For a Sociology class I took last semester, we had a group project that we were working on all semester long. For this project, division of labor and specialization were beneficial because it was too much work for one person in the group to do by themselves, so we divided up the work based on who was better on which aspects of the assignment. One aspect of the project involved driving to different locations in another town, so the group member with a car had absolute advantage in this part. We determined that he should do this task. The other two aspects of the project involved calling local businesses to find out information about rent prices, and creating a poster to present the information our group found. After discussing our strengths and weaknesses on these tasks, the remaining group member and I decided that I had the comparative advantage in calling businesses and she has the comparative advantage in creating the poster. Therefore, we divided up the labor accordingly. Without specializing, this project would have taken a lot longer to do.
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