Division of labor refers to the process where individual employees and their...
The increasing specialization of occupations and specific tasks within occupations. The Division of Labor becomes more evident with increasing industrialism and modernity in societies.
Splitting a production process across multiple workers, each performing a different task repeatedly rather than having a single worker perform all tasks. Adam Smith (1776) pointed out the increased productivity that can result, as well as the potential for gains from trade when division of labor takes place across countries.
the set of rules found in all societies dictating how the day to day tasks are assigned to the various members of a society.
An arrangement in which workers perform only one or a few steps in a larger production process (as when working on an assembly line).
the division of production into various parts in which different groups of workers specialize.
Assigning of specific tasks to workers and productive resources; it is a reflection of economic specialization.
a document that lists all the tasks to be performed for completion and execution of the project with the names of the person(s) responsible for each task and the date(s) that the task(s) will be completed
The organization of production of a single good into separate tasks in which people specialize.
Breaking down a job into small tasks which might be performed by a specialist.
The process whereby workers perform only a single or a very few steps of a major production task (as when working on an assembly line.)
workers perform only one or a few of the many steps in a production process. Division of labor like that used on an assembly line is a form of specialization.