Improvements modest organisational coupled with greater specialisation and the employment of cheap labour brought similar, though less dramatic, resultsAn unprecedented range and For a few decades in the 19th century British manufactured goods dominated world trade. Most mass manufactured items were produced more efficiently and competitively in Britain than elsewhere. She also had the commercial, financial and political power to edge out rivals at home and abroad.This in turn brought a steep decline in prices. . In some industries, most notably textiles, massive changes took place in technology and in the organisation of production causing dramatic productivity growth.