Narrow specialization of tasks within a production process so that each worker can become a specialist in doing one thing, especially on an assembly line. In traditional industries (see sunset industries), division of labor is a major motive force for economic-growth. However, in the era of mass customization (which requires multiple skills and very short machine change-over time), division of labor has become much more flexible. Also called specialization of labor.
Use 'division of labor' in a Sentence
Due to the division of labor all of our employees were very proficient in their tasks because they were able to focus on learning only specific things.
Division of Labor was first perfected on the assembly lines which were invented by the car manufacturer Henry Ford in the early 1900's.
In our household the division of labor results in my brother taking out the trash and mowing the lawn and my sister and I responsible for washing the dishes and doing the laundry.
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