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Detailed task division of labor
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More output with the least input.the more you can break it down the cheaper it is
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Deskilling
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Taking skill out of occupation no experience needed, children can work things.
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Mechanical specialization (narrowing jobs)social identity?
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No, none emerging from the work itself.
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Discretionary specializationmanual
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Craftie. plumber, machinist, painter, carpenterspecialize in set of crafts and learns how to do everything in that craft
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Mental discretionary
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Historic professionsknowledge based professions.
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Types of specializations: mechanical
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Jobs.knowledge we expect an adult to have in our societyeveryday knowledge, moderate on tracit, low on formal and practical knowledge
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Types of specializations: manuel
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Craft.sense based knowledge/experience.high on practical and tracit, moderate on formal and everyday knowledge
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Types of specializations: mental
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Profession.abstract knowledge, book smarthigh on formal knowledge. moderate on practical low on everyday and tracit
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Market related d.o.l requirements
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Efficiency, flexibility, mobilitywhy?: customer is KEY. do what they want of lose job/marketno ctrl by 3rd parties, corps or unions.difficult to meet requirements: only exists in smaller local contexts
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Outcomes for specializations (market d.o.l)
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High # of specializationshigh levels of fluctuation in mix of specializations (almost dangerous to specialize in market because it fluctuates so often)unskilled semi skilled specializations (best knowledge a lot of general/everyday)
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Labor markets and careers
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Little incentive to invest in training system, works best with everyday knowledge.
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Bureaucratic d.o.l
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Rational hierarchy controlled plan specifies the d.o.lformal, written rules govern systempyramidal org of authority, each position answering to another above it. discretion given to planners centralized authority.
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B. d.o.l outcomes
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More stable specializations than market system.mechanical specialization dominatedetailed task based d.o.lchange directed from above
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Labor markets and careers (bureaucratic)
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Ports of entry open to outsiders, but movements then are regulated by criteria set by planners (work in entry level positions then climb ladder inside firm).keep firm specific knowledge in houseemployers develop career identification that is not linked to tasks of specialization
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Internal labor market
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Common in bureaucratic market...why?keeps everyone in house, know whats going on in company all the time and know you'll move up eventually.
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