Off shoring of Tasks: Taylorism Versus Toyotism

摘要

DIVISION of labour has been an important source of productivity gains since the first human beings engaged in hunting and gathering. Indeed, one of the most striking trends in economic development since pre-historic times is the deepening division of labour all the way from within self-sufficient households to global value chains. The development has taken place in fits and spurts following the opening of new transport routes, innovations in transport and communications technology and innovations in management and work organisation. The most recent turn in this spiral of expanding markets and deepening division of labour is trade in tasks facilitated by the proliferation of the Internet and its rapidly growing capacity for information transmission.