A commercial laundry separates washing, drying and folding into different jobs. A new employee is given only one job: loading the washing machines. Which outcome is a possible benefit for the new employee?
A shorter period of training before reaching full pay
Less reliance on colleagues to complete each order
Better protection from being replaced by a machine
A wider range of skills for changing occupation
84 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Economics 1.2 Resource allocation, covering 1.2.1a Markets, 1.2.1b Allocation of resources, 1.2.1c Factor and product markets, 1.2.2a Primary, secondary and tertiary sectors, 1.2.2b Goods and services, 1.2.3a Specialisation and the division of labour, 1.2.3b How and why producers specialise, and 1.2.3c Costs and benefits of the division of labour. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.