CONCEPTS: Division of Labor

Division of Labour ( DOL )  / Division of Work ( DOW ) 
 

What is DOL ? How the concept  needs to be understood ?

Dvision of labour is  NOT dividing the work among the workers.. NO. Not at all.. Most of the students write this answers in their answer sheets. Work distribution is not Division..!

Division of Labour may be appropriately / in other name is  called Division of WORK. I believe that this uis the best NAME to call rather than DOL..


What is DOL / DOW..?

It is a processs of dividing, dividing and dividing ...  continously the work . In this process work turns in to smaller and smaller  components.. This process takes the given sequence of forms....

Work  -  Jobs - Activities - Tasks - Elements..

Dividing and dividing .. is the fundamental process of modern management. Organizations achieve Efficiency and Effectivenss thruogh this process.. this is called .. modern manageemnt technique.

Some questions ..

1. Why to divide..the work ? Canot  the work done without dividing? .. Why it should be divided further and further.. so that work becomes elements.. ? There is reason for this.. Think of it..

2. DOL X Craftsmanship

Opposite of DOL is Craftsmanship.. It  is the process of carrying out given  work without dividing. This process is exactly opposite of DOL/ DOW. Here work is not divided.

Examples are millions... Road side shoe maker / bread maker / tailor  etc. These people never divide the work..

3. What are the dis advantages of Craftsmanship ?

Happiness ! 

Swaraj !

3.1 Work becomes Secret:. No ones else except the WORKER / CRAFTSMAN Knows.......

 - What is there in the work . S / he alone knows it.. 
- How much time  takes to do the work?
- How to do the work ? 

Out of craftsmanship -  craftsman ( worker ) left with the possibility ( ! )  to do some manipulation with others .. especially organisaitons.. 

3.2 Strong Skills are needed to do the work.. Why this is .. think of it..

3.3  The process is IDIOSYNCRATIC + UNSCIENTIFIC + UNSYSTEMATIC.. etc.

4. Divison of L A B O U R E R S

Division of LABORERS  is NOT the same as Division of Labor . Important to NOTE this.. 

More on this concept is there in other blog.. titled.. Division of Laborers.. Read it... there..

 

All the Best..