WorksheetsDivision of Labour Review (Y12)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is division of labour?
Distribution of work among team members.
Allocation of responsibilities within a company.
Specialization of tasks and roles within a group or organization.
Separation of tasks based on expertise.
What are the types of division of labour?
Specialized and Generalized
Internal and External
Formal and Informal
Horizontal and Vertical
What are the advantages of division of labour?
Decreased efficiency, lower productivity, lack of expertise development, and independence.
Advantages of division of labour include specialization, increased efficiency, higher productivity, expertise development, and interdependence.
Generalization, decreased efficiency, lower productivity, and lack of interdependence.
Specialization, decreased efficiency, lower productivity, and lack of expertise development.
What are the disadvantages of division of labour?
The disadvantages of division of labour include lack of job satisfaction, decreased flexibility, increased dependency, limited skill development, and potential for exploitation.
Decreased productivity
Reduced creativity
Increased costs
How does division of labour contribute to economic growth?
Division of labour increases productivity and efficiency, leading to economic growth.
Division of labour has no impact on productivity and efficiency, leading to economic growth.
Division of labour decreases productivity and efficiency, leading to economic growth.
Division of labour increases costs and decreases efficiency, leading to economic growth.
What is meant by specialized division of labour?
Division of work tasks into specialized roles or functions.
Assigning work tasks randomly to different roles or functions.
Combining work tasks into one role or function.
Division of work tasks into general roles or functions.
What is the role of division of labour in increasing productivity?
Division of labour has no impact on productivity.
Division of labour decreases productivity by limiting individuals to specific tasks.
Division of labour increases productivity by allowing individuals to specialize in specific tasks.
Division of labour increases productivity by allowing individuals to work on multiple tasks simultaneously.
What are the social benefits of division of labour?
Decreased productivity, lack of specialization, inefficiency, competition, independence, social disintegration, and individualism.
Increased productivity, specialization, efficiency, cooperation, interdependence, social cohesion, and teamwork.
Reduced productivity, lack of specialization, inefficiency, conflict, independence, social disintegration, and individualism.
Limited productivity, lack of specialization, inefficiency, competition, independence, social disintegration, and individualism.
What are the economic benefits of division of labour?
Increased productivity, specialization, efficiency, and innovation.
Limited productivity, diversification, inefficiency, and stagnation.
Reduced productivity, generalization, inefficiency, and imitation.
Decreased productivity, lack of specialization, inefficiency, and stagnation.
How does division of labour affect job satisfaction?
Division of labour only negatively affects job satisfaction.
Division of labour always leads to increased job satisfaction.
Division of labour can both positively and negatively affect job satisfaction.
Division of labour has no impact on job satisfaction.
