1. SPECIALISATION AND THE
DIVISION OF LABOUR

2. TASK
• Teams – Shannon and Natalia,
- Marisha
- Me
• Time limit = 2 mins
• Stack the books in the following order
from top to bottom – red, green, yellow
• Bring to the front and place on the
middle table.

3. • Specialisation occurs when workers are assigned
specific tasks within a production process.
• http://youtu.be/Mq6VF7TSpk4

4. http://youtu.be/PkCwsKGO-2o

5. CAR PRODUCTION INVOLVES A HIGH
DEGREE OF 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.

6. ADVANTAGES OF SPECIALISATION
• 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.

7. DISADVANTAGES OF SPECIALISATION
• If workers do specific tasks it may become boring
and their productivity may fall as a result

8. • poor countries may be encouraged to use up their
non-renewable resources to sell to developing
countries, therefore in the long term we could run
out of non-renewable resources

9. • Over specialisation in one country can lead to
countries becoming over dependent on one
particular commodity, e.g. if a developing country
specialises in the production of a primary product
their income may be adversely effected by bad
weather conditions

10. • Critics of free trade argue that with increased
specialisation there will be intense competition to
cut costs and therefore wages will have to fall.
However this point is not necessarily true because
firms can compete by producing capital-intensive
goods with better technology.

11. JAN
2011
The 4 assessment objectives are:
Knowledge, application, analysis, evaluation
KAA – 6marks
Evaluation – 4
marks

13. JAN
2011
Remember there are 4
assessment objectives
• Knowledge
• Application
• Analysis
• Evaluation
• 6 marks are going for
knowledge, application
and analysis
• There will be 4 marks for
evaluation

14. Remember there are 4
assessment objectives
• Knowledge
• Application
• Analysis
• Evaluation
• 6 marks are going
for
knowledge, applica
tion and analysis
• There will be 4 marks
for evaluation