...Erick De Leon Ms.Thinnes English 11 HCP Period 4 26 February 2013 Model A improvements and influence on history over the Model T The Ford Model A was a upgrade to the Model t that soon became very popular. During the 1920’s there was many other car manufacturers , but Ford was the most popular and affordable to the people. Henry Ford produced many cars, but had two very popular models, these being the Model T and the Model A. Both models made by Ford were very prominent and affordable, and made for mass production to fulfill the needs of our growing society. The Model T was a admirable car during its production, but soon owners realized that it had a few flaws. Henry ford saw these small issues and decided to resolved them with a upgrade, with the new Model A. Henry Ford’s many new improvements made the Model A a great advancement compared to the Model T for the Ford company in the automobile industry. The Model A was a great improvement and influence to car history and the advancements we have today in our society. The Model T was a great automobile introduction to the United States, a mass produced car with lots of new interesting specs. The Model T had many new features to a car that many Americans had not seen in automobiles. For example the Model T had a four cylinder, with detachable cylinder heads for easy access and repair (“Model T.” Encyclopedia Britannica). Although when the Ford Model T was introduced there was no paved roads and was very rural compared to...
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...business strategies would have on the world. Henry Ford was born in the small town of Dearborn, Michigan on July 30, 1863. The town was better known as the Greenfield Township. Ford’s parents were both European immigrants. His father, William Ford, emigrated from Ireland and his mother, Mary Ford, though born in the United States had strong ties to Belgium. (Henry Ford, 2012) The Fords were a successful farming family and never had to worry about money. While Henry Ford knew at an early age that taking over the family farm would have been a safe and advantageous decision, his ambition kept him focused on other possibilities. (Ford, H 2008) Ford’s teenage years were instrumental in helping him develop is dream and his career. There were two important memories that Ford could recall that sparked his interest in motor vehicles and engineering. Around the age of twelve, the Ford’s were traveling to Detroit with family when they passed a “road engine” delivering farm machinery (Ford, H 2008). This was the first non-horse pulled vehicle Henry had ever seen. From that moment Henry knew he wanted to develop a vehicle that was not pulled by horse, and that would increase the means of transportation between country farms and major cities. (Ford, H 2008) The other significant event happened in the same year, Ford’s father gave him his pocket watch. What seemed like a simple gesture but, by...
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...goal in later years. “They introduced methods for large-scale manufacturing of cars and large-scale management of an industrial workforce using elaborately engineered manufacturing sequences typified by moving assembly lines. Henry Ford's methods came to be known around the world as Fordism by 1914”. (“The Ford Story”) http://www.thefordstory.com/ the combination of attractive product design with the efficiency in manufacturing brought them not just profits, but popularity and reputation. Some of their famous classic designs like Model T, 500hp GT, Mustangs, Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), Taurus and the best-selling F-series truck are still sold well. But Ford has been on the downhill since the beginning of the 21st century. Because of the crush of the bad economy and flawed management strategies, Ford suffered a lot and the previous ranking is now after Toyota and General Motor. It’s quite a burden to the CEO, Alan Mulally, who was elected as the new CEO in 2006 after Bill Ford stepped down. He readjusted the company’s strategy and put a plan called “the way forward” into efforts. The road is still very tough and long for Ford. In my paper, I will do a detailed research and analysis of the today’s Ford. SWOT Analysis Strength 1. Henry Ford’s celebrity effect: Henry Ford, as the father of Ford Motor Company, contributed a lot to the company, from the famous design to...
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...determines the pace of work (control over the speed at which workers perform their roles) and the duration of work (how long workers remain at their work stations between breaks). When the Fordist moving manufacturing-line was invented in 1911 it was celebrated as something of revolution in production. It allowed management to radically improve productivity by exercising close constant control over the pace of production, the flow of parts through the production process, and the role and performance of each individual worker along the assembly line. This form of production brought into being the systematic ‘mechanization’ of work designed for the purpose of improving factory output and efficiency. The performance of productivity benefits of Ford’s assembly line system of mass-production for mass-consumption subsequently caught the imagination of other manufacturers throughout the advanced industrial and developing world, and it is still in operation today in many manufacturing industries the world over. So much so that the 20th Century is often referred to in organization and management studies as ‘the Century of Fordism’! Indeed, as you may or may not have noticed during the...
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...their decision – choosing to do what produced the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people; a subcompact car that cost $2,000 and weighing no more than 2,000 pounds (Ford & Newton, 2008, p. 296), sold to 11 million customers as opposed to the only 180 people who lost their lives! Valuing a human life at $200,000 against a part that if individually purchased cost $11, Ford felt that it was less expensive to settle fatality claims at $200,000 per life – so they thought, until jury’s started awarding multi-million settlements – so much for their cost-benefit analysis. When a person comes to a conclusion on a decision, many times there are influences from outside sources that impact the choices made. In this case it is the lack of caring about human life, death and suffering. If you fall into that category, society looks upon you with the utmost contempt. People have generally accepted that death is a natural part of the human cycle. The problem is that people usually come to easier terms with death when people die of “natural causes” and have lived a long and...
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...hero and its villain. In Gary Alan Fine’s book, Difficult Reputations: Collective Memories of the Evil, Inept, and Controversial, he urges the importance of history’s villains, and those with controversial reputations, in modern society. Eight case studies are used to show how controversial figures in public memory (ranging from Benedict Arnold to Henry Ford to Fatty Arbuckle) acquired difficult reputations and the effects that those reputations had on the American people. In Fine’s introduction, he makes a case for the relevance of figures with difficult reputations. American society has a tendency to focus on reputational heroes such as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln who represent the center of American morality. Fine argues that those with difficult reputations are just as important because they represent the boundaries of morality. Portrayals of these figures as villains are thus examples for the people of what is morally unacceptable in American society. Fine then explains the importance of reputational entrepreneurs in the construction of reputations. He defines reputational entrepreneurs as those who help construct reputations in ways that benefit their own agendas. In the case of morality, reputational entrepreneurs can benefit society by constructing negative reputations for those whose actions are immoral. However, as shown in Chapter 7’s demonstration of literary circles in New York in the mid-1800s, reputational entrepreneurs can be solely self-interested...
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...BMA247 ORDINARY EXAMINATION CASE STUDY 1: WHAT DRIVES EMPLOYEES AT MICROSOFT? The reality of software development in a huge company like Microsoft (it employs more than 48,000 people) is that a substantial portion of your work involves days of boredom punctuated by hours of tedium. You basically spend your time in an isolated office writing code and sitting in meetings during which you participate in looking for and evaluating hundreds of bugs and potential bugs. Yet Microsoft has no problem in finding and retaining software programmers. Their programmers work horrendously long hours and obsess on the goal of shipping product. From the day new employees begin work at Microsoft, they know they are special and that their employer is special. New hires all have one thing in common—they are smart. The company prides itself on putting all recruits through a gruelling “interview loop,” during which they confront a barrage of brain-teasers by future colleagues to see how well they think. Only the best and the brightest survive to become employees. The company does this because Microsofties truly believe that their company is special. For instance, it has a high tolerance for nonconformity. Would you believe that one software tester comes to work every day dressed in extravagant Victorian outfits? But the underlying theme that unites Microsofties is the belief that the firm has a manifest destiny to change the world. The least consequential decision by a programmer can have an...
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...To understand the important role that business plays in the economy and its influence on your standard of living, imagine a world in which you personally had to produce everything you consume. You would have to grow your own food, sew your own clothes, cook all of your meals, and build your own car, computer, cell phone, house, and furniture. It would be impossible to actually complete all of these activities on your own. Only a fraction of these activities could be completed because it takes a lot of time and resources to learn how and to build a car, computer, house, and so forth. Time and resources are scarce, and people have to make choices about how they spend them. Because business is present in the economy, we are able to consume and enjoy many more goods and services than we otherwise could if we had to produce everything on our own. You eat food that is grown and often prepared by someone else. Your clothes are sewn by someone else. Your car, MP3 player, computer, and cell phone were produced by someone else. The movies you watch and the music you listen to were all created by someone else. If you produced everything on your own, you would have little access to medical and dental care. These items are a part of everyday life and would not be available if not for markets and business. For-profit and nonprofit organizations play important roles in the economy. For-profit organizations produce goods and services, and provide employment with the primary goal of generating...
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... Henry Ford "The great need of the world has always been for leaders. With more leaders we could have more industry. More industry, more employment and comfort for all." –Henry Ford Introduction Henry Ford was the creator of one of the largest automobile manufacturing companies, influencing society in a number of ways and forever changing the face of the auto industry. One of the reasons for his success was the high priority he placed on his employees’ satisfaction. While Ford had much strength he also had weaknesses that held the company back and threatened to destroy it at times. Ford was a notable member of society and a great peace promoter. Ford’s business style and leadership skills throttled him to success. Background Henry Ford was born in 1863 to farmers in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford grew up living on the farm and attending school, neither of which he was satisfied with (“Henry Ford: The Innovator”). At the age of ...
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...fears of the demise of today’s consumer society, rise in use of technology, and reliance on religion entitled him to express his concerns. From his experiences in Italy under an authoritarian government headed by Mussolini to his late life in California, Mr. Huxley always, “played the role of a critical observer of accepted tradition, customs, social norms, and ideals.”(www.egs.com) Aldous Huxley was born July 26, 1894 in Godalming in southern England into a very successful and scientific family. His father was a school teacher/writer, two of his three brothers were scientist, and his grandfather had been nicknamed “Darwin’s Bulldog”...
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...21 on Sat, 5 Apr 2014 08:14:55 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and ConditionsBetty Ford as First Lady: A Woman for Women LEESA E. TOBIN Archivist Gerald R. Ford Library On April 4, 1954, the women's page of The Washington Post carried a fea ture story on Mrs. Gerald R. Ford, a young congressman's wife with a penchant for "quiet" suits and "slightly more talkative" hats. "Mrs. Ford," the writer confided, "believes that wives of congressmen look better on a speaking platform when they're saying nothing. She leaves politics to her husband."1 Twenty-one years later, on October 25, 1975, Mrs. Ford stepped to the podium at the International Woman's Year Congress in Cleveland. In a major address on the role of women in society, Mrs. Ford spoke in support...
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...Ford Pinto Case Study MGT/216 November 11, 2010 Executive Summary In the1960's, the American small-car industry had strong competition for Ford, Volkswagen and several Japanese companies. In order to battle their challengers, Ford expedited its most contemporary automobile, the Pinto, into manufacturing. Fabrication was completed in a smaller extent of time than is generally mandatory to generate an automobile. The expected time to produce a vehicle is forty-three months however Ford took no more than twenty- five months (Trevino & Nelson, 2007). While Ford had the opportunity to produce a new model that would decline the risk of the Ford Pinto from blowing up, the corporation selected not to execute the plan. This design expense would have a rate of $11 for each vehicle. A study demonstrated the innovative plan would have resulted in a reduced amount of 180 casualties. The corporation argued that they had utilized the traditional risk-benefit tests to decide if the financial expense of adjusting the modifications were larger than society’s shared benefit (Safety X Change, 2009). Ford relied on the figures; the cost would have been $137 million vs. the $49.5 million; a printed fee placed on the vehicle for damages, casualties and injuries. Three adolescent girls passed away in a 1973 Ford Pinto on August 10, 1978, after being impacted from the back by a driver in a small truck (University of Phoenix, 2007). The Ford Pinto was totally immersed in fire and the undesirable...
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...Media Influence on African American Males Keana Noyd California State University, Northridge PAS 325- The Black Male in Contemporary Times May 12, 2014 Abstract If a black man is mentioned in the news, newspaper, magazine ads, television shows, or internet blogs, it is usually related to a negative, stereotypical thought of black men as a whole. The media constantly produces images of black men as sexually-instable, violent, and unintelligent. Such portrayals ultimately influence the nation when it comes to what black men are thought to be like. If the media gave honest and positive portrayals of black men, less racism would exist because people would be able to see the black men of this world for who they really are. In this paper, I give examples of how black men are negatively portrayed in the media and suggest how such misrepresentation can be stopped; by positive portrayals of black men in the media. Over the decades, the media has become an extremely influential power tool when it comes to making assertions about certain groups of people. African-Americans are one of the media’s many victims of false generalizations that influence the world beyond the television screens. Black men are constantly depicted as sexually-instable, angry, uneducated criminals throughout the media, in which, has an ultimate effect on how these men are represented throughout this society. Such depictions are one of the reasons why racism and stereotypical beliefs continue to exist throughout...
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...Ford Motor Company a Big Three Giant As a manager of a venture capital group, whose capital gains derived from mutual fund investments, and who seek to invest in Ford Motor Company, and analyzing possibilities of investing in mutual fund profits in Ford Motor Company. The company exhibits strength when recent borrowing occurred from the United States government by two of the big three car manufacturers took place. Ford remained defiant, self-sustaining, determined, and marched forward with current capital, and succeeded furthering profits and sales of Ford’s product line. This is a good indicator of stability-singularly, but there must be an in depth study of the business to obtain pertinent data and justifying investment of venture capital. Currently completing a thorough analysis of Ford’s portfolio topics covered includes stability, weak points, seizing opportunities, and last outside influences threatening the stability of the company. Stability Ford Motor Company is a global automotive industry, which manufactures, and distributes automobiles across six continents. The company also engages in other businesses to include financing vehicles the company sells for its customers (CNN Money.com para. 1). The stock average has risen from $10.59 to $10.66 as of close of business September 19th, 2012 (New York Stock Exchange, 2012). This is a good indicator that Ford is on the rise as a giant among the automobile industry. However, other factors are under advisement, and consideration...
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...Contents 1.0 Introduction 2 2.0 Ford Company Background 4 3.0 Toyota Company Background 5 4.0 Scientific Management 6 5.0 Scientific Management in Ford Motor Company 7 6.0 Contingency Theory 10 7.0 Contingency Theory in Toyota 12 8.0 How Scientific Management impacts Ford’s Workers 14 9.0 How Contingency Theory Impacts Toyota’s Workers 16 10.0 Definition of Organizational Culture and Structure 18 11.0 Ford Organizational Culture 19 12.0 Ford Organizational Structure 20 13.0 Toyota Organizational Culture 21 14.0 Toyota Organizational Structure 23 15.0 Motivational Theories 24 16.0 Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in Ford 25 17.0 Impacts of Hierarchy of Needs Theory 29 18.0 Goal-setting Theory in Toyota 30 19.0 Impacts Goal-setting Theory 32 20.0 Conclusion 33 21.0 References 34 1.0 Introduction One of the most important human activities is managing . Ever since people began forming groups to accomplish aims they could not achieve as individuals . Managing has been essential to ensure the coordination of individuals efforts . As society has come to rely increasingly on group effort as many organized groups have been grown larger , the task of managers have been rising in importance . The term management drives from latin word “Manu agere” which means to lead by hand . Lead by hand means , giving directions . It also implies that the leading person first goes where he or she wants to send the followers (Shied, 2010) . According to Drucker (1974) management...
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