Careers such as compliance analyst, director of control and client operations associate may rely largely on the development of management skills. These may be honed through the pursuit of an education in management control, which attempts to ready students for a variety of leadership-oriented jobs.

Requirements for the PhD program often involve the student having already obtained a Master’s degree. Additionally, a thesis or dissertation primarily consisting of original academic research must be submitted. In some countries, this work may even need to be defended in front of a panel.