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Developing Objectives and Strategies

Work activity group · O*NET

Developing Objectives and Strategies is one of the 41 Generalized Work Activities at the top of O*NET's work-activity hierarchy — the broadest description of what people do on the job, sitting above the more specific intermediate and detailed work activities. Across the 894 occupations O*NET rates on it, it scores an average importance of 3.10 of 5 — 48th percentile among all activity groups.

Intermediate activities it contains

The intermediate work activities O*NET groups under Developing Objectives and Strategies, ranked by how many occupations perform each. Each links to its own page.

Intermediate activity Occupations AI applied
Develop organizational policies, systems, or processes 61 56th pct
Draft legislation or regulations 3 10th pct

How AI is applied to this activity group

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study measured how often an AI assistant performs each work activity in real Bing Copilot conversations. Averaged across the 2 intermediate activities under Developing Objectives and Strategies that the study measured, this group ranks in the 33rd percentile for how frequently AI is applied — a description of how AI is used today, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

The figure is the mean of the child activities' applied-percentiles; open any activity above to see its underlying Microsoft measurements. Every occupation blends many activities, so a high AI-applied rank for one group does not mean a job is being automated.

Occupations that rely on this activity group most

Ranked by O*NET importance rating (1–5) for Developing Objectives and Strategies. Wages are BLS OEWS May 2024 national medians.

Occupation Importance Median pay Employment
Chief Executives 4.57 $206,420 211,850
Urban and Regional Planners 4.52 $83,720 43,040
Public Relations Specialists 4.50 $69,780 280,590
Chief Sustainability Officers 4.50 $206,420 211,850
Speech-Language Pathologists 4.46 $95,410 178,790
Search Marketing Strategists 4.43 $76,950 861,140
Fundraisers 4.40 $66,490 105,930
Management Analysts 4.38 $101,190 893,900
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 4.38 $62,970 620,370
Sustainability Specialists 4.35 $81,270 1,128,200
Community Health Workers 4.35 $51,030 60,730
Information Technology Project Managers 4.33 $108,970 439,380
Natural Sciences Managers 4.32 $161,180 100,870
Biochemists and Biophysicists 4.32 $103,650 34,520
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 4.28 $63,910 104,450
Occupational Therapists 4.27 $98,340 152,280
Music Therapists 4.27 $65,010 19,320
Biologists 4.26 $93,330 59,710
Sales Managers 4.25 $138,060 603,710
Training and Development Managers 4.25 $127,090 44,960
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 4.24 $84,290 11,430
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 4.22 $64,580 1,072,540
Range Managers 4.22 $67,950 25,590
Treasurers and Controllers 4.21 $161,700 818,620
Commercial Pilots 4.21 $122,670 51,830
Mental Health Counselors 4.19 — —
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 4.17 $60,060 125,910
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4.17 $83,460 53,250
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary 4.17 $101,480 9,120
Instructional Coordinators 4.16 $74,720 210,850
Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education 4.16 — —
Transportation Planners 4.15 $100,340 36,970
Emergency Management Directors 4.14 $86,130 12,570
Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors 4.14 — —
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 4.13 $76,950 861,140
Climate Change Policy Analysts 4.13 $80,060 84,930
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists 4.12 $109,840 1,050
Security Guards 4.11 $38,370 1,241,770
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 4.10 $103,960 176,420
Petroleum Engineers 4.10 $141,280 18,970
Training and Development Specialists 4.09 $65,850 436,610
Health Education Specialists 4.08 $63,000 65,150
Marketing Managers 4.07 $161,030 384,980
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 4.07 $48,660 224,180
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric 4.07 — 12,110
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 4.06 $84,130 219,010
Adapted Physical Education Specialists 4.05 $67,430 39,350
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4.05 $78,630 4,100
Regulatory Affairs Managers 4.04 $136,550 630,980
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 4.04 $58,570 382,960
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 4.04 $61,430 114,410
Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers 4.03 $167,740 210,340
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary 4.03 $79,940 74,250
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary 4.03 $76,210 13,350
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 4.01 $86,350 8,700
Security Managers 4.00 $104,690 141,090
Environmental Restoration Planners 4.00 $80,060 84,930
Compensation and Benefits Managers 4.00 $140,360 20,070
Computer and Information Systems Managers 3.99 $171,200 645,970
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 3.99 $92,430 93,680

Showing 60 of 894 occupations.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Developing Objectives and Strategies." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activity-groups/developing-objectives-and-strategies

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Developing Objectives and Strategies. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activity-groups/developing-objectives-and-strategies

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-developing-objectives-and-strategies,
  title  = {Developing Objectives and Strategies},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activity-groups/developing-objectives-and-strategies}
}

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