Operations Management Jobs and MBA Programs in Indiana

People considering careers as operations managers can find job and education opportunities in Indiana. For operations managers, there are 24,540 jobs in Indiana and this is projected to drop by three percent to 24,270 jobs by 2016. This is below the national trend, which shows relatively little movement. Operations managers create and execute project work plans and revise to meet changing needs and identify resources needed to complete project.

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The income for operations managers is $50 per hour or $104,000 per year on average in Indiana. Nationally, their income is $52 hourly or $107,000 per year on average.

Indiana, also known as the Hoosier State, is home to 6,423,113 people. It's population has increased 5.6 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Indianapolis. In 2008, there were a total of 3,718,148 jobs and at $34,543, the average annual income in Indiana was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $33,702. The unemployment rate in Indiana was 10.1 percent in 2009. It rose by 4.3 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 19.4 percent of state residents have college degrees. This is under the national average.

The top employing fields in Indiana include manufacturing, primary metal manufacturing, iron mills manufacturing and motor vehicle transmission train parts manufacturing.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Most of the state's rivers flow south and west, eventually emptying into the Mississippi. However, the Maumee flows north and east into Lake Erie. Lake Wawasee is the states largest natural lake. One of the unique tidbits about Indiana is Crawfordsville is the home of the only known working rotary jail in the United States. The jail with its rotating cellblock was built in 1882 and served as the Montgomery County jail until 1972. It is now a museum.

Operations Management

Operations managers create and execute project work plans and revise to meet changing needs and identify resources needed to complete project.

While working, they oversee the movement of goods into and out of production facilities and decide on staffing requirements and interview hire and train new employees.

They are required to respond to the actions of other and coordinate activities with them. Also, they must listen well to others and take in their information and issues.

Operations managers should be able to listen to and understand others in meetings and articulate ideas and problems.

In order to be successful in the workplace, operations managers must be reliable and be able to take change and lead.