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General and Operations Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate the operations of public or private sector organizations, overseeing multiple departments or locations. Duties and responsibilities include formulating policies, managing daily operations, and planning the use of materials and human resources, but are too diverse and general in nature to be classified in any one functional area of management or administration, such as personnel, purchasing, or administrative services. Usually manage through subordinate supervisors. Excludes First-Line Supervisors.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Review financial statements, sales or activity reports, or other performance data to measure productivity or goal achievement or to identify areas needing cost reduction or program improvement.People already use AI for this at work
- 02Direct and coordinate activities of businesses or departments concerned with the production, pricing, sales, or distribution of products.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Direct administrative activities directly related to making products or providing services.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Prepare staff work schedules and assign specific duties.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Direct or coordinate financial or budget activities to fund operations, maximize investments, or increase efficiency.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Plan or direct activities, such as sales promotions, that require coordination with other department managers.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Perform personnel functions, such as selection, training, or evaluation.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Establish or implement departmental policies, goals, objectives, or procedures in conjunction with board members, organization officials, or staff members.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Monitor suppliers to ensure that they efficiently and effectively provide needed goods or services within budgetary limits.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Manage the movement of goods into and out of production facilities to ensure efficiency, effectiveness, or sustainability of operations.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss14%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
48%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 33% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 33% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
AI touches every main task of this job in some way. Your edge is judgment: knowing when AI’s work is right, and checking it before it counts.