Exploratory Essay-Rough Draft 1

Tyla Iacobucci 

ENG 1001 – 027  

Exploratory Essay-Rough Draft 1 

27 February 2020 

      Rough Draft 1  

Do you know what an administrative manager is? That is kind of a big word isn’t it? An administrative manager plans, directs, and coordinates supportive services of an organization. Their specific responsibilities vary, but administrative service managers typically maintain facilities and supervise activities. Administrative Managers supervise administrative team members and ensure that daily office operations are performed in an easy and efficient way. Also, in this career you will train, hire and evaluate your team. You will be going through this process to pick the people you want on your team; you manage the team and the facility that you hire into your office. You’re in charge of making the facility run properly, developing and improving policies and procedures, set budgets, know how to create schedules, collecting and restoring information by using technology, and track progress towards company goals. You must know how to be persistent and be a manger not a friend. You must know your boundaries and make sure it is clear that you’re in charge to run the company properly.  How’s the pay? What is the work environment like?  How many jobs are available? What are the hours? What education is required? What training is required?  Are you required to travel? What is the job outlook like?  What are the benefits? What are the advantages? Does this open up new job opportunities? Could you start your own business? 

According to the U.S. Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics “administrative services managers plan, coordinate, and direct a broad range of services that allow organizations to operate efficiently.”  Overall, the pay in this field is well…” The median annual wage for administrative services managers was $96,180 in May 2018.” At the least starting at $55,000 and the highest being $165,470. The education that is required to pursue this career and be able to make this annual wage is a bachelor’s degree. “A bachelor’s degree is typically required for someone to become an administrative services manager. Those with a bachelor’s degree typically study business, engineering, facility management, or information management.” according to labor statistics. Not only do you need an education to go into this field, but a lot of companies require you to have some training/experience before they consider hiring you. You must have related work experience with leadership and manager abilities. “Facility managers should be experienced in business operations, project management, and building maintenance, for example as a general maintenance and repair worker or a cost estimator.” according to labor statistics. There is really no licensure required but to be licensed it will open more opportunities. “Although it is not required, completing a certification program may give prospective job candidates an advantage.”  Jobs will look at you as if you took the extra mile to get the job, more education equals better opportunities. 

The newspaper article that was published on February 23, 2020, “Restaurant owner’s success keys on offering Lincoln diners’ new concepts” by Lincoln Journal Star (NE) Author: SHELLY KULHANEK Lincoln Journal Star is about a new business owner named Hui Guo. He started his own business in 2017 and to this day has opened a total of four restaurants under the name “Grey Whale.” and he started with just a degree in business management. So, this leads back to the question “Can you take this degree far?” Absolutely! This degree could possibly put you on so many different paths not only working for hospitals, restaurants, factories, but also starting your own business and running your own. This opens so many different opportunities instead of just doing one thing for the rest of your life you have the option to go to multiple different careers. To work for a company or for a business there is no licenses required, only if you want to open your own. But in order to open your own business you will need to get licensed in whatever state you wish to open and everywhere it is different! Depending on where and what the business is you have to go through different things, but it could be done in a few simple steps! Working in the business industry can take you so many different directions, it doesn’t just tie you down to one! Everything is depending on you with this degree! 

According to a trade publication by the name of “A Bright Outlook” by Moss Desda in 2017 the business management outlook is growing fast and doing very well. “The world’s largest association grew 289,000 members” and that’s a lot! Business is such a broad subject and can be taken anywhere. You can work in many different departments and many different things in the world of careers and its crazy how fast it is growing! For example, in the publication it mentions management for “Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)” which is another available management position in this career. Also, in management the benefits are really good and provide you with a great retirement plan depending on the company. For example, in the text a CEO of the Society for Human Resources is retiring into a great retirement and now I get to do the things that he loves to do every day. He put his time into the company and now that he is finished, he gets to enjoy the rest of his life. He gets to spend time with his grandchildren, go cycling, volunteer work, and help out young African American men on the right path. Working to get into a management position at a job and putting in your time and dedication into it, it pays off in the long run. This career is a great choice when it comes to benefits and retirement.   

The academic journal that was released by The Harvard Business News called “Long Hours Backfire for People and for Companies” by Sarah Green Carmichael on August 19, 2015. This journal states how business managers work long exhausting hours. With every company it is different, but most managers work forty hours plus a week. Although this is rough and a lot of hours being in charge and managing a company is a lot of work and takes a lot of patience. It also states how working these many hours can somewhat not be good for you. In the text it says, “Work too hard and you also lose sight of the bigger picture.” this may cause family issues and other things where you just get lost in the weeds at work and your work life interferes with you home life. When becoming a manger and taking on that responsibility you must know when you stop and breathe. Just take time for yourself. Working more hours isn’t always what’s best. Which this leads back to pay. Most managers work on salary. This means you get payed the same amount every week no matter how many hours you work. You have a fixed pay so no matter what at the end of the year you will make the same amount. So, when becoming a manager, you need to know what you’re getting into the hours may work for some but not for all. 

According to an article by administrationjobs.com, administrative managers environment is usually an office setting, sometime travel to other offices but that changes depending on the company. The day to day task is monitoring and office and managing things to make sure it is being ran smoothly. You’re responsible for solving problems, helping employees with their problems and making most of the decisions for the company. Also responsible for a lot of the money that the company has, like making decisions towards what is next. For example, the text states “The modern business environment requires constant monitoring and informed decision-making in order to function at peak efficiency.” Sometimes with different companies you might have to travel to other business to manage while other managers are out on vacation, sick, or while being pulled for training. Administrative managers are responsible for almost everything that goes on in the office “no matter what type of organization.  These jobs include planning, budgeting, staffing, organizing, directing, and quality control.” Being the manager of a company holds a lot of responsibility and weight. Being able to transition from your home office to other offices with different people can be hard sometimes and sometimes it can be stressful. These responsibilities can be really hard because it not only involves making tough decisions, but it involves money that some people would feel uncomfortable handling. This job holds high stress levels so it’s not for everyone. 

In conclusion, business administrators hold a lot of weight on their shoulders. This career can be one of the most stressful just because there are so many task and things that need to be done in one day and also so many people depend on you. If you have a low tolerance or are not a people person, I would not recommend this job. You are constantly working with other people. I also would not recommend this job if you do not like working in an office setting, you’re also in an office no matter what, even when you travel. I believe this job best fits me because I am a people person, I know how to talk to people, office settings are not a problem for me and most importantly can handle multiple different task at one time. What is challenging about this career is that you have a people depending on you and a company to make some decision for. With this job everything is not about you, you have to speak for other also. You have to decide for a whole company not just for one person. Not many people can handle that weight but if you think you can I think everyone that is entering this field should give it a shot.I could almost find everything on this major but the one thing that was hard for me was finding the right kind of source that answered the questions I was looking for. That part was very difficult for me because I also did not know that there were so many different kinds of sources. Overall, this seems like a very interesting career to go into. I feel like I could do very well in this field, and I will work my hardest to pursue these dreams! 

         Work Cited 

United States. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics  ”Administrative Management” BLS. 6 Dec.2019. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/administrative-services-managers.htm#tab-2 

Desda, Moss. A Bright Outlook. Vol.1. No.1. 2017. https://search-proquest-com.proxy.libraries.uc.edu/docview/1944212933/fulltext/889DD75F5FC42FDPQ/1?accountid=2909 

Carmichael, Sarah. “Hardvard Business Review.” “Long hours backfire for people and Companies.” August. 2015. 

https://hbr.org/2015/08/the-research-is-clear-long-hours-backfire-for-people-and-for-companies

“Business Administration Careers” 

Business Administration Careers

KULHANEK, SHELLY. “Restaurant Owner’s Success Keys on Offering Lincoln Diners New Concepts.” https://infoweb-newsbank-com.proxy.libraries.uc.edu/apps/news/document-view?