Question

Identify the type of division of labour in the industry shown in the image below.

Options

• Simple

• Complex

• Compound

• Complex and compound

Answer 1

Complex

Explanation:

In a modern mass-production industry (such as an automobile assembly line), the manufacture of a single commodity is divided into several discrete, independent activities or sub-processes. Instead of a single worker manufacturing the full product from start to end, multiple individuals or groups specialise in repeating one specific sub-task, resulting in a complicated division of labour.