Operations Management Degrees and Training Programs

Operations management professionals are employed by businesses to ensure the efficiency and safety of the production process. The on-site job of an operations manager requires him or her to wear safety hats and equipment as they engages in planning, directing and coordinating production activities. Apart from maximizing the efficiency of production personnel and keeping the production within schedule, operation managers also meet quotas and quality standards without crossing the budget limits.

Because of the supervisory nature of their job, operation managers have to work closely with other managers and financial departments. This team works towards achieving the company’s goals by developing spending plans. Hence, an operation manager must have excellent communication skill, work efficiency and organization power.

A candidate aspiring to become an operations manager must pursue college courses on supply chain management, production and inventory, customer service, accounting and finance, and management case studies. Due to the increasingly sophisticated nature of their jobs, employers prefer operations managers with the expertise to handle the changing trends. Acquiring degrees in industrial management or business administration is essential for high-level positions in this career path.

Online operations management degree programs help working adults to keep up their professional training without compromising with their current job prospects. On completing their graduation degree courses on operations management, students can pursue a career in industrial production and inventory management. Aspiring operations managers must learn to distribute their working time between production sites and office settings and handle overdue work hours for meeting production deadlines.

The job prospect of operation managers is a promising one, with near about 1,733,100 employment opportunities available throughout US. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that industrial production managers holding relevant college degrees can earn $94,400 annually.

Figures courtesy of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Employment & Wages database.

Featured Operations Management Programs

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  Campus

  Strayer University Online

  Program

  • Management

  • Business Administration: Management Emphasis

  • Business Administration: Management Emphasis

  • Business Administration: Management Concentration

  

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  Campus

  George Washington University Online

  Program

  • Healthcare MBA (HCMBA)

  

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  Campus

  Boston University Online

  Program

  • Master of Science in Banking and Financial Services Management (MSBFSM)

  • Master of Science in Business Continuity, Security, & Risk Management

  

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  Campus

  Ashford University Online

  Program

  • AA/Organizational Management

  • BA/Organizational Mgmt./History

  • BA/Sustainable Enterprise Management

  • BA/Organizational Mgmt./Management

  • BA/Organizational Mgmt./Environmental Science

  • BA/Service Management/Restaurant Enterprise Management

  • BA/Organizational Mgmt./Human Services Administration

  • BA/Organizational Mgmt./Sociology

  • BA/Supply Chain Management

  • BA/Business Administration/Business Management

  • BA/Organizational Mgmt./Public Safety Administration

  • BA/Organizational Mgmt./Political Science

  • BA/Service Management/Non-Profit Enterprise

  • BA/Sports and Recreation Management/Finance

  • BA/Operations Management and Analysis

  • BA/Service Management/Hospitality Enterprise

  • BA/Sports and Recreation Management/Information Systems

  • BA/Organizational Mgmt./Homeland Security

  • BA/Sports and Recreation Management- No specialization

  • BA/Organizational Mgmt./English/Language Arts

  • BA/Organizational Mgmt./Health Care Administration

  • BA/Sports and Recreation Management/Entrepreneurship

  • BA/Service Management/Mass-market Retail Enterprise Management

  • BA/Organizational Mgmt./Project Management

  • BA/Sports and Recreation Management/Marketing

  • BA/Sports and Recreation Management/Project Management

  • BA/Organizational Mgmt./Applied Behavioral Science (Human Services)

  • BA/Organizational Mgmt./Marketing

  • BA/Service Management- No specialization

  • BA/Organizational Mgmt./Public Administration

  • BA/Organizational Mgmt./Education

  • BA/Organizational Mgmt./No Concentration

  • BA/Organizational Mgmt./Communications

  • BA/Health Care Studies/Child Study

  • BA/Organizational Mgmt./Early Childhood Education

  • BA/Organizational Mgmt./Liberal Studies

  

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  Campus

  National American University Online

  Allen Service Center, Allen, TX

  Program

  • Business Logistics A.A.S.

  • Small Business Management A.A.S.

  • Business Admin./Supply Chain Management B.S.

  • Business Admin./Entrepreneurship B.S.

  • Business Admin./Tourism and Hospitality Mgmt.

  

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  Campus

  American InterContinental University

  Program

  • Bachelor's (BBA) - Operations Management

  • Bachelor's (BBA) - Project Management

  • Bachelor's (BBA) - Entrepreneurship

  • Bachelor's (BBA) - Healthcare Management

  • Bachelor's (BBA) - Generalist

  • Bachelor's (BBA) - Management

  • MBA - Marketing

  • MBA - International Business

  • MBA - Healthcare Management

  • MBA - Accounting

  • MBA - Finance

  • MBA - Management

  • MBA - Human Resource Management

  • MBA - Operations Management

  • MBA - Project Management

  

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  Campus

  Urbana University Online

  Program

  • Bachelor of Science in Business Management w/ major in Healthcare Administration

  

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  Campus

  Everest University Online

  Program

  • Applied Management

  • Applied Management

  

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  Campus

  Keiser University Graduate School

  Program

  • Graduate Business Certificate in Management and Leadership

  

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  Campus

  Kaplan University Online

  Program

  • AASBA - Travel Counseling

  • AASBA - Office Management

  • AASBA - Health Club Operations

  • AASBA - Small Business Management

  • AASBA - Sales

  • AASBA - Event Planning

  • AASBA - Food/Hotel Management

  • BSBA - Business Process Management

  • BSBA - Procurement

  • BSBA - Project Management

  • BSBA - Sales Management

  • BSBA - Risk Management

  • BSBA - Management

  • BSBA - New Media/Internet Marketing

  • BS in Environmental Policy and Management

  • MBA - Health Care Management

  • Master of Science in Management

  • MBA - Entrepreneurship

  • Master of Business Administration

  • MBA - Project Management

  • MBA - Human Resources

  • MBA - Marketing

  • MBA - Finance

  • MBA - Information Technology

  • MSM - Human Resources

  • MSM - Project Management

  • MSM - Information Technology

  • MSM - Organizational Design and Development

  • MSM - Leadership