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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.
This division of labor into small, specific tasks and the assignment of employees to do a single task is called specialization. The rationale for specialization is efficiency: It minimizes the time lost when workers shift from one task to another, and it facilitates training.