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Management Analysts
Conduct organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures, conduct work simplification and measurement studies, and prepare operations and procedures manuals to assist management in operating more efficiently and effectively. Includes program analysts and management consultants.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Gather and organize information on problems or procedures.People already use AI for this at work
- 02Confer with personnel concerned to ensure successful functioning of newly implemented systems or procedures.Mostly human for now
- 03Analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Document findings of study and prepare recommendations for implementation of new systems, procedures, or organizational changes.People already use AI for this at work
- 05Plan study of work problems and procedures, such as organizational change, communications, information flow, integrated production methods, inventory control, or cost analysis.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Interview personnel and conduct on-site observation to ascertain unit functions, work performed, and methods, equipment, and personnel used.Mostly human for now
- 07Prepare manuals and train workers in use of new forms, reports, procedures or equipment, according to organizational policy.Mostly human for now
- 08Review forms and reports and confer with management and users about format, distribution, and purpose, identifying problems and improvements.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Develop and implement records management program for filing, protection, and retrieval of records, and assure compliance with program.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Design, evaluate, recommend, and approve changes of forms and reports.AI could speed this up a lot
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 loss24%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
41%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 97% 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
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Confer with personnel concerned to ensure successful functioning of newly implemented systems or procedures.
- Interview personnel and conduct on-site observation to ascertain unit functions, work performed, and methods, equipment, and personnel used.
- Prepare manuals and train workers in use of new forms, reports, procedures or equipment, according to organizational policy.