Who invented the concept of specialization?
The specialization theory was devised by Adam Smith. Broke large jobs into smaller jobs then would assign jobs to workers. First recognized in Adam's Smiths book "Wealth of Nations," published in 1776. The specialization theory is better known as division of labor.
What started specialization?
Specialization, along with the complementary concept of the division of labor, occurs when the innate inequalities of human productive output are intensified along different skills. An individual becomes economically specialized when he focuses his productive efforts on an increasingly narrow range of tasks.
