What does "task-oriented" mean?

Of a person or organization, focusing on prioritizing results above everything else, and discounting or disregarding the personal development or satisfaction of the team as a whole.

Task-oriented

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Adjective

1
Of a person or organization, focusing on prioritizing results above everything else, and discounting or disregarding the personal development or satisfaction of the team as a whole. not-comparable

Etymology

From task + oriented. First appears c. 1953 in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

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task-orientedness

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