revision specialisation and the division of labour

SPECIALISATION AND THE DIVISION OF LABOUR

TASK

• Teams – Shannon and Natalia,

- Marisha

- Me• Time limit = 2 mins• Stack the books in the following order from top to bottom – red, green, yellow

• Bring to the front and place on the middle table.

• Specialisation occurs when workers are assigned specific tasks within a production process.

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CAR PRODUCTION INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF SPECIALISATION

• Some workers will design the cars

• Some will work on testing cars

• Some will work on marketing

• Some workers will work on different sections of the assembly line. Their job may be highly specific such as putting on tyres e.t.c.

ADVANTAGES OF SPECIALISATION

• Workers will require less training to be an efficient worker. Therefore this will lead to an increase in labour productivity and firms will be able to benefit from economies of scale (lower average costs with increased output) and increased efficiency.

DISADVANTAGES OF SPECIALISATION• If workers do specific tasks it may become boring

and their productivity may fall as a result

• poor countries may be encouraged to use up their non-renewable resources to sell to developing countries, therefore in the long term we could run out of non-renewable resources

• Over specialisation in one country can lead to countries becoming over dependent on one particular commodity, e.g. if a developing country specialises in the production of a primary product their income may be adversely effected by bad weather conditions

• Critics of free trade argue that with increased specialisation there will be intense competition to cut costs and therefore wages will have to fall. However this point is not necessarily true because firms can compete by producing capital-intensive goods with better technology.

The 4 assessment objectives are: Knowledge, application, analysis, evaluation

JAN 2011

KAA – 6marksEvaluation – 4 marks

JAN 2011

Remember there are 4 assessment objectives• Knowledge• Application• Analysis• Evaluation

• 6 marks are going for knowledge, application and analysis

• There will be 4 marks for evaluation

Remember there are 4 assessment objectives• Knowledge• Application• Analysis• Evaluation

• 6 marks are going for knowledge, application and analysis

• There will be 4 marks for evaluation