Question

At Green Acres Fencing Company, eight employees each perform various aspects of the company's work. One person does sales, four perform installation; one purchases materials; one does billing; one performs after-sales inspections. This type of organization reflects Fayol's principle of:

A. division of labor.
B. equity.
C. unity of command.
D. hierarchy of authority.

Answer 1

The correct answer is A. division of labor.

Step-by-step explanation:

The division of labor refers to the number of different tasks in which the work necessary for the production of a good or service is distributed, tasks that must be performed by different specialized workers in each of them.

Modern economies are increasingly focused on increasing production through efficiency; to achieve a specific activity properly, it is essential to achieve the specialization of the activities. There are several characteristics of the division of labor that allow to increase the production of society in general, by taking advantage of all the capacities of the worker and the available resources, which in many cases are scarce.