task-oriented

British

adjective

focusing on the completion of particular tasks as a measure of success

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Several Human Line Project members who all identify as survivors of A.I.-related psychosis told me that around April and May of 2025 was when their previous A.I. use—which they said was more task-oriented or benign, like helping pull resources online for their work—ramped up almost instantaneously.

From Slate

"You know medical people are task-oriented. There's a schedule," says Dr Steinman.

From BBC

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

The special counsel is methodical, focused and task-oriented.

From Salon

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

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