Consider the following statements about industrial work:
(A) Industrialisation involves a detailed division of labour.
(B) People often do not see the end result of their work.
(C) Repetitive and exhausting work is still better than being unemployed.
(D) Marx called the situation in which people do not enjoy work anomie.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → A, B and C only
(A) Industrialisation involves a detailed division of labour. — Correct. Industrial work is split into many small tasks, and this is called a detailed division of labour.
(B) People often do not see the end result of their work. — Correct. Each worker makes only one small part of a product, so the finished result is often never seen.
(C) Repetitive and exhausting work is still better than being unemployed. — Correct. The work is often repetitive and exhausting. Even so, it is better than having no work at all.
(D) Marx called the situation in which people do not enjoy work anomie. — Incorrect. Marx called this situation alienation. Anomie is Durkheim's term for a state of normlessness in society.
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