Question

For much of the first half of the twentieth​ century, managers viewed work specialization as​ ________.

Answer 1

For much of the first half of the twentieth​ century, managers viewed work specialization as​ an unending source of increased productivity.
Since specialization was fairly new in the twentieth century, when employees were given special tasks to complete for work versus doing a little bit of everything, they noticed their productivity levels increasing. When people are able to focus on one thing they are really good at instead of a lot of things they are decent at the rate of productivity increases.