Advantages & Disadvantages of Division of Labour


	Advantages & Disadvantages of DA
	AdvantagesGetting Started Increased productivity(higher output per worker per hour) Higher living standards Increased productivity leads to reduced cost per unit of output and therefore increases efficiency. Worker becomes highly skilled in a particular task due to repitition No time is wasted moving from one job to another Less time required to train workers for specific tasks More choice as workers can specialise in jobs they are most suited to	Disadvantages Repititon creates boredom and monotony Breaking down the production process into different tasks makes it easier to replace humans with machines and this leads to structural unemployment Division labour creates interdependence in production. If one group of workers goes on strikes it brings the whole production process to a Holt.
	Evaluation

Increased productivity(higher output per worker per hour)
Higher living standards
Increased productivity leads to reduced cost per unit of output and therefore increases efficiency.
Worker becomes highly skilled in a particular task due to repitition
No time is wasted moving from one job to another
Less time required to train workers for specific tasks
More choice as workers can specialise in jobs they are most suited to

Repititon creates boredom and monotony
Breaking down the production process into different tasks makes it easier to replace humans with machines and this leads to structural unemployment
Division labour creates interdependence in production. If one group of workers goes on strikes it brings the whole production process to a Holt.

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