Title: Specialisation and division of labour - Economics Help
Headings: Specialisation and division of labour
Specialisation and division of labour
Examples of specialisation and division of labour
Specialisation within economies
Problems of specialisation in production
Problems of specialisation in trade
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Specialisation and division of labour
22 December 2017
28 June 2017 by Tejvan Pettinger
Specialisation occurs when workers are assigned specific tasks within a production process. Workers will require less training to be an efficient worker. Therefore this will lead to an increase in labour productivity and firms will be able to benefit from economies of scale (lower average costs with increased output) and increased efficiency. workers specialising in a repetitive job. Examples of specialisation and division of labour
In the process of producing cars, there will be a high degree of labour specialisation. Some workers will design the cars
Some will work on testing cars
Some will work on marketing. Some workers will work on different sections of the assembly line. Their job may be highly specific such as putting on tyres e.t.c. Specialisation within economies
Specialisation can also mean that individual countries can produce certain goods that they are best at producing and then exchange them with other countries. The theory of comparative advantage states countries should specialise in producing those goods where they have a lower opportunity cost (relatively best at producing)
Specialisation requires trade.