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.