Individual employees specialize in doing part of an activity rather than the entire activity.

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What are the four contingency variables that an organization's structure depends on?
A) strategy, size, technology, and equity
B) management, technology, equity, and degree of environmental uncertainty
C) management, funding, technology, and degree of environmental uncertainty
D) strategy, size, technology, and environmental uncertainty

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What is the work specialization?

Work specialization, sometimes called a division of labor, refers to the degree to which an organization divides individual tasks into separate jobs. It allows the manager to take complex tasks and break them down into smaller, more precise tasks that individual workers can complete.

What is it called when dividing work activities into separate job tasks?

Organizational structure defines how job tasks are formally divided, grouped, and coordinated. The structure of an organization usually features six different elements: Work specialization.

What is specialization in organizational structure?

Specialization refers to individuals and organizations focusing on the limited range of production tasks they perform best. This specialization requires workers to give up performing other tasks at which they are not as skilled, leaving those jobs to others who are better suited for them.

Which statement accurately defines work specialization group of answer choices?

Which statement accurately defines work specialization? It is the degree to which tasks are grouped together. Individual employees specialize in doing part of an activity rather than the entire activity.