Could you please explain the difference in meaning between 職務 ｛しょくむ｝ and
業務｛ぎょうむ｝? In which context are each of them the most suitable?
CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-04-12T13:29:55.783
46499
2017-04-12T19:21:22.697
9364
question
word-choice
Difference between 職務 and 業務
職務 refers to your **personal** responsibility/duty as a businessperson. 職務 is
something assigned to each employee. For example "dereliction of duty" is
職務怠慢, not 業務怠慢.

業務 is _business_ ; everything your company does as a whole to earn money. For
example Amazon's 業務 is online retailing and cloud computing. In the legal
language 業務 means something much broader, but that's another story.
CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-04-12T19:11:24.713
46505
2017-04-12T19:11:24.713
5010
46499
answer
[事業{じぎょう}](http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E4%BA%8B%E6%A5%AD) means business or
industry.

[業務{ぎょうむ}](http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E6%A5%AD%E5%8B%99) means work done
in reference to a business.

[職務{しょくむ}](http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E8%81%B7%E5%8B%99) means duties in
reference to one's job or position.

To break it down, 事業{じぎょう} is what your company does, 業務{ぎょうむ} is what your
department does, and 職務{しょくむ} is what you do.For example, if you worked in a
video game company, the 事業{じぎょう} is the production and sales of video games.
Within the company, you have departments like production, sales and marketing;
what they do falls under 業務{ぎょうむ}. And within sales, you have people with
their own 職務{しょくむ}, like salesmen, people writing the invoices, people in
charge of the inventory, etc.

Note that 業務 is often used to mean "business" or "commerical" like
業務連絡{ぎょうむれんらく} (business page) and 業務用冷蔵庫{ぎょうむようれいぞうこ} (commercial
refrigerator.
CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-04-12T19:21:22.697
46508
2017-04-12T19:21:22.697
9508
46499
answer