...Henry Ford Biography Assignment Econ 220 – Entrepreneurship Instructor: Geoff Malleck Submitted By: Salvatore Curcio ID#20300001 Jenna Ortwein ID#20383970 Matthew Montgomery ID#20338248 Fatima Munir ID# 20239890 Kyle Georges ID# 20298815 “People can have the Model T in any colour--so long as it's black.” - Henry Ford “All Fords are exactly alike, but no two men are just alike. Every new life is a new thing under the sun; there has never been anything just like it before, never will be again. A young man ought to get that idea about himself; he should look for the single spark of individuality that makes him different from other folks, and develop that for all he is worth. Society and schools may try to iron it out of him; their tendency is to put it all in the same mold, but I say don't let that spark be lost; it is your only real claim to importance.” - Henry Ford What made Henry Ford… ------------------------------------------------- Questions & Answers Question: From a very young age, what characteristics and events were significant in foreshadowing Henry Ford was a truly innovative engineer with a love for machinery? Answer: When Ford received his first watch at the age of 13, unlike most adolescents, he took the watch apart to analyze the mechanical components of it. Ford was seen to all people as inherently curious, which was a key characteristic for engineering the fuel powered vehicle. Another significant event that peaked Ford’s interest...
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...The Leadership of 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”)...
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...Patrick Henry is not a very well know man today. When you ask people about him no one even knows who he was or what he did for America. In this parer hopefully you will learn more about who Patrick Henry was and see the important that he played in America history. Patrick Henry was born in Hanover Country, Virginia on May 29, 1736. He was born to John and Sarah Winston Henry. He was a figure of American’s struggles for liberty and self-government. Henry was a lawyer, planter, speaker, and willing participant in virtually every aspect of the founding of America. He was married two times to Sarah Shelton, with which he had six kids and Dorothea Dandridge who had eleven kids. Henry served in the Virginia House of Burgesses; he was a member of the Virginia committee of Correspondence, a delegate to the Virginia Convention and a delegated to the Virginia Constitution Ratification Convention. He played a protuberant part in the May 6, 1776, convention and became the first governor of the commonwealth under its new constitution. Patrick Henry served five terms as governor of Virginia from 1776-1779 and then again 1784-1786. Henry was most known for his speech “Give me Liberty or Give me Death” (Henry, P. 1775) which he gave on March 23, 1775. Unfortunately the text of this speech like most of his speech he gave was not documented until years after his death. This speech did not first appear in print until William Wirt published it in 1816 in “Life and Character of Patrick Henry”. Wirt...
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...Nacido el 30 de junio de 1863 en Dearborn, Michigan y muere en 1947. Henry Ford demostró desde muy joven unas condiciones poco comunes para la mecánica. Al terminar sus estudios secundarios en Dearborn, se trasladó a Detroit para trabajar como aprendiz de mecánico, aunque no mucho después regresaría a su pueblo, ganándose la vida como mecánico de máquinas de vapor; volvió a instalarse en Detroit en 1891 y entró a trabajar como mecánico en la Edison Illuminating Company, de la que llegaría a ser ingeniero jefe. En esos años inició la construcción, en su tiempo libre, del que sería su primer «coche sin caballos», que culminó en 1896. Se trataba de un vehículo de cuatro ruedas arrastrado por un motor de dos cilindros y cuatro tiempos, refrigerado con agua y sin marcha atrás. Este modelo no aportó ninguna novedad mecánica respecto a los que en Europa fabricaban Daimler o Benz. Su importancia vendría después, con la construcción en serie, y gracias a sus prestaciones, economía y robustez, virtudes destinadas a satisfacer las necesidades de la clase media. Henry Ford fue asentando su fama de mecánico conduciendo con éxito sus propios coches de carreras. Modificó de una forma radical las costumbres y los hábitos de consumo de la sociedad, gracias a su innovadora forma de entender la producción industrial. Por una parte, fue capaz de producir automóviles económicos y fiables, al alcance de un gran número de consumidores; por otra, transformó los métodos de trabajo de la industria, para...
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...Henry Ford At the beginning of this semester, I chose Henry Ford from the American History as the subject of my research project. I chose Henry Ford as the subject because I learned something about him when I was a high school student. And I have a car of Ford, but I didn’t remember anything about Henry Ford now. Therefore, I decided to choose Henry Ford as the subject of my research project because I want to know more detail about Henry Ford and his company. After I chose the topic, I read the tips and guidelines of the research project carefully. Then, I started to research the project of Henry Ford. First of all, I used Google to search the information about Henry Ford. I found some websites which introduce the life and achievements of Henry Ford. After I got some general information of Henry Ford, I started to do my PPT. I divided the PPT into four parts, which were overview, early life, Ford Motor Company, and later years. As required, the first page of my PPT is title page. I found a picture of Henry Ford and put it on the title page with the topic. For the second page, I decided to use it to introduce Henry Ford roughly. The second page is an overview of Henry Ford. Then, I talked about the childhood of Henry Ford on the third page. I thought that the childhood was an important period for Henry Ford after I read the resources which were from the internet. The childhood influenced Henry Ford a lot and lay the foundation of mechanical ability and leadership for Henry...
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...Henry Ford grew up on a small farm near Dearborn, Michigan. As Henry grew up, he spent most of his free time tinkering, and finding out exactly how things work. A pastime that developed thinking and logic abilities. But being a farmer's boy, he had little spare time, for there were always chores to be done. By twelve years of age, Henry was doing a man's work on the farm and had begun repairing machinery for neighbouring farmers. His father pleased when Henry would repair a harness, reset a tool handle, or make some hinges for furniture but he was not pleased however, when his son repaired things for neighbours, as he often did, without charging them a cent. It was one day when Henry saw a steam engine powering a farming machine that he dreamed that one day he would build a smaller engine that would power a vehicle and do the job that horse's once did. Shortly after Henry turned thirteen, his mother died. Henry became very discontent with living on the farm but he stayed for another three years. When he was sixteen he finished his studies at the district school. Against his father's will, Henry moved to Detroit, ten miles away. In Detroit, Henry worked eleven hours a day at James Flower & Brothers' Machine Shop for only $2.50 a week. As this was not enough to pay for board and room, Henry got an evening job at Magill's Jewelry Shop for $2 each week, at first only cleaning and winding the shop's large stock of clocks. Soon though, he was repairing them also. After three...
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...HENRY JAMES ( 1843 - 1916 ) Henry James was born an American and Joseph Conrad a Pole. Each chose to settle in England to become a British subject and for each, the collision of different cultures was an important themes. The relation of America to Europe is a central concern in James’ fiction : in major novels such as “ The Portrait Of A Lady “(1881), “ The Wings Of The Dove” ( 1902 ),or “ Daisy Miller” (1879) the moral consequences of the meeting of American innocence and enthusiasm with a sophisticated but corrupt European culture are explored by means of irony , a sustained attention to the nuances of individual CONSCIOUSNESS , and a prose style of increasing subtlety and complexity . But in their technique James and Conrad are most revolutionary .Modernist novelists sought radical redefinition of the REAL. Since the individual always perceives reality through his or her own consciousness , the contents and structure of consciousness represent the only accessible reality .A number of philosophical influences are relevant here : William James ‘ Henry James’ brother ‘ a psychologist and philosopher elaborated the notion of “pure experience”, all reality being described in terms of SUBJECTIVE HUMAN EXPERIENCE ( and he also named the new trend “ stream of consciousness”). Sigmund Freud (1856- 1939) had had an enormous influence upon modern literature as a result of his idea that “ all mental phenomena have meaning...
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...kind before. I have ventured between America and the always great Europe an impressive number of times and plan on being stamped at different country boundaries until my pages are worn to the core, and I am an inked mess. “Incredible, Sir this passport is quite weathered. I see you have been many the miles.” “Mr. Henry James is my name and thank you. I take great pride in my travels for they provide one with experience and insight.” With a hard stamp my pages were once again marked with the disgraceful American ink, but either way I was glad to add another traveler’s mark to my collection. As Henry continued to talk about his travels and writing, he waved me around like a trophy to behold. Although glad to be seen and treasured, I wished he would put me away and we could start exploring some more. Getting into the carriage, he slipped me into the breast pocket of his coat which was my absolute favorite spot because it was the closest to his heart. With the crack of the whip, neigh of the horses, and jerk of the wagon we were off again to spend our precious time in the almost never lovely America. Longing to return to the civilized culture of Europe, Henry patted me in his breast pocket to make sure I was still safe and to reassure me we would be...
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...Henry Ford was born July 30, 1863 to parents William and Mary Ford. He was the first of the six children that the Ford family had. He was born in what is now Dearborn, MI and lived with his family on their farm. They weren’t rich but they weren’t a poor family. They were considered to be a prosperous family. Henry grew up enjoying his childhood where they went to get his education in a one-room school and did his daily chores on the farm. He wasn’t a big fan of doing farm work; he was more of a tinker with anything that he could. When he was little he loved to take things apart and put them back together. The one thing that got him started was receiving a watch from his father. He quickly took it apart and put it back together. He wanted to see how things worked; it truly fascinated him to learn this. The neighborhood friends and family would bring their watches to Henry to fix for them. He liked dealing with the watches but the one thing that he wanted to do was deal with working on or with machines. In 1879, Henry left the farm at the age of sixteen to work in the nearby city of Detroit. He occasionally returned home to help his family with the farm. He was an apprentice machinist and in 1882 he finished his apprenticeship and became a full-fledged machinist. He was hired by Westinghouse to demonstrate and operate their steam engines on farms that were near the factory, he did all this during the summers. At winter-time he returned home to help work on the...
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...Henry Ford An Entrepreneurial Biography Throughout the birth of the automotive industry there were many attempts by assorted firms to create the first everyday automobile. However, this resulted in a vehicle that could only meet the expense of by the upper class. Due to the structure and strategy used by these firms the costs of mass producing their vehicles were too expensive for the average American to afford. It was not until an American named Henry Ford, revolutionized the automobile industry in the early 1900’s with his invention of the assembly line and his desires to produce a simple yet affordable automobile for the everyday American citizen. This biography will outline and examine the current industry, competitors and market trend at the time of the Henry Ford’s venture. As well by exploring Ford’s biography, we will be able to identify relevant concepts such as the Elevator Pitch, the 10x rule, the need for pain, competitive advantage, and the “3 C’s of leadership” used throughout Henry Ford’s prosperous career as an entrepreneur. During the early stages of the automobile industry, the number of firms that entered the market industry grew steadily from 1895 to 1907, peaking at 82 in 1907. (Klepper, 2001) It was apparent that this was a highly competitive market as the U.S was in the midst of the industrial revolution and to become successful a company would have to establish a competitive edge over...
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...Henry Kissinger Adee L. Shekar Nova Southeastern University Henry Kissinger The year 1923 was not a fortunate time to be born in Eastern Europe into a middle-class Jewish family. Adolf Hitler was busy launching propaganda campaigns and Nazism was quickly on the rise. It was on May 27 when Heinz Alfred Kissinger was born in a small town in Bavaria, Germany. Although the country had been previously known for being more accepting of religious minority groups, the Bavarian Jew, like many other German Jews, were beginning to feel the ostracizing affects of Hitler’s campaign. By the time Heinz was ten years old, Adolf Hitler was in power. Two years later, the Nuremberg Laws were put into effect. In addition to denying the Jewish people citizen, the laws did not allow them to marry gentiles and they could not hold teaching jobs in state-run schools. This was a significant blow for the Kissinger family; Heinz’s father, Louis, was a respected schoolmaster in the city of Furth. Now out of a job and faced with an increasing number of hardships, the Kissinger family left their native country of Germany in 1938 and made their way to the United States. It was during this move that Heinz became known as Henry. The Kissinger family’s move to Manhattan, New York allowed Henry to thrive and flourish in a society that, although not totally free from prejudices, was based upon the ideas of equal opportunity and freedom...
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...HENRY FORD While working as an engineer for the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit, Henry Ford (1863-1947) built his first gasoline-powered horseless carriage, the Quadricycle, in the shed behind his home. In 1903, he established the Ford Motor Company, and five years later the company rolled out the first Model T. In order to meet overwhelming demand for the revolutionary vehicle, Ford introduced revolutionary new mass-production methods, including large production plants, the use of standardized, interchangeable parts and, in 1913, the world’s first moving assembly line for cars. Enormously influential in the industrial world, Ford was also outspoken in the political realm. Ford drew controversy for his pacifist stance during the early years of World War I and earned widespread criticism for his anti-Semitic views and writings. HENRY FORD: EARLY LIFE & ENGINEERING CAREER Born in 1863, Henry Ford was the first surviving son of William and Mary Ford, who owned a prosperous farm in Dearborn, Michigan. At 16, he left home for the nearby city of Detroit, where he found apprentice work as a machinist. He returned to Dearborn and work on the family farm after three years, but continued to operate and service steam engines and work occasional stints in Detroit factories. In 1888, he married Clara Bryant, who had grown up on a nearby farm. Did You Know? The mass production techniques Henry Ford championed eventually allowed Ford Motor Company to turn out one Model T every...
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...Henry Ford: Changing Management xxxxxxx xxxxxxx Table of Contents Page Introduction 1 Background Information 1 The Mass Production of the Automobile 2 Labor Innovations 4 Ford’s Management Style ...............................................................................................................5 Conclusion 7 References 9 Introduction “More than a carmaker, more than an innovator, his company’s centennial is a reminder of Ford’s vast influence” (Wicks 2003). This line here is how many people perceived Henry Ford. Ford started one of the biggest car companies and changed the business world with the start of this company. Ford is said to have started the Modern Age with his production of motor vehicles. Ford changed how factories produce their products with the start of the assembly line. The assembly line helped Ford be the first person to ever mass-produce a product. This was unheard at that time and changed the way companies produced their products. Not only did Ford help change the way products are produced, but how employees are paid. Ford was the first to double his employees pay and it made companies begin to change the way they viewed their employees. Ford was able to make a successful company that was on top of the automobile industry for many years and changed the way the industry functioned as a whole. Background Information Henry Ford was born in Township, Michigan to William...
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...HENRY FORD : THE GREAT INNOVATOR Henry Ford : The Great Innovator Henry Ford, the man who gave America wheels, the creator of the first automobile assembly line had humble beginnings. At the age of 16, he ran away from his home in Michigan and changed quite a few jobs. He was a gregarious and well liked. He loved exploring and tinkering with devices. Henry Ford displayeddedication and conscientiousness. He put up a huge amount of effort and persisted with his dream of an automobile. He had a larger amount of drive and passion within him to realize his dream. Also by the implementation of the assembly line and then the moving assembly line shows us how organized and how good a planner Ford was. On the Myers-Briggs type Indicator (MBTI), individuals are classified as extraverted or introverted (E or I), Sensing or intuitive (S or N), thinking or feeling (T or F) and judging or perceiving (J or P). Henry Ford is believed to be an ISTJ which stands for introverted, sensing, thinking and judging. Introversion is how he directed his energy and related to his employees and also the world around him. Sensing is how he focused on the details rather than thinking about abstract information. Thinking is how he made his decisions based on logic thinking and not on personal feelings. Judging is how he oriented himself with his organization and employees and how he planned things out well in advance. He experimented with petrol driven engines and horseless carriages for...
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...Henry ford fue un industrial estadounidense, visionario, lider y fundador de la Ford Motor Company, en donde desarrolló un sistema de mayor eficiencia en la fabricación de sus automóviles, llamada Fordismo. No solamente redujo el tiempo y el dinero en crear sus productos, además contrató un gran numero de empleados que tenían un salario elevado, esto mejoraba la efectividad de la compañía, acción que era opuesta a las otras compañías de aquel tiempo e incluso a las de nuestra misma época, desarrollando el fordismo mejoraba el modo de producción, pero además dando grandes beneficios, buenos salarios y buen ambiente de trabajo a sus empleados enriquecía el negocio, pues las personas realizaban un mejor trabajo que considerando los altos salarios, por el gran numero de producción podía sacar un mejor provecho en el margen de ventas y ganancias. Cabe mencionar, que no solamente aportó a la ingeniería industrial mediante su metodo del fordismo y del manejo de su empresa, con la creación de estos grandes automóbiles a bajo costo y asequibles para el pueblo estadounidense incrementó la economía del país, pues con esta nueva herramienta para el pueblo se tenía más facilidad de llegar a los sitios, de este modo aprovechando el tiempo, creando nuevos trabajos en numerosos sectores, y aportando al pueblo estadounidense con sus grandes ideas para hacer del país una mayor potencia. http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/hf/ http://www.ingenieria.unam.mx/industriales/historia/carrera_historia_ford...
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