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In contrast to division of work, division of labour is the specialization of an individual workers' or organizations' skills, through education, training, and practice.
Division of work refers to the practice of dividing a job, task, assignment, or contract into smaller tasks. A division of work may also include a schedule or set of deadlines for the subtasks. Within large organizations, subtasks are often distributed to functional areas such as operations, finance, production, or marketing. They may also be assigned to individuals.