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Division of Labour. Contents. Introduction Types Advantages Disadvantages. Introduction.
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Contents • Introduction • Types • Advantages • Disadvantages
Introduction • Division of labour is a kind of Specialization. As our resources are scare, to satisfy the largest possible number of wants, we have to organize them by division of labour ~~ a way that yields the greatest volume of output. .
Types of Division of labour • There are three types of division of labour : • Simple division of labour • Complex division of labour • Regional and international division of labour
Simple division of labour • A person specializes in producing a particular product or service. • It is more common in a primitive society. • E.g. farming
Complex division of labour • A person specializes in a sub-process of the production of a good or service. • It is more common in modern society Click for examples
Regional and international division of labour • Different countries specialize in certain types of products. E.g. production of garments in HK Country A Country B
Advantages of Division of Labour
Advantages Practice makes perfect choosing the best person to do a job Economy of time Economy of capital goods Possibility of mechanization
Practice makes perfect Repetition of the sametask means practice makes perfect , it develops skills in the particular job , it increases labour productivity
choosing the best person to do a job • With different talent, workers perform different jobs. It can be able to handle the job more easily. • Efficiency of labour • total output
Economy of time • Save time in training workers • save time in changing tools from one task to another increase labour productivity
economy of capital goods • Increase duplication of tools and equipment • increase capital goods needed • decreaseaveragecostof production
possibility of mechanization • Mass production means possible to employ machines to replace the workers • increase labour productivity • increase total output
Disadvantages of Division of labour
Disadvantages • Work becomes dull & monotonous • Greater degree of interdependence • Greater risk of unemployment • Decline in the quality of craftsmanship
Work becomes dull and Monotonous • Worker repeats the same job every day • Work becomes dull and monotonous • Worker lose interest • Decline in productivity
Greater Degree of Interdependence • Different departments are more interdependent because the output of one department is the input of another department
Greater Degree of Interdependence • Different industries are more dependent on each other for the raw materials produced rubber plantations automobile industry tyre-making industry
Greater Degree of Interdependence • Countries become more dependent on each other eg.HK depends on Singapore for refined petroleum Singapore depends on imported crude oil for refining
Greater risk of unemployment • It is often difficult for a worker trained for a particular task or profession to change over to another job
Decline in the quality of craftsmanship • Mass production method used in modern factories results in highly standardized products • Fewer people will specialize in the hand-made products • Overall quality of craftsmanship will drop
The End Created by : 7A Rambo Yip Fanny Wong Carmen Leung