Title: How the Specialization of Labor Can Lead to Increased Productivity | Small Business - Chron.com
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How the Specialization of Labor Can Lead to Increased Productivity
Workers Master One Task
Specialization Makes Best Use of Worker Skills
It Saves Time
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How the Specialization of Labor Can Lead to Increased Productivity
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By Sampson Quain Updated February 04, 2019
Specialization of labor is most often known as the division of labor and refers to a process in business in which large tasks are divided into smaller tasks, and different employees or different groups of employees complete those tasks. Specialization is highly desirable in large-scale operations such as car manufacturing because it allows workers with specific skill sets to efficiently perform a specific task. However, specialization is also beneficial for small-business owners who are interested in increasing productivity. Workers Master One Task
The idea behind specialization of labor is to create what is known as “economies of scale,” in which an increase in productivity reduces the average cost of making a product. When workers are trained to perfect one task rather than having to handle a host of tasks, they tend to master the one task quickly and become far more efficient. When workers are efficient, they are also productive, so one of the major benefits of specialization is that it frees your employees to focus on doing one thing and doing that thing well. Specialization Makes Best Use of Worker Skills
If you own a business that makes custom bicycles, you’d be hard-pressed to hire one employee who can design bicycles and assemble every component of the bicycles from start to finish. However, if you hire one person to design the bicycles and another person to assemble the bicycles, you specialize the labor and maximize the workers’ skills. That, in turn, leads to better productivity because you don't have to spend time and money training your bicycle designer how to make the bicycles, and you don't have to spend time and money teaching your bicycle maker how to design bicycles. More importantly, it’s highly unlikely that either one of your workers has the skills and motivation to learn the other person’s specialty, so dividing the labor is an efficient use of each person’s skill set.