the separation of tasks within a production process among different workers.
– It involves breaking down a complex production process into smaller, simpler tasks and assigning them to different workers, each of whom is responsible for a specific task.
– Benefits:
– skill match between tasks and worker’s talent, thus more productive;
– improved skills through repetition;
– less between-job switches;
– easier to replace worker
– Drawbacks:
– work becomes repetitive, so the boredom may lower worker motivation, and productivity and quality;
– low transferability of skills
-lack of product variety