Meet with managers, vendors, and others to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.

“Meet with managers, vendors, and others to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.” is a core task performed by Computer and Information Research Scientists. Among the occupation's 15 rated tasks, workers place it 11th by importance (#5 most important). About 87% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Coordinate with others to resolve problems. in Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Analyze problems to develop solutions involving computer hardware and software. · importance 4.2
• Apply theoretical expertise and innovation to create or apply new technology, such as adapting principles for applying computers to new uses. · importance 3.9
• Assign or schedule tasks to meet work priorities and goals. · importance 3.8
• Maintain network hardware and software, direct network security measures, and monitor networks to ensure availability to system users. · importance 3.7
• Design computers and the software that runs them. · importance 3.6
• Conduct logical analyses of business, scientific, engineering, and other technical problems, formulating mathematical models of problems for solution by computers. · importance 3.6
• Evaluate project plans and proposals to assess feasibility issues. · importance 3.5
• Participate in multidisciplinary projects in areas such as virtual reality, human-computer interaction, or robotics. · importance 3.4
• Consult with users, management, vendors, and technicians to determine computing needs and system requirements. · importance 3.4
• Direct daily operations of departments, coordinating project activities with other departments. · importance 3.3
• Develop and interpret organizational goals, policies, and procedures. · importance 3.2
• Develop performance standards, and evaluate work in light of established standards. · importance 3.1
• Participate in staffing decisions and direct training of subordinates. · importance 3.0
• Approve, prepare, monitor, and adjust operational budgets. · importance 2.8

See all tasks on the Computer and Information Research Scientists page.

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.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-task-14628,
  title  = {Meet with managers, vendors, and others to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-14628}
}