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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.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
72/100
High

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
61/100
High

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence83/100
Task coverage85%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding.High
73
Confer with personnel concerned to ensure successful functioning of newly implemented systems or procedures.High
72
Review forms and reports and confer with management and users about format, distribution, and purpose, identifying problems and improvements.Medium
73
Plan study of work problems and procedures, such as organizational change, communications, information flow, integrated production methods, inventory control, or cost analysis.High
73
Document findings of study and prepare recommendations for implementation of new systems, procedures, or organizational changes.High
73
Develop and implement records management program for filing, protection, and retrieval of records, and assure compliance with program.Medium
74
Interview personnel and conduct on-site observation to ascertain unit functions, work performed, and methods, equipment, and personnel used.High
64
Prepare manuals and train workers in use of new forms, reports, procedures or equipment, according to organizational policy.Medium
73
Design, evaluate, recommend, and approve changes of forms and reports.Medium
73
Recommend purchase of storage equipment and design area layout to locate equipment in space available.Medium
73
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Develop and implement records management program for filing, protection, and retrieval of records, and assure compliance with program.74
  2. Analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding.73
  3. Review forms and reports and confer with management and users about format, distribution, and purpose, identifying problems and improvements.73
  4. Plan study of work problems and procedures, such as organizational change, communications, information flow, integrated production methods, inventory control, or cost analysis.73
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding.01
  2. Confer with personnel concerned to ensure successful functioning of newly implemented systems or procedures.02
  3. Review forms and reports and confer with management and users about format, distribution, and purpose, identifying problems and improvements.03
  4. Plan study of work problems and procedures, such as organizational change, communications, information flow, integrated production methods, inventory control, or cost analysis.04
  5. Document findings of study and prepare recommendations for implementation of new systems, procedures, or organizational changes.05
Where else this work leads

Related occupations

Occupations O*NET links to this one. Relatedness reflects shared work, not a claim that these roles are safer.

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency72
Physical dependency23
Adoption pressure63
Labour-market resilience57
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence83/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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