An online MBA in operations management makes you efficient enough to plan, develop, operate and manage a business and gives you the authority to take significant operational decisions in your organization. This degree, however, arms students with the knowledge and skills that helps them in managing large organization’s or companies’ ample resources, which are related to its employees, followed by proper utilization of all such resources in cost-effective manner. Furthermore, an online MBA in operations management, in particular makes individuals expert in supervising routine operations of an organization.In United States of America, you will find a number of accredited online universities and colleges that are offering MBA management degree programs online in various concentrations. Hence, one can opt among them to step in the domain providing successful career opportunities.If you are interested to pursue your career in this ever-expanding field then you should possess:Strong Strategic Planning skills
Strong Analytical skills
Clear understanding of Human Resource ManagementOther then this, holder of this degree, in the corporate world is expected to lead inter-departmental and cross functional project teams, in order to reduce or completely repetitive occurrence of similar work processes and procedures, as they consume a lot of time. Thus, to lead above mentioned teams, it is necessary for the candidate to possess strong leadership skills and must be capable to solve departmental and employee disputes.Moreover, companies require graduates, having degree either online MBA in operations management or have earned it via a campus based program. This is necessary, as they serve as a bridge between various departments in an organization to make transfer of information easy and even to make sure that the decisions are taken well on time.Those who opt to earn this degree, acquire expertise in project management, effective service operations and in analyzing operations strategy. During the program, students also gain knowledge of the modern operating system of the current business world, with its technical characteristics.An online MBA in this concentration, gives students clear understanding and knowledge of how to manage organization’s assets and employees, how a company or organization can maximize costs and various other related tasks involved in the operations management department.Being an operations manager, your task will also include implementing such policies and techniques that positively affect the company’s or organization’s business model followed by respective market and their customers, approaches like this mainly includes supply chain and inventory management. Thus, this degree will give your understanding of:How resources are properly allocated
Human resource management
How to select appropriate supply chain management approach among many of them
Establishment of well-defined work practices
Principles of static budget planning
Why departmental and company’s wide budgets are established
Employees’, departments’ and organization’s goals and objectivesThe course outline of an online MBA in operations management comprises of various courses, in which most of them are related to management principles and strategies. Although, the course outline varies, as different universities and colleges have a different course plan. Some of the most common courses included in an accredited online MBA in operations management are:Inventory and Supply Chain Management
Finance Management
Accounting
Production Planning and Control
Essential Operations Management
Strategic Planning
Human Resources
Organizational Behavior
Managerial Economics
Quality ControlCareers with an Online MBA in Operations Management With an online MBA in operations management, you get to further enhance your career and earn a living of your choice; moreover, you will hold a high level post in an organization or in a company to manage and direct global operations. This degree makes you capable enough that you can either work in a finance department, inventory management department, supply management department or in logistics department.By completing your online MBA in operations management, you can be appointed as:Regional Operations Manager
Director of Business Development
Director of Organizational Management
Manager of Investment Operations
Director of Operations
Organizational Effectiveness Manager
International Freight & Logistics Manager
Supply Chain Inventory Analyst
Service Operations Manager
Industrial Production Manager and many others.Hence, it can be said that an online MBA in operations management will open gates of lucrative career opportunities and therefore, earning this degree will greatly help in successfully attaining your career goals and educational goals.

It is a common scene, repeated over and again at the various U.S.-Canada border posts. A young Canadian executive approaches an officer of the United States Department of Homeland Security, and hands her a small pile of documents prepared for him by the HR Manager of his prospective employer.”I’m here to apply for a TN visa,” declares the applicant.”In what category?”"Uh… Management Consultant.”The immigration officer glances at the documents with an air of distaste and tells the applicant to take a seat. Thirty minutes later the officer calls the applicant into an office and subjects him to a grueling hour of cross-examination.”What is this?” demands the officer, shoving a piece of letterhead in his face.
The applicant peers at the document. “It’s a letter from the company that wants to hire me.”"It’s too short and doesn’t describe a management problem,” says the officer, tossing aside the letter and pulling out another document. “How about this?”"That’s my resume,” answers the applicant, his face turning red.”Uh, huh…” says the officer. “Just what are you trying to pull here?”"What do you mean?” asks the applicant.”You’re no Management Consultant. You don’t have any management experience.”And so on…The result: Denial of the TN application. The reason: Either the position or the applicant do not qualify for the Management Consultant designation. The consequences: Lost time, lost money, loss of a potentially valuable employee, loss of a lucrative job opportunity, and humiliation.The Management Consultant Category – An Incorrectly Perceived Loophole
As most people involved in HR Management are aware, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has simplified the placement of certain Canadian professionals into high-demand jobs in the United States. As long as the candidate fits into the cookie-cutter professional categories listed in Appendix 1603.D.1 of the NAFTA, the interested company is able to avoid the longer processing times and higher fees associated with the H-1B visa.Most of the NAFTA categories require at least a bachelor’s degree. And as long as the candidate can prove he or she has the required education, approval of a TN visa is virtually assured. For example, a Canadian Engineer with a bachelor’s degree should have no trouble qualifying for a position as an Engineer with a U.S. company.A few NAFTA categories, however, allow for the substitution of work experience in place of a bachelor’s degree. One of these is the Management Consultant category, which allows “five years of experience as a management consultant, or five years experience in a field of specialty related to the consulting agreement” to substitute for a missing bachelor’s degree.Unfortunately, the Management Consultant category is incorrectly perceived by many HR Managers as a sort of “loophole” in the immigration law which allows them to place well-qualified candidates who have not completed a formal degree program, but who are otherwise qualified for the position offered because of their experience in the subject field.Thus, HR Managers frequently send non-degreed persons such as computer professionals with no management experience to the border, allegedly to accept a job in the States as a “Management Consultant”; or they send non-degreed candidates with management experience to the border, with the intent of placing them in long-term management positions with U.S. companies. Applications such as these are invariably doomed to failure.Why the Management Consultant Designation is So Difficult to ObtainUSCIS Free Trade Officers are well aware of the misperceptions that exist regarding the Management Consultant category. They adjudicate and deny countless bogus TN applications in this category on a daily basis. So whenever someone presents at a U.S.-Canada border with a TN application seeking admission through the Management Consultant category, the officer’s guard immediately goes up.While it is difficult for the officer to deny a TN visa when the applicant has a university degree, it is fairly easy to question whether a non-degreed applicant’s experience is “relevant” to the Management Consultant position offered. It is important to realize that U.S. immigration law gives its Free Trade Officers complete and unfettered discretion to make a decision on a NAFTA visa application. Denials are not appealable. So, when they have an opportunity to use this discretion, they do so…with a vengeance.Make no mistake: the Free Trade Officer will go through every word of a TN application, compare the applicant’s CV with her employment-based reference letters to look for contradictions and analyze the company’s cover letter and its financial statements. Finally, the officer will thoroughly grill the applicant with respect to her alleged prior experience and her proposed duties with the new company. Most applications in the Management Consultant category do not hold up under this type of scrutiny.So, What Exactly is a Management Consultant Anyway?Contrary to the belief of most HR Managers, a “Management Consultant’ (for purposes of U.S. immigration law) is not a manager. A “Management Consultant” is a consultant to management hired by an organization to help solve a particular short-term management problem. Free Trade Officers view these consultants as “hired guns”: they are hired to solve a particular problem, and then they must get out. Offers of company benefits such as retirement and 401K plans, stock options, and life insurance are inconsistent with this view. These types of benefits are all trappings of a permanent employee, not a short-term temporary employee.Therefore, at minimum, the company’s cover letter to the INS should state with particularity the management problem to be solved, the reason for the short-term need for an outside consultant, how the applicant is qualified to solve the problem, and the terms of compensation. The application should also include a detailed CV which documents at least five full years of relevant experience, as well as detailed reference letters from all past employers consistent with the CV. Contradictions between any of the above documents will be duly noted by the Free Trade Officer, and will likely result in the denial of a TN visa.The Effect of Past DenialsAll is not lost if a TN visa is denied by a Free Trade Officer. That same complete and unfettered discretion wielded by one Free Trade Officer empowers the next officer to re-consider an application as if presented for the first time, if the officer wishes to do so. Because of this, it is entirely possible for an applicant to be refused by one officer at Niagara Falls in the morning and admitted by another officer at Pearson International Airport in the afternoon, without any change to the application However, our firm does not recommend the latter approach, because some officers will perceive the same-day reapplication as an attempt to play the system.Our firm has successfully assisted a myriad of individuals who have been refused once, twice or even three times. (Of course, the more times one has been refused, the more difficult the case becomes.) Our task as experienced immigration lawyers is the same in all of these cases: a.) Complete evaluation of the Applicant and the Proposed Employment; b.) Selection of the Proper Visa Category; and c.) Assembly of the most USCIS-Friendly Visa Application Possible.Some RecommendationsIt is always better for all parties concerned if, instead of trying to handle important immigration matters on their own, HR Managers and potential TN applicants take the time to consult with an immigration professional prior to applying for a visa. The savings in time, money and frustration are well worth the investment. However, if they insist on handling these delicate cases on their own, it is helpful to keep the following in mind:1. A Management Consultant is a hired gun-a consultant to management hired to solve a short-term management problem;2. A Management Consultant should not be compensated over and above the base salary;3. A non-degreed applicant must have a minimum of five complete years of verifiable experience as a consultant to management or in a field of specialty related to the consulting agreement. Make sure you have the documents to prove all five years;4. There should be no discrepancies whatsoever between any of the documents presented to the Free Trade Officer;5. The applicant should be prepared to answer intelligently, and in detail, the officer’s questions regarding: a.) the applicant’s past experience, and b.) the management problem he or she is being hired to solve;6. A TN application must be made in conjunction with an “entry”. So, the applicant should not be instructed to drive to the border in advance to see if the officer will issue the visa; and finally7. Always remember that Free Trade Officers have complete and unfettered discretion to rule on NAFTA cases. Therefore, the applicant should present with as deferential an attitude as possible.

Management consulting has become essential for the companies which take the concept of branding seriously. Management consulting is one broad term which encompasses all areas of business management.Whether you are starting from the scratch or already an established corporate organization, seeking the services of the Management Consulting firm helps in improving your performance. Management consultants bail you out from existing business problems due to their relationships with various business organizations and also they are aware of the business practices existing in such places.Management consulting firms also assist in change management. According to the Wikipedia “Change management is a structured approach to the change in individuals, teams, organizations and societies that enables the transition from a current state to a desired future state.” Change management is one of the tedious jobs for Management Consulting firms. Businesses need to revamp themselves from time to time in order to sustain their identity. This change management is mostly dependent on the peoples involved in it. Most of the time it is found that organizations fear to incorporate the change management because of the fear of upsetting the scheduled work routine. So the need for change management arises if people wish the forward progression of the company and feel that change is necessary to keep the things going.HR consulting and project management are two of the various specializations of Management consulting. Human resources consulting or HR consulting helps the business organizations to refine their human resource processes. The HR consulting defines the employment philosophy, and business goals that are prevalent within the business organization. HR consulting is also delivered on issues pertaining to policy making, legal counseling, investments, appraisal management etc. Some of the HR consulting practices also include identifying the career paths, managing the organizational changes and helping out the clients with competitor research. Businesses who want to systematically handle their Human Resources activities always find it easy to employ a HR consulting service which will help them to find accurate answers to their HR queries.Project management is one of the specializations of the Management consulting, which involves initiation, planning, organization, project execution, resource management and closing that influences the success of a project. Project management is best described as the process which ensures that project is completed at predefined time adhering to constraints like scope, quality, budget and time. The minute tracking progress is very essential part of Project management to ensure the rapid progress and execution of each and every step of the Project. The most effective project management initiative will help you in developing a framework of the project which defines its principles, competencies and methodology related to work.So if you are aiming to build your identity in business world then don’t think twice to approach a management consulting firm.