The Breaking Up of Jobs into Smaller and Smaller Units

question 39

True/False

The breaking up of jobs into smaller and smaller units, with each worker performing fewer tasks but repeating them thousands of times a day, has contributed to health problems in manufacturing.

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Definitions:

Coverture

Principle in English and American law that a married woman lost her legal identity, which became “covered” by that of her husband, who therefore controlled her person and the family’s economic resources.

Political Participation

Involves the ways in which citizens engage with their political system, including voting, protest, and other forms of civic engagement to influence government and policy.

Tyrannical

Characterized by oppressive, unjust, or absolute power exerted by a ruler or ruling entity, without regard for individual freedom or rights.