The ability to tackle and solve complex issues is one of the fundamental traits necessary for successful managerial leaders. Studying operational management often provides the training and experience needed to grow analytical and leadership abilities. Students may choose to apply their knowledge in a number of various industries or businesses.

The United States of America commonly called the United States, is a federal republic consisting of fifty states and a federal district. The 48 contiguous states and the federal district of Washington, D.C. are in first North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in northwestern North America, west of Canada and east of Russia across the Bering Strait, and the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-North Pacific. The country also has five populated and nine unpopulated territories in the Pacific and the Caribbean.