Financial managers plan and direct the operations of accounting, audit and other financial departments, and develop and implement financial policies and systems. Human resource managers plan and direct the operations of human resource and personnel departments, and develop and implement policies, programs and procedures relating to all aspects of personnel administration. Purchasing managers plan and direct the operations of purchasing departments, and develop and implement the purchasing policies of their organization. Managers providing other administrative services plan and direct departments that offer a single service such as security, records management or admissions, or several services such as finance, human resources, purchasing and computer services. These managers usually require an undergraduate university degree or a community college diploma in business administration, economics, commerce or a related discipline.
Most recent entrants have an undergraduate university degree or a community college diploma.
They usually need several years' experience and have completed company or other management training programs. The proportion of women in these occupations has increased significantly over the last ten years. This rate is among the lowest for occupations in the business, finance and administration sectors. Over the next five years, this outlook is not expected to change, as the number of job openings for these managers is expected to increase more rapidly than the number of qualified, experienced job seekers. Adoption of computer technologies will increasingly affect the work of managers in this group of occupations.