Emile Durkheim asserted that it was a prerequisite for the growth of organic solidarity in a modern culture, and wrote about it "in society" in one of his works.  
Karl Marx distinguished between its appearance in society as a whole among autonomous parties, and its appearance under the authority of a dominant party. Emile Durkheim asserted that it was a prerequisite for the growth of organic solidarity in a modern culture, and wrote about it "in society" in one of his works.  Perhaps the best-known example of it is  the set of 18 separate operations in a pin factory cited in a 1776 work.  FTP, name this sociological concept, the separation of tasks for maximum efficiency.
Karl Marx distinguished between its appearance in society as a whole among autonomous parties, and its appearance under the authority of a dominant party.
division of labor