Employment And Industry Flashcards
explain the 3 employment categories
primary: getting raw materials/resources directly from the land or sea
eg fisherman, miner, lumberjack, farmer
secondary: manufactoring - making things, processing, processing, building, etc
eg. factory worker, baker, craft industry, tailer, building worker
tertiary: jobs that provide a service, sales people, shopkeeper, marketing, doctors, teachers, bankers
what is formal/informal sector?
formal: people who work for a company or someone else, they have a fixed wage and legal rights
informal: people who work by themselves at whatever time they want and have no fixed wage
which industry is bigger: formal/informal?
formal
what is the difference between workers in formal/informal sector?
usually the formal sector has more men and more educated people and adults. Informal sector has more women and children
what are advantages of the informal sector?
no taxes
work when you want
don’t have a boss
what are advantages of the formal sector?
fixed wage
better living conditions
more rights
what are the inputs in an industry?
capital technology energy supply labour machinery government supply land enterprise
what are the processes in an industry?
packaging
smelting
what are the outputs in an industry?
by-products
finished goods
industrial location: case study
what and where?
BMW Assembly Plant in Dingolfing
industrial location: case study
why is it a good location?
- flat land
- farm land is cheap
- lots of space available (storage, cars are big & can’t have tall building as its too difficult to take cars up
- infrastructure near (highways, cities, railways)
- near river (for water supply)
- power station near (energy supply)
- cities near
- middle of europe, easier to trade in all directions
- close to munich (which is main centre for BMW)
industrial location: case study
facts and figures
about 3km from Dingolfing
dam: Stauer Dingolfing
industrial location: case study
what might be a problem of that location?
land is flat and near a river so flooding might occur
what types of industry are there?
large scale or small scale
heavy industry (heavy raw materials + pollution) or light industry( light raw materials + not so polluting)
raw material oriented (near raw material)
or
market oriented (near the market)
fordist or flexible (makes diff things)
national or TNC (trans national company)
processing (making from raw materials)
or
assembly (putting parts together)
why do companies produce worldwide?
reduce transport costs
produce where labour is cheap
produce where workers are: cheap, skilled, educated
close to growing markets
to design for local markets
avoid import taxes and tariffs
advantage of government support in other countries
move to safe/stable countries
