task-oriented
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The future is no longer command and control but loosely coupled organizations, with task-oriented employees constantly updating and getting guidance from AI agents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
For Oulasvirta, this is part of a larger effort to improve user interfaces overall and understand how humans behave in task-oriented situations.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2024
The special counsel is methodical, focused and task-oriented.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2023
It even beat out the leader-member exchange approach, in which the manager and employee have a tight-knit relationship, and the relationship- and task-oriented leadership styles, which emphasize supportiveness and efficiency respectively.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 13, 2023
Konig manifested an extremely rare combination of being a "people person" as well as having a supremely disciplined and task-oriented mind.
From The Runaway Asteroid by Michael D. Cooper
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