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The Development of Human Civilization (2) : The Age of Industrial
By admin | October 8, 2009
Fernand Braudel (Sanderson, 2003: 191) classified industrial activities into four, First is family business. Every business is usually led by employer who employs two or three pitcher and one or two internship workers. The work division is very simple, or even there is no division at all. Included in this category, according to Braudel, is the nail manufacturers, blacksmiths, gold traders, cobblers, locksmiths, and sandal manufacturers. It also includes bakers, millers, cheese manufacturers, and butchers.
Second is dispersed factory. In this form, trade business is spread everywhere, but one another is keep in touch. Employers provide raw materials for individual business, ensure that work has been carried out, pay wages of workers, and market their end products. These categories of industry are often found in textile factories, and also in the butchers, nail making, and blacksmiths.
The Third is concentrated factories. The workers no longer work in their homes, but they come to the factory to resolve a series of tasks under one same roof. The division of labor exists, which lead to increase productivity. This form of organization has expanded from simply making textiles, to making beer, leather tannery, glassware manufacture, and a number of other industries. Fourth, manufacturing is almost the same with the third form, but they are different in the level of technology used. In manufacturing factories, the work is done manually and finished by machines.
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