Labour Flashcards
What is labour
The mental or physical effort exerted by an individual for the purpose of producing a good or a service
Labour which involves mainly physical effort and less mental effort is called …………..
physical labour
labour requiring intense mental or intellectual effort is ……………
mental effort
farmer is an example of ………. labour
physical labour
teacher, lawyer is an example of …………. labour
mental labour
if the work done is …………………….. and ……………. it is considered as physical labour
mainly physical and marginally mental
If the work is ……………. and ………….. it is
if the work done is ………… and …………… it is considered to be mental labour
mainly mental and marginally physical
labour is …………..
mobile
The supply of labour is usually measured in …………………
man-days
1 man-day is how many hours?
8 hours
The division of labor into different occupations is called …………………
Simple or occupational division of labour
Simple and occupational division of labour is also called ……………………….
Product-based division of labour
Classification of traders, doctors, teachers etc. is ………………… division of labour
simple
……………………………. division of labour is common in small scale household industries
Simple or occupational division of Labor depression
in case of ………………… division of labour, one complete commodity is produced by a particular group of workers
Simple or occupational division of Labor
The different parts of a production process is often interested to a different groups of workers. This is also called as ……………… division of Labor
complex or process based division of labour
workers working in an automobile factory different parts of an automobile is example of ……………. division of labor
Complex or process-based division of Labor
Division of Labor is set to be ………………… if a worker other group of workers is engaged in the production of only one good or service or only one part of a good or service
Complete
A worker in an automobile factory working only on the production of the engine is an example of ……………..
Complete division of Labor
Division of Labor is said to be ……………………… if one worker or a group of workers are engaged in the production of different goods or services or in the different stages off production of the good or service
Incomplete
When an automobile worker participates both in engine production and in manufacturing the bodies of the automobile this would be an example of ……………………..
Incomplete division of Labor
When the process of production is divided between different parts in such a way that the different parts of the process can run simultaneously it is …………………….
Horizontal division of Labor
The division of Labor into successive stages of production is called …………………….
Vertical division of Labor
When different parts of the automobile are being manufactured simultaneously and are assembled in the end it is an example of ………………………..
Horizontal division of Labor
cotton being spun into yarn by the spinning department and then being sent to be woven into cloth by the weaving department is an example of ……………………..
Vertical division of Labor
When different countries concentrate on the production of different goods and services it is called ………………………
International division of Labor
international division of labor is often ……………………
Incomplete
when different regions of the country concentrate on the production of different goods and services it is considered as …………………..
Regional division of Labor
