Restaurant managers need to:

Communicate

• Speak clearly so listeners can understand.
• Understand spoken information.
• Understand written information.
• Listen to others and ask questions.
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• Read and understand work-related materials.
• Write clearly so other people can understand.

Reason and Problem Solve

• Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
• Use reasoning to discover answers to problems.
• Analyze ideas and use logic to determine their strengths and weaknesses.
• Understand new information or materials by studying and working with them.
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• Combine several pieces of information and draw conclusions.
• Follow guidelines to arrange objects or actions in a certain order.
• Recognize the nature of a problem.
• Judge the costs and benefits of a possible action.
• Concentrate and not be distracted while performing a task.
• Develop rules that group items in various ways.

Use Math and Science

• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide quickly and correctly.

Manage Oneself, People, Time, and Things

• Motivate, develop, and direct people as they work.
• Check how well one is learning or doing something.
• Manage the time of self and others.
• Obtain needed equipment, facilities, and materials and oversee their use.
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• Decide how to spend money to get the work done and keep track of how the money was used.

Work with People

• Look for ways to help people.
• Be aware of others’ reactions and understand the possible causes.
• Change behavior in relation to others’ actions.
• Teach others how to do something.
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• Persuade others to approach things differently.
• Solve problems by bringing others together to discuss differences.
• Use several methods to learn or teach new things.