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Operations management in high-impact organisations (Article)

41 minutes Posted Jun 1, 2023 at 6:53 pm.

Section heading: What does this path involve?

Heading: Common operations projects

Section heading: Why might working in operations management be high impact?

Heading: Many organisation leaders believe there’s a shortage of skilled operations staff

Heading: Organisation leaders report high marginal value estimates

Subheading: Explaining these high figures: why operations roles aren’t easily replaceable

Subheading: Why might operations be especially valuable compared to other roles?

Heading: Why it’s important for operations staff to share the mission of effective altruism

Subheading: When is it relatively easy to hire people who have less fit with effective altruism?

Section heading: How good is the career capital?

Heading: How does the career capital compare to working in the corporate sector?

Section heading: Example of someone pursuing this path

Section heading: How to assess your fit

Heading: What traits do you need?

Heading: Would a different role in an organisation be better?

Section heading: How to enter this field

Section heading: Next steps

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In this episode of 80k After Hours, Perrin Walker reads Benjamin Todd and Roman Duda's career review on operations management.

Here’s the original piece if you’d like to learn more.

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Editing and narration: Perrin Walker
Audio proofing: Katy Moore

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