Knowledge Management Jobs and MBA Programs in Wisconsin

Those looking for careers as computer services directors should consider the educational and employment opportunities in Wisconsin. For computer services directors in Wisconsin, the job pool currently sits at 5,060 and is expected to grow by 11 percent to 4,990 jobs by 2016. Over the next 10 years, the national job pool is projected to rise by 16 percent, better than the state trend for computer services directors. In general, computer services directors create and implement information systems for a client firm and supervise their maintenance.

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In Wisconsin, the income for computer services directors is $48 per hour or $98,000 per year. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $57 hourly or $118,000 per year on average.

Wisconsin, also known as the Badger State, has a population of 5,654,774. It has seen its population grow by 5.4 percent over the last 10 years. The capital is Madison. In 2008, there were a total of 3,619,782 jobs and at $37,770, the average annual income in Wisconsin was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $36,990. The unemployment rate in Wisconsin was 8.5 percent in 2009. It rose by 3.7 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 22.4 percent of state residents have college degrees. This falls short of the national average.

In Wisconsin, the top employers are in dairy product manufacturing, dairy product manufacturing, cheese manufacturing and converted paper product manufacturing.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, The American Birkebeiner, a 52K cross-country ski race between Cable and Hayward, is the largest on the North American continent. Wisconsin was the birthplace of several prominent figures such as Frank Lloyd Wright, who was born in Richland Center on June 8, 1867.

Knowledge Management

Computer services directors create and implement information systems for a client firm and supervise their maintenance.

They regularly design computer data resources, providing for data security and control and disaster recovery and evaluate the organization's technology use and needs and recommend improvements.

They are required to evaluate the effectiveness of systems in order to improve their performance. Also, they must use core mathematical skills in problem solving.

Computer services directors must be able to articulate ideas and problems. They should also have the ability to listen to and understand others in meetings.

In order to be successful in the workplace, computer services directors must be reliable and believe in an agile approach to problem solving and deal with change.