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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 Division of Labor in Society 1997 [1893], New York: Free Press. From the Publisher: In a momentous challenge to the theories of Adam Smith and Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim presented a visionary reconception of the social structures of production and allocation that are the cornerstones of capitalism.