specialization
World History
(noun)
A process where laborers focused on one specialty area rather than creating all needed items.
Business
(noun)
The ability to focus on one specific task, and create an advantage through excelling at this task.
(noun)
The process of specializing.
Sociology
(noun)
applying to some specialty or limited object; assigning to a specific use; as, specialized knowledge
Examples of specialization in the following topics:
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The Reasoning of Specialization
- Gathering together into communities for the mutual achievement of common goals succeeds because each person specializes in practice.
- Specialization is the separation of tasks within a system.
- In a multicellular creature, cells are specialized for functions such as bone construction or oxygen transport.
- In both cases, specialization enables the accomplishment of otherwise unattainable goals.
- People who specialize in construction build office buildings to house people who specialize in other things, like finance.
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Speeches for Special Occasions
- As the name implies, special occasion speeches are speeches that are given on special occasions.
- Special occasion speeches are usually shorter than informative or persuasive speeches.
- Special occasion speeches might inform the audience.
- The toasts that are given at a wedding are an example of special occasion speeches.
- Differentiate a special occasion speech from an informative or persuasive speech
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Being a Special Education Teacher
- Working with students with learning differences or special needs can be extremely enriching and rewarding.
- If you are considering becoming a special education teacher, you should be aware of the purpose of special education, the components of an IEP and the credentials required for the profession.
- Special education or special needs education is the education of students with special needs or learning disabilities in a way that addresses the students' individual differences and needs.
- Government-run schools provide special education in varying degrees from the least restrictive settings, such as full inclusion, to the most restrictive settings, such as segregation in a special school.
- Though certification requirements vary from state to state, all public school systems require applicants to obtain a four year degree in special education or a master's degree in special education in order to be considered for special education teaching positions.
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Benefits of Specialization
- However, specialization can have both positive and negative effects on a nation's economy.
- The effects of specialization (and trade) include:
- They simply are more skilled at making the product because they have specialized in it.
- Countries become better at making the product they specialize in.
- As a whole, economists generally support specialization and trade between nations.
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German Nouns
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Specialization by Skillset
- Specialization by skillset can be seen in functional departmentalization, grouping workers by the functions they perform.
- Division of labor is the specialization of cooperative labor in specific, circumscribed tasks and like roles.
- One can see specialization by skillset being used in functional departments, grouping activities by functions performed.
- Employees within the functional divisions of an organization tend to perform a specialized set of tasks, for instance, the engineering department would be staffed only with software engineers.
- Coordination and specialization of tasks are centralized in a functional structure, which makes producing a limited amount of products or services efficient and predictable.
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Relationship Between Specialization and Trade
- Specialization refers to the tendency of countries to specialize in certain products which they trade for other goods, rather than producing all consumption goods on their own.
- Countries produce a surplus of the product in which they specialize and trade it for a different surplus good of another country.
- Rather than absolute advantage, comparative advantage is the driving force of specialization.
- When countries decide what products to specialize in, the essential question becomes who could produce the product at a lower opportunity cost.
- In this case, specialization and trade will result in exactly the same level of consumption as producing all goods domestically.
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About this author and acknowledgements
- Very special thanks to the Academic Reviewer: Debbi D Brock, William and Kay Moore Professor of Entrepreneurship and Management, Berea College.
- Special Thanks to Michael Tanenbaum, Kaushik Shirhatti, and Sumeet Malik my graduate assistants and my former students, Ann Shafer and Luiz Montoya from Pepperdine University's Graziadio School of Business and Management who assisted by providing initial research on preliminary versions of Chapter 1.
- Special thanks to my former student Jay Milbrandt for providing his journal.
- Special thanks as well to Taissia Belozerova, Graphic Designer, Artist, MBA Candidate at Pepperdine University Class of 2009.
- Additionally, special thanks to Estelle Holloway.
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Complex Tissue Structure
- Animals, besides Parazoa (sponges), are characterized by specialized tissues such as muscle, nerve, connective, and epithelial tissues.
- Animals are also characterized by specialized connective tissues that provide structural support for cells and organs.
- As very simple animals, the organisms in group Parazoa ("beside animal") do not contain true specialized tissues.
- This differentiation and specialization of tissues is part of what allows for such incredible animal diversity.
- List the various specialized tissue types found in animals and describe their functions
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Importance of Division of Labor
- Division of labor is the specialization of cooperative labor in specific, circumscribed tasks and roles.
- Cooperative labor is specialized into specific, circumscribed tasks, which individuals in specific roles accomplish.
- He described the process of specialization as alienation.
- Critics however allege that international specialization cannot be explained sufficiently in terms of "the work nations do best. " Instead, critics think this specialization is guided more by commercial criteria, which favor some countries over others.
- A highly specialized division of labor is often used in factories, such as this Chinese silk factory.