What is a Management Scientist?
Originally, a management scientist served the specialized function of translating problems stated in everyday language into terms that a computer programmer could understand.  The field, today, has broadened to such a degree that a management scientist's function is to apply quantitative methodology, cutting across traditional fields of knowledge, to solve a broad range of problems - in particular, problems where attention must be focused on the integration of interacting system components, rather than on the detailed design of the individual components themselves.  Although the initial concerns of the management scientist was with business problems, the scientist, today is also becoming increasingly concerned with the critical issues of the environment, health care delivery, law enforcement, housing, education, transportation, government administration, and pollution control.

Management scientists employ a set of skills that include mathematical modeling, probability, statistics, human factors, and the application of computers in addition to a background in business, physical science, and the social sciences.  The methodology of management science deals with the application of these skills to improve the effectiveness of the system under study.  Management Science may thus be considered as applied problem-solving - from the inception of the problem to the implementation of a solution.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

• Job opportunities in this field are expected to grow faster than average in the following areas:
• Environmental Pollution
• Banking
• Construction
• Manufacturing
• Electric Power Utilities
• Health Care Delivery
• Law Enforcement
• Transportation