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division of laborSplitting a production process across multiple workers, each performing a different task repeatedly rather than having a single worker perform all tasks. Adam Smith (1776) pointed out the increased pr [..]
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division of laborA basic economic notion that labor resources are used more efficiently if work tasks are divided among different workers. This allows workers to specialize in production as each becomes highly skilled [..]
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division of laborThe specialization of work tasks or occupations and their interrelationship. All societies have some division of labor based on age and sex. But with the development of industrialism the division of labor becomes far more complex which affects many parts of the sociocultural system. The division of labor is perhaps the most underrated concept in so [..]
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division of laborDefinition An approach to the completion of a complex task which involves breaking the task into a number of simpler tasks and assigning these tasks to specialists who generally perform only their ass [..]
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division of laborAn arrangement in which workers perform only one step or a few steps in a larger production process (as when working on an assembly line).
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division of laborThe ways in which tasks are divided among workers. Geographers are particularly interested in spatial
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division of laborThe assignment of specialized tasks to various members of a group, organization, community, or society.
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division of laborThe differentiation of the economy into a set of distinct production tasks, which are assigned to different individuals, groups, or classes, usually creating economic and political inequalities.
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division of laborAn approach to completing a complex task that breaks the project into a number of smaller, simpler tasks, which are assigned to individuals who generally perform only these duties.
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division of laborDivision of labor refers to reducing a job to its smallest components so each worker can complete one component, thus enabling jobs to be completed more quickly and/or accurately.
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division of laborDifferent cooperative strategies, usually for males and females.
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division of laborSpecialization in work; the breakdown of jobs or tasks into specialized roles for workers; the number of specialized tasks increases with industrialization and modernization.
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division of laborThe division of a complex production process into a number of simpler tasks, each one of which is undertaken by a different individual who typically (but not necessarily) specializes in one task (or a [..]
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