In The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith argued for the economic advantages of __________, the breakdown of jobs into narrow and repetitive tasks.
A) assembly lines
B) job redesign
C) division of labour
D) scientific management
E) job rotation

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In The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith promotes the idea of division of labor as a way to maximize productivity and efficiency through the specialization of tasks. Assembly lines, job redesign, and scientific management came later as methods to further increase efficiency in the execution of divided labor. Job rotation, on the other hand, involves the movement of employees through different roles and tasks to broaden their skills and knowledge, which is the opposite of Smith's focus on narrow specialization.

In the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith Argued for the Economic