Disney Division Of Labor Essay

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Matthew, Disney has always been in the forefront of cartoon animation since the early 1900 and to make their animation come to life Disney has created their theme parks (Bert, 2013). Disney’s dream has always been to create that happiest place on earth for children and adults of all ages (Bert, 2013). Disney’s mission has always been placed on innovation, support, education, and entertainment (Bert, 2013). Disney University is the starting point were all future workers of the theme pack go to receive training before starting work, even ticket takers (Bert, 2013). Disney has a greater opportunity as a larger-scale organization for specialization and division of labor (Thomas & Maurice, 2010). Disney hires specialized engineers, developers, and designers to make their animation come to life (Bert, 2013). Since Disney asks all their workers to go to Disney University before starting their specialized work (Bert, 2013). The division of labor allows workers to focus on single tasks, which increase …show more content…

The expense of purchasing and installing larger machines to power and control the rides at Disney is less than the smaller rides (Thomas & Maurice, 2010). The larger machine rides may allow for more consumers to ride at the same time making few trips (Thomas & Maurice, 2010). Whereas, the smaller machine rides may hold fewer consumers or have more cars creating a greater need for more trips (Thomas & Maurice, 2010). Expanding the size or scale of the operation tends to reduce unit cost of production (Thomas & Maurice, 2010). As long a Disney keeps their long-run average cost (labor and capital) low, while output increases Disney will continue to have economies of scale (Thomas & Maurice, 2010). If at any point Disney’s long-run average cost starts to rise while output is increasing then Disney will have diseconomies of scale (Thomas & Maurice,

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