Analyze operations to evaluate performance of a company or its staff in meeting objectives or to determine areas of potential cost reduction, program improvement, or policy change.

“Analyze operations to evaluate performance of a company or its staff in meeting objectives or to determine areas of potential cost reduction, program improvement, or policy change.” is a core task performed by Chief Executives. Among the occupation's 31 rated tasks, workers place it 25th by importance (#7 most important). About 99% 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.

• Analyze data to improve operations. in Analyzing Data or Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

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 0.50. Automation potential label: T2.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.049% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 70% of that use is work-related
• Most common interaction: task iteration
• Average autonomy of the AI: 3.7 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 92% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Working with AI vs. handing it off

Of the AI conversations mapped to this task, the split between people working alongside AI and people delegating the task to it.

How people interact with AI on this task

Other tasks in this occupation

• Direct or coordinate an organization's financial or budget activities to fund operations, maximize investments, or increase efficiency. · importance 4.5
• Confer with board members, organization officials, or staff members to discuss issues, coordinate activities, or resolve problems. · importance 4.3
• Prepare budgets for approval, including those for funding or implementation of programs. · importance 4.3
• Direct, plan, or implement policies, objectives, or activities of organizations or businesses to ensure continuing operations, to maximize returns on investments, or to increase productivity. · importance 4.2
• Prepare or present reports concerning activities, expenses, budgets, government statutes or rulings, or other items affecting businesses or program services. · importance 4.2
• Implement corrective action plans to solve organizational or departmental problems. · importance 4.1
• Direct or coordinate activities of businesses or departments concerned with production, pricing, sales, or distribution of products. · importance 4.1
• Direct human resources activities, including the approval of human resource plans or activities, the selection of directors or other high-level staff, or establishment or organization of major departments. · importance 4.1
• Appoint department heads or managers and assign or delegate responsibilities to them. · importance 4.1
• Interpret and explain policies, rules, regulations, or laws to organizations, government or corporate officials, or individuals. · importance 4.1
• Review reports submitted by staff members to recommend approval or to suggest changes. · importance 4.1
• Nominate citizens to boards or commissions. · importance 4.1
• Negotiate or approve contracts or agreements with suppliers, distributors, federal or state agencies, or other organizational entities. · importance 4.1
• Establish departmental responsibilities and coordinate functions among departments and sites. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the Chief Executives 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
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

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  title  = {Analyze operations to evaluate performance of a company or its staff in meeting objectives or to determine areas of potential cost reduction, program improvement, or policy change.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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}