20 marks
Q13 Weigh up the gains from division of labour, taking Adam Smith's pin factory as the illustration (evaluate).
Edexcel · 9EC0 / 8EC0 / WEC11–14
Division of labour comes up in 6 questions across the Edexcel A Level, AS and International A Level past papers (9EC0 / 8EC0 / WEC11–14), worth 30 marks between them. They run from 2016 to 2020 and appear on A Level Paper 1, AS Level Paper 1, International A Level Unit 1.
Tariffs run from 1 to 20 marks. The commonest instructions are Explain (3), Identify (MCQ) (2), Evaluate (1). Specification points covered: 1.1.5, 1.3.1.5.
Q13 Weigh up the gains from division of labour, taking Adam Smith's pin factory as the illustration (evaluate).
Q1(a) Name the economist chiefly linked to the gains from specialisation and division of labour (Adam Smith / Friedrich Hayek / John Maynard Keynes / Karl Marx).
Q1(b) Give one benefit that dividing up labour brings to carmaking, set against Henry Ford's 1913 moving assembly line.
Q5(c) Give one benefit a business gains by organising its production around division of labour.
Q1(a) The likeliest outcome of deeper division of labour in smartphone assembly (less boredom / less specialised kit / cheaper per unit / costlier training).
Q1(b) Explain the role money plays in making specialisation work better when smartphones are produced.
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