Darina Lepadatu

Conclusion: What the New Divisions of Labor Mean?

This chapter summarizes the contradictions and limitations of lean production, concluding that this model emerges as the new dominant model of division of labor.

Introduction to Divisions of Labor

This chapter introduces the concept of division of labor starting with Emile Durkheim and Adam Smith and clearly articulates the purpose of the book, which is to discuss various versions of the division of labor that have emerged from the previous version of Taylorism and Fordism.

New Models of the Division of Labor—II

This chapter focuses on four new models of the division of labor that developed after Taylorism and Fordism: post-Fordism and flexible accumulation, McDonaldization and co-production, Siliconism and socio-technical Theory, and shareholder value by blackboxing production.

What Was the Old Division of Labor

This chapter describes the old models of division of labor that have dominated the twentieth century. It focuses on the principles of Taylorism / Scientific Management / Taylorism and Fordism / Mass Production and analyzes the complex intertwining of social and technical factors of these classical models of production.

Synthesizing Three Models of the Division of Labor

This chapter compares the models for the purpose of synthesizing three of them—Toyotism, Nikeification and Waltonism approaches—under the more general banner of lean production. The chapter also analyzes the political implications of this model, examines how this fits the global division of labor, and finally looks at the limitations of lean production in the face of emerging additive technology.