"The process of introducing changes in the way work is organized and the structure of industrial production is one of the consequences of the economic changes that began at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s were changes in the structure..".
It seems the text is referring to the events emanating after the industrial revolution, thus the statement is true.
because distortions are anything that looks different on one thing, than it does for another thing. The fun mirrors in a circus are an example of distortion.