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Job Description

Teach courses in business administration and management, such as accounting, finance, human resources, labor and industrial relations, marketing, and operations research. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Job Details

• The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 25-1011.00
• The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 96,770.00
• The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 0.00
• Currently, there are 83,030 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Business Teachers, Postsecondary”.

Also Known As…

• Business Teachers, Postsecondary
• Professor
• Marketing Professor
• Management Professor
• Instructor
• Faculty Member
• Business Professor
• Business Office Technology Instructor
• Business Instructor
• Business Administration Professor
• Associate Professor
• Typing Teacher
• Teacher
• Real Estate Professor
• Professor of Economics
• Professor of Business Administration
• Office Communication Professor
• Marketing Teacher
• Marketing Instructor
• Management Lecturer
• Management Instructor
• Management Information Systems Professor (MIS Professor)
• Management Department Chair
• Lecturer
• International Trade Teacher
• Industrial Management Teacher
• Industrial Education Teacher
• Health Administration Teacher
• Foreign Trade Teacher
• Finance Teacher
• Finance Professor
• Finance Lecturer
• Entrepreneurship Program Director
• Economics Professor
• Computer Instructor
• College Professor
• College or University Faculty Member
• Business Technology Professor
• Business Teacher
• Business School Dean
• Business Management Professor
• Business Law Teacher
• Business Law Professor
• Business Ethics Professor
• Business English Instructor
• Business Education Teacher
• Business Education Professor
• Business Education Instructor
• Business Department Chair
• Business Communications Instructor
• Business and Services Instructor
• Business Analytics Faculty Member
• Business Administration Teacher
• Business Administration Instructor
• Bookkeeping Teacher
• Banking Teacher
• Banking and Finance Instructor
• Associate Professor of Management
• Assistant Professor of Business
• Advertising Teacher
• Adjunct Instructor
• Adjunct Business Instructor
• Accounting Teacher
• Accounting Professor
• Accounting Lecturer
• Accounting Instructor
• Accountancy Professor

Tasks for “Instructor”

• Participate in campus and community events.
• Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and career issues.
• Act as advisers to student organizations.
• Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head.
• Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
• Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
• Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
• Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as financial accounting, principles of marketing, and operations management.
• Provide professional consulting services to government or industry.
• Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
• Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
• Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
• Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks.
• Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
• Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
• Collaborate with members of the business community to improve programs, to develop new programs, and to provide student access to learning opportunities, such as internships.
• Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
• Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
• Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional organizations and conferences.
• Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
• Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.
• Develop and maintain course Web sites.
• Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.

Related Technology & Tools

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• Webcams
• Multi-line telephone systems
• Laser facsimile machines
• Computer data input scanners
• Wireless microphones
• Digital video disk DVD players
• Computer projectors
• Poster printers
• Desktop computers
• Liquid crystal display LCD projectors
• MP3 digital voice recorders
• Photocopying equipment
• Laptop computers
• Universal serial bus USB flash drives
• Compact disk CD players
• Interactive whiteboards
• Television monitors
• Digital calculators
• Microphone podiums
• Student response systems
• Handheld microphones
• Overhead data projectors
• Computer laser printers
• Liquid crystal display LCD televisions
• Compact digital cameras
• Videoconferencing equipment
• Personal computers
• Conference telephones
• Tablet computers
• Opaque projectors
• Interactive whiteboard controllers
• Digital video cameras

• Google Docs
• Blackboard
• Word processing software
• Blackboard Learn
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Image scanning software
• Sage 50 Accounting
• Almaris E-Learning Systems Financial Accounting Tutor
• Hypertext markup language HTML
• Sakai CLE
• DOC Cop
• Calendar and scheduling software
• Learning management system LMS
• Spreadsheet software
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Office
• Collaborative editing software
• Web browser software
• Desire2Learn
• Data entry software
• Microsoft Word
• Course management system software
• Microsoft Excel
• Email software
• iParadigms Turnitin