Division of Labour

1. Division of Labour

2. Contents • Introduction • Types • Advantages • Disadvantages

3. 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. .

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Advantages of Division of Labour

9. Advantages Practice makes perfect choosing the best person to do a job Economy of time Economy of capital goods Possibility of mechanization

10. Practice makes perfect Repetition of the sametask means practice makes perfect , it develops skills in the particular job , it increases labour productivity

11. 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

12. Economy of time • Save time in training workers • save time in changing tools from one task to another increase labour productivity

13. economy of capital goods • Increase duplication of tools and equipment • increase capital goods needed • decreaseaveragecostof production

14. possibility of mechanization • Mass production means possible to employ machines to replace the workers • increase labour productivity • increase total output

15. Disadvantages of Division of labour

16. Disadvantages • Work becomes dull & monotonous • Greater degree of interdependence • Greater risk of unemployment • Decline in the quality of craftsmanship

17. Work becomes dull and Monotonous • Worker repeats the same job every day • Work becomes dull and monotonous • Worker lose interest • Decline in productivity

18. Greater Degree of Interdependence • Different departments are more interdependent because the output of one department is the input of another department

19. Greater Degree of Interdependence • Different industries are more dependent on each other for the raw materials produced rubber plantations automobile industry tyre-making industry

20. 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

21. Greater risk of unemployment • It is often difficult for a worker trained for a particular task or profession to change over to another job

22. 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

23. The End Created by : 7A Rambo Yip Fanny Wong Carmen Leung