An overarching goal such as "fix our customer churn" cannot be delegated directly to an AI agent because deciding what actions to take requires strategic human judgment. To make the work delegable, a manager decomposes the goal into a bounded task with a clear definition of done, such as "summarize the last two quarters of cancellation surveys by reason code."

Example of Task Decomposition: Customer Churn Delegation

Broad or unbounded goals cannot be delegated directly to an AI agent. To delegate effectively, a manager must break high-level objectives into bounded tasks that possess explicit definitions of done. Furthermore, decomposition separates tasks requiring human judgment—such as budget trade-offs, organizational negotiations, and personnel decisions—from well-specified tasks suitable for an agent, including extracting, summarizing, comparing, or drafting.

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