Difference between 職務 and 業務


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?




[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.

