surroundings. Everybody has to learn. Learning is a continuous process that never stops. It is not necessary that learning and gaining knowledge exist only in classroom or just in schools but it can be gain from anywhere and whatever you do.

Every day, in every aspect of our lives, it’s essential to gain all the knowledge that we get from the surroundings. Knowledge can also be gained when we look the world around. This is very true when we are in the phase of building our career and looking for opportunity. But, learning can different for people who are at the middle level of their career, a level up of success in their professional life, may be managers or supervisors.  For them, it is all about continuously reinventing and up skilling themselves to stay abreast with the competitive market.

DESIRED TECHNICAL SKILLS

Because they are so specific to the task(s) at hand, technical skills will vary significantly by industry and position. The individuals should know how to leverage the technology in their day to day life and in business too. The right technology at the right time can be used in business to increase performance, productivity and competitive edge. One cannot survive without technology these days. The decisions made around technology, and the ability to identify new products and services that will take an organization to the next level, are among the most important in almost all organizations. A few of the commonly desired important technical skills used by administrative and middle management positions people are as follows:

• Office Skills: The current world is technology-driven. It is essential for managers to have basic proficiency with office software like Microsoft Office, Adobe, Google Docs, and any relevant industry-specific programs.
• Computer and Digital Literacy: Every individual should know the basics of website programming and maintenance. This can also include a general understanding of web design and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), or it could involve training in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Cascading Style sheets (CSS).
• Technical Writing: Managers may have to communicate goals and give instructions to employees for create training materials, document important processes, generate product and service descriptions and relay department and project statuses to upper management. All of this requires clear and concise professional writing skills and technology for communication.
• Information Technology: Because IT is such a significant part of so many companies' operations today, it can provide a leg up to have a working knowledge of IT basics (even if your business has a dedicated IT department).
• Project Management: These skills require to understand the basic processes required to plan and execute a long-term project.
• Data Management and Analytics: A good manager must be able to gather relevant information efficiently and accurately, analyze this data for significant trends or potential issues, and relay these findings to upper management for continue operations of a business.
• Flexibility and foresight: The rate of technological change is staggering, and employers require IT pros who are able to not only adapt to that change but to be out in front of it.
  
  

IMPORTANCE OF TECHNICAL SKILLS

Companies hiring managers are looking for people who can integrate knowledge of technology with knowledge of business. Technology no longer just supports business – it drives it. There are some importance of technical skills as under: