labor division
Splitting work duties
Labor division is the separation of work into distinct tasks performed by different people or groups.
In economics, it describes how production becomes more efficient when workers specialize in particular operations rather than each completing an entire product.
The concept extends to social arrangements: the traditional division of labor between men and women.
Usually appears as "division of labor."
- specializationConcentrated expertise in one field
- Adam SmithClassical economics founder
- assembly lineSequential workstation manufacturing
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- shop floorIndustrial production workspace
tasks · piece work · hierarchy · chain of command · roles · job titles · workers · blue collar · worker bees · efficiency · cooperation · teamwork · craftsmanship · manufacturing · productivity · departments · foreman · shifts
labor divisiongeneralism
Pursuit of broad knowledge
jack-of-all-trades · multitasking · wearing many hats · self-sufficiency · autarky
labor divisiongeneralism
Pursuit of broad knowledge
self-sufficiency · autarky · subsistence economy · cottage industry
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