Identify and describe two specific work tasks where people are preferable to machines and two specific work tasks where machines are preferable to people.Why do you feel people or machines are better suited to your choices?

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Identify and describe two specific work tasks where people are preferable to machines and two specific work tasks where machines are preferable to people.Why do you feel people or machines are better suited to your choices?

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In an organization, there are various tasks and activities to be done and it has both employees and machines to get their objectives achieved. However, earlier the organizations use labour-intensive techniques as labour was easily available at minimum cost. At the time of modernization, organizations shifted to capital intensive techniques which leads to high production.

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