Division of Labor Wilson Football Factory Video Questions Discussion

I don’t know how to handle this Management question and need guidance.

Please answer these questions to the best of your ability using the information that you gathered
from reading the chapter, along with information from your own work experience. Please do not
copy and paste.

1. Please watch the video entitled “Division of Labor; Wilson Football Factory.” What advantages of
job specialization (as explained in Chapter 9) can be seen in the video. Please be specific.

2. The book also lists several disadvantages of job specialization. These disadvantages have been
known to increase absenteeism and turnover. What disadvantages of job specialization did you
recognize in the video?

3. If the disadvantages of job specialization increase employee turnover, then why have these same
employees been performing the same jobs for such a long time? Please give a few reasons.

Asks you to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of job specialization, based on your reading of 9-3a, and why companies still use this method of job assignment. This argument hearkens back to Frederick Taylor, who advocated giving employees the right tool and then training them after delineating a job into its smallest components possible.