task-oriented

British

adjective

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

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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

Both of those tasks should appeal to the need for organization that task-oriented shoppers tend to exhibit.

From Scientific American • Nov. 26, 2021

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 Cooper, Michael D., [pseud.]

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