A manager's specialized areas of knowledge and the ability to apply that knowledge are called?

• A. Technical Skills
• B. Conceptual Skills
• C. Human Skills
• D. Administrative Skills

Answer: (A)

Specialized knowledge and the ability to apply that knowledge are called technical skills. This category focuses on the concrete know-how in a specific field—knowing how to use tools, technologies, methods, and techniques to perform tasks and solve problems. Concepts like seeing the big picture or understanding how people work with one another belong to other skill areas, such as conceptual and human skills. Administrative skills refer to organizing and coordinating activities, which supports execution but doesn’t define the technical expertise itself. So the best fit for the description is technical skills, since it directly ties the know-how in a field to the ability to apply it in practice.