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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.
The way in which a ï¬rm assigns tasks to. workers yields the division of labour within the ï¬rm. In this setting, on the one hand, a. more extensive division of labour raises productivity because the returns to time spent. on tasks are generally greater to workers who concentrate on a narrower range of tasks.