Division of labor, efficient? Empirical evidence to support the argument. From: SAM Advanced Management Journal | Date: March 22, 1997| Author: Dumville, James C.; Torano, Francisco A. | COPYRIGHT 1997 Society for the Advancement of Management. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The outcome of the US Air Force's efforts to consolidate a number of aircraft maintenance skills provides further support to the efficiencies arising from division of labor, namely, worker dexterity, better techniques and machines and time saved in moving from task to task. In 1989, the Air Force embarked on skill consolidation in its aircraft maintenance department to disperse its smaller work force over its mission. An inverse correlation was noted between the effectiveness of aircraft main...

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