...citizens. Like every employment, it is subdivided into a great number of different branches. . . . Each individual becomes more expert in his own peculiar...quantity of science is considerably increased by it" (p. 14). When any body of knowledge and skill becomes very complex, with many ramifications, specialization...

...later welcomed "this subdivision of employment in philosophy." As in every other business, Smith said, each individual "becomes more expert in his own peculiar...quantity of science is considerably increased by it." But no one has written a more searing commentary than Smith's on the brutalizing effects that industrial...

...the basis of wealth creation through the development of specialized skills, expertise and knowledge: "Each individual becomes more expert in his own peculiar...quantity of science is considerably increased by it." (Smith, 1887, p. 12). Indeed Adam Smith presented empirical evidence that the division of labor leads...

...of employment in philosophy, as well as in every other business, improves dexterity, and saves time. Each individual becomes more expert in his own peculiar...quantity of science is considerably increased by it. what they have occasion for, and they accommodate him as amply with what he has occasion for, and a...

...Smith, the foundational principle of rational organisation has been the functional division of labour: "Each individual becomes more expert in his own peculiar...the quantity of science is considerably increased by it".14 For Charles Lindblom, specialisation is the basic defining aspect of modern government: in a...

...hranch, more work is done upon the whole, and the quantitv of science is considerahlv increased hv it. It is the great multiplication of the productions...different arts, in consequence of the division of lahour, which occasions, in a well-governed society, that universal opulence which extends itself to...

...nations, Smith emphasizes not merely the productivity of labor but its characteristic divisibility: "It is the great multiplication of the productions...different arts, in consequence of the division of labor, which occasions, in a well-governed society, that universal opulence which extends itself to...

..."trade" of a whole group of people, coexisting beside the more mundane jobs. With such specialization, "Each individual becomes more expert in his own peculiar...quantity of science is considerably increased by it." In a wellgoverned society, the division of labor leads to "universal opulence," allowing even the lowliest...

...attributed overwhelming importance to the division of labor, in the broad sense of technical progress: "It is the great multiplication of the productions of all the different arts, in consequence of division of labour, which occasions, in a well-governed society, that universal opulence which extends...

...of employment in philosophy, as well as in every other business, improves dexterity, and saves time. Each individual becomes more expert in his own peculiar...different arts, in consequence of the division of labor, which occasions, in a wellgoverned society, that universal opulence which extends itself to...