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  2. Division of labour - Wikipedia

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    The division of labour is the separation of the tasks in any economic system or organisation so that participants may specialise (specialisation).Individuals, organisations, and nations are endowed with or acquire specialised capabilities, and either form combinations or trade to take advantage of the capabilities of others in addition to their own.

  3. Social division of labor - Wikipedia

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    For example, one community might make clothes for the purpose of exchange, while another makes tools and a third produces food for the same purpose. Social division of labor greatly increases productivity , because individuals can work on whichever product provides them a comparative advantage , and then trade it to the individuals who cannot ...

  4. Task allocation and partitioning in social insects - Wikipedia

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    Task allocation and partitioning is the way that tasks are chosen, assigned, subdivided, and coordinated within a colony of social insects. Task allocation and partitioning gives rise to the division of labor often observed in social insect colonies, whereby individuals specialize on different tasks within the colony (e.g., "foragers", "nurses").

  5. New international division of labour - Wikipedia

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    In economics, the new international division of labour (NIDL) is an outcome of globalization.The term was coined by theorists seeking to explain the spatial shift of manufacturing industries from advanced capitalist countries to developing countries—an ongoing geographic reorganisation of production, which finds its origins in ideas about a global division of labor. [1]

  6. Departmentalization - Wikipedia

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    For example, applicants might need to go through several departments, namely validation, licensing and treasury, before receiving a driver’s license. Divisional departmentalization - When the firm develops independent lines of business that operate as separate companies, all contributing to the corporation profitability, the design is called ...

  7. Sexual division of labour - Wikipedia

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    Sexual division of labour (SDL) is the delegation of different tasks between the male and female members of a species. Among human hunter-gatherer societies, males and females are responsible for the acquisition of different types of foods and shared them with each other for a mutual or familial benefit. [1]

  8. Mechanical and organic solidarity - Wikipedia

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    In sociology, mechanical solidarity and organic solidarity [1] are the two types of social solidarity that were formulated by Émile Durkheim, introduced in his Division of Labour in Society (1893) as part of his theory on the development of societies.

  9. The Division of Labour in Society - Wikipedia

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    The Division of Labour in Society (French: De la division du travail social) is the doctoral dissertation of the French sociologist Émile Durkheim, published in 1893.It was influential in advancing sociological theories and thought, with ideas which in turn were influenced by Auguste Comte.