division of labor
Definition
Narrow specialization of tasks within a production process so that each worker can become a specialist in doing one thing, especially on an assembly line. In traditional industries (see sunset industries), division of labor is a major motive force for economic-growth. However, in the era of mass customization (which requires multiple skills and very short machine change-over time), division of labor has become much more flexible.
division of labor is in the Decision Making, Problem Solving, & Strategy, Economics, Politics, & Society and Entrepreneurship, Management, & Leadership subjects.
division of labor appears in the definitions of the following terms: absolute advantage, manufacture, economic interdependence, bureaucracy, market coordination, industrialization, scientific management, manufacturing and specialization of labor
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