8. Since 1980, many factories have increase production while simultaneously reducing their number of employees. This increase in efficiency has largely been
the result of *
A)communism
B)subsidies
C)automation
D)Offshoring

C). Automation

Explanation:

'Automation' is characterized as the process where the manufacturing units and industries largely rely upon the automatic technological devices and equipment for producing goods, as well as services. Such application of technology to the production sector requires little or no human intervention that leads to the reduction in the number of employees despite having an increased rate of production with efficacy, reliability, and efficiency. Thus, this enhanced efficiency in production is clearly the product of 'automation' through minimizing human input and reliability on technological devices, equipment, and machines. Hence, option C is the correct answer.

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