City of Colfax Planning Commission will hold it's monthly scheduled meeting on Thursday March 9th at 5:00 p.m. Anyone needing assistance to participate please contact City Hall by 4:00 p.m. March 9th.
Departmentalization Grouping departments based on work functions, product or service, target customer or client, geographic territory, or the process used to turn inputs into outputs. Departmentalization Functional Grouping activities into independent units based on functions performed. (Manufacturing, Research, Accounting, HR, Legal) Product Grouping activities into independent units based on problems or issues relating to a product. (Detergent, Toothpaste, Deodorant, Coffee, Aspirin) Departmentalization Geography Grouping activities into independent units based on geography or territory.
division of labor. Narrow specialization of tasks within a production process so that each worker can become a specialist in doing one thing, especially on an assembly line. In traditional industries (see sunset industries), division of labor is a major motive force for economic-growth. However, in the era of mass customization (which requires multiple skills and very short machine change-over time), division of labor has become much more flexible. Also called specialization of labor.