...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 was one of the first American industrialists. He is best known for his revolutionary achievements in the automobile industry. His love for automobiles started at the age of sixteen. But before that, he was just another small-town farmer. The Ford farm was located near Dearborn, Michigan. It was here Henry Ford was born, on July 20,1863. He went to local district schools like the rest of the children from his town. In 1880 Henry became a machinist’s apprentice in Detroit, where he learned the basics. Then only two years later Ford became a certified machinist, but returned to the family farm. 1888 to 1899 he was a mechanical engineer, and later chief engineer, with the Edison Illuminating Company. Ford married in 1891 and he and his bride, Clara Bryant, left the farm in Michigan and moved to Detroit. His life prospered in Detroit and with the birth of his daughter Edsel, in 1893, many people believed he should get a job that was more stable than trying to build cars. Most believed they were simple toys and would never replace the horse-drawn carriage. Then on the morning of June 4, 1896 Henry finished his first ever car, which became known as the Quadricycle. He took it for a drive around his block as many people stared. It was only big enough for him, even though his wife was excited about taking a ride in the horseless carriage. Soon she would get the experience, when he made the seat bigger and took to car out to his parents home. Finally having his...
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...Sweet, Jamie Ford presents racism as a demoralizing aspect in American society in the 1940’s, by using pathos to hook you in and demonstrate the strength and perseverance of many Asian-Americans during WWII. Ford goes back and forth between the present (late 1980’s) and when Henry was 12 years old (the 1940's). This form of writing helped show the main characters struggle with racism throughout his whole life. Henry Lee is a Chinese American growing up in Seattle Washington in the 1940’s. He lived in Chinatown but was the only Chinese person at his school. This made his day to day difficult. What made it worse was the evacuation of Japanese to internment camps. In fear of being separated from his family, his father made sure everyone would know that he is Chinese. “...his father pinned a button to his shirt that read, “I am Chinese”.” (Ford, 12) Henry wore this button every single day. His world was changed for the better when a new girl joined Rainer...
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...Ford Motor Company- Pleasing or Unattractive One of the largest American global automakers, Ford Motor Company recently changed its slogan from “Drive One” to now “Go Further”. This new global slogan is replacing its old slogan because the company feels that this innovative slogan captures what the company’s culture always has been doing since it infancy with its founder Henry Ford. The new slogan “Go Further”, resonates how Ford Motor Company as individuals, as a team, and as a company has always gone further for its customers, it dealers, and its communities. But is Ford Motor Company echoing what its slogan is believed to exemplify? Ford Motor Company started in 1903 by Henry Ford, a young man with a passion for and commitment to machinery and engineering at a very young age. Henry Ford’s passion to create a vehicle that was affordable to the common man, started with his first vehicle the Quadricycle, a horseless carriage with a gas-powered engine and then came the first Ford Model A which was massed produced to be affordable to middle-class America. This company grew from its first automotive plant in Detroit, Michigan to plants all over the world. Being a global automaker in today’s modern world, it appears Ford has had its share ups and downs as a global corporate citizen just like its global market competitors. In the next few sections, an analysis of a few facets that aren’t observed quite enough of Ford Motor Company will be observed and perhaps should have some...
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...TO: Paul Welch, Vice President of Research FROM: Colten Harris, Jackson Wallace, Easton Heigley, Daniel Gift DATE: March 10, 2015 SUBJECT: America’s Wealthy Introduction Since America’s conception, new pioneers have walked this country not with a goal to finish a map like Lewis and Clark, but to strive for “The American Dream” and never settle for less than absolute success. Each man researched is from a different time period, with different circumstances surrounding them. With different presidents, different rules and regulations, even with different life expectancies. However, all men had one dream, to make America a better place. From oil pipelines to windows operating systems, these men truly did create things that changed the lives of all Americans for the better. They are the unspoken heroes. Not of war or battle, but of ingenuity, hard work and of sound mind. These are America’s Wealthy. Findings John D Rockefeller was born on July 8, 1836. He began with humble beginnings and is a perfect definition of a rags to riches dream that many Americans that try to live by. His life at home was somewhat shaky. His father was never at home very much because he was a traveling salesmen who sold elixirs. In his early teens his family moved to a suburb of Cleveland, there he took a 10 week business course that would help him later in his life as the richest man in America. His first job was with a bookkeeper at a commission firm. He excelled at keeping track of...
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...Oh brave new world ,That has such women in it. “Men and women are not equal in Brave New World.” They have really different roles in society.They are different not only based on sex,but also on location and the situation at hand.In situation or places of power,such as the workplace,men are represented as mentally and physiologically superior to women.Which includes most situation,however women do maintain a higher standing when relating to social roles.When it comes to sexual situations,they both seem to hold the same standing.Every one belongs to every one else. At the beginning of the Novel when the Director gives his new students a tour of the Hatchery,it is made immediately clear that the students are all boys.This is the first of many hints that women occupy positions of inferior power and status in the World State.The book start out with a tour in order to show that women are...
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...Student Name: Zulqarnain Aslam. Student ID: VSS31073 Activity 1: Ford and Taylorism At the beginning of 20th century, Frederick Winslow Taylor give a concept of Taylorism, which lead to an important breakthrough s in business practice. Taylor’s idea gave the concept of advance methods of mass production and structural organization. At the same time, a prominent businessman Henry Ford started implementing the scientific management theories in his automobile industry. Ford named his car from alphabet A to S. His most famous car was model T, whose production was started in 1908. By implementing principles of scientific management, Ford Motor Company successfully manufactured over 15 million models of T series between 1908-1927. Ford’s effort decreased the cost of production, which ultimately lead to low prices of car in market. This was very first attempt to apply scientific methods in engineering processes and in management. Henry Ford based his assembly line in three simple principles. a. Planned, Organized and Continuous progression of services through the shop b. Delivery of work. c. Scrutiny of operations in to their basic parts. This was totally Henry’s effort that leads to innovation of entirely new discipline, industrial engineering and scientific management. According to Taylor, factory management task was the best way for worker to do the job, by providing them proper tools and trainings, and incentives on outstanding performances. Taylor divided the work...
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...Quarter 2013 Volume 6, Number 4 Student Perceptions Of Peer Credibility Based On Email Addresses Jeffrey A. Livermore, Henry Ford Community College, USA Marla G. Scafe, Walsh College, USA Linda S. Wiechowski, Walsh College, USA David J. Maier, Henry Ford Community College, USA ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to evaluate students’ perceptions of their peer’s credibility based on email addresses. The survey was conducted at a community college in Michigan where all students were registered and actively taking at least one course. The survey results show that a student’s selection of an email address does influence other students’ perception of their credibility. An email address that consists of a nickname reduces the student’s perception of peer credibility. Keywords: Student Credibility; Email Address; Peer Credibility; Online Education INTRODUCTION T here is a growing trend toward online education. Schools find that there is a financial incentive and students appreciate the convenience and freedom of not being tied to set class times and locations. One of the challenges of online education is that students may never meet their peers and only have contact with them through an electronic learning management system. Online students complete group assignments and may even be asked to assess the course work of their peers. Some students question the credibility of their peers’ ability to perform in these roles (Kaufman & Schunn, 2011). Students who perceive that they are in...
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...the Ford Motor Company Archives, With Reflections on Archival Documentation of Ford of Europe's History Elizabeth W. Adkins, Certified Archivist Director, Global Information Management Ford Motor Company Introduction: The Ford Motor Company Archives and the Story of the Company The history of the Ford Motor Company Archives is intertwined with the efforts to tell the story of the company. Both of these initiatives – the creation of the Archives and the telling of the Ford Motor Company story – began with the approach of the fiftieth anniversary. Company executives and the Ford family realized the importance of Henry Ford and his company in the development and progress of the twentieth century. They accepted the obligation to gather and organize the company's historical legacy to ensure that the broader story could be told. As a result, the first fifty years of the company (including its early international expansion) are fairly well documented and accessible to the public in research materials and in books. The historical record of the next fifty years, including the company's modernization and further international development under Henry Ford II, is less complete. By the early 1960s, for various reasons, the Ford Archives began to experience the "down side" of the up and down cycle that characterizes the history of American corporate archives. Most of the Ford archival holdings were donated to a nonprofit educational institution, Henry Ford Museum...
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...“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” This is a quote by Henry Ford. I chose this quote because I believe a person can keep learning all of the time. In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting White Pine Middle School and Steptoe Valley High School since these are the last two schools I have attended. I will be discussing computer usage, the classes a student would take, and my ability to focus on school work. First, both schools are similar in their setup because they use computers to drive school work and homework. At WPMS every student would get a chromebook for their school work. They were expected to have...
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...Common Principles and Practices Used to Successfully Manage the 21st Century Technology-Intensive Organization Sudheer Bhogadi CWID : 50154553 Assignment #1 TMGT 510 01E Management of Technology in Organizations Presented to: Dr. Jerry D. Parish, Professor of Technology Management Date October 11th, 2015 Department of Engineering & Technology Abstract Looking at the Features between the old and the new. New Technology vs. Old Technology. We have reshaped the innovation of the past's. Many components are performed at a touch of a bottom. The capacity of today's innovation has far exceeded yesterday's. According to Cary(2012) now-a-days organizations are "focusing on efficiency, cost reducing and growth" in the present world. Organizations over the territorial and volume range have embraced an arrangement of assembling ideas got from both mass and incline generation ideal models, and the late influx of union implies that territorial examinations can never again be made without considering the complexities affected by the different possession structure and plenty of worldwide joint efforts. In this part we audit these flow and propose a twofold helix model showing how the premise of rivalry has moved from expense administration amid the prime of Passage's unique large scale manufacturing, to mixed bag and decision taking after Sloan's portfolio system, to enhancement through administration in outline, innovation or assembling incredibleness, which denote the current...
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...Name- Reshiv Nayar Student ID – 3102380 Course Code- IRHR 1001 Tutorial Group B6 Theory of Scientific Management An organisation’s success or failure is determined by the performance of its employees and how they are managed. There are a number of approaches by which the organisation can be managed, for e.g. the classical approach, the general administrative approach, the behavioural approach, the human relations approach etc. These approaches or theories form a solid foundation for action (Boddy 2002). According to Charles Handy(1993 cited in Mullins 2005), theories assist in the explanation of the past , which is helpful in comprehending the present and thus foreseeing the future, which leads to more influence on the future events and less disorder from the unexpected (Mullins 2005 ). One of the major theories which have played a vital role in increasing productivity and boosting an organisation’s performance is The Theory of Scientific Management. The major contributor for this theory is Frederick Taylor but this approach was later on promoted by a few eminent personalities like Henry Ford and Frank& Lillian Gilbreth and Henry Gantt. Though Taylor’s theory increased productivity, it was criticized later on and due to some of its features. But even today, application of some of his principles can be found in a few industries. Frederick Winslow Taylor who is famous for his theory of scientific management published his work, The Principle...
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...ask him if he could help him with his car, the driver answer him very mad! Young man you don’t know any think about car how can you help me to start this car? the young man told him dont worry maybe I could help you go sit in your car and star it up, the driver did what the young man told him and suddenly the car run again, the driver gave the thank to the young man and ask him what was wrong with the car, the young man told him it was a little wire short circuit. The end of this tale is that the young man was the inventor of the car the genius Henry Ford. He knew what was wrong with the car but the driver didn’t know anything, his mind was dark, not only because he didn’t know anything about cars he underestimate the knowing of Henry Ford because he was dirty and in blue jeans, that I could call a bad thinking of the others people. Just because how they look and how they talk. The quote is meaningful for me because as a student I’m learning new challenges and getting new ideas, and also new knowledge in the new world of technology, because knowing is the contrary of the ignorance I could add knowing is the day of the mind. Many people think education is expensive but ignorance is more than that What makes any person an expert? Knowing, experts and professionals are...
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...Lord Ashcroft International Business School (LAIBS) MA Marketing & Innovation Ford Focus Electric – The Future of Transportation Model Title: Marketing Design and Innovation Module Code: MOD001223 SID: 1236789 Academic Year: 2013/14 Semester: 1 1 Ford Focus Electric – The Future of Transportation SID-1236789 Cambridge Attempt 1 ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY Assignment Coversheet Student Number: 1236789/1 FACULTY Lord Ashcroft International Business School ASSIGNMENT DETAILS Module Code / Occ / Year MOD001223 / C-1 / 2013/4 Module Title Marketing Design Innovation Module Element 010 - ASSIGNMENT 2000 WORDS To be marked by Submission date (by 5p.m.) 06/01/2014 Submission of this assignment agrees to the following: I understand that the piece of work submitted will be considered as the final and complete version of my assignment of which I am otherwise the sole author. I understand both the meaning and consequences of plagiarism and that my work has been appropriately attributed unless otherwise stated. I have not knowingly allowed another to copy my work. Mitigation – you have 5 working days after the deadline to submit a claim for mitigating circumstances. If there are matters or circumstances which have had a serious adverse effect on your performance in any assessment, you are advised to seek advice from a Student Adviser. Forms are available from the iCentre. WORD COUNT Disk included (tick) ASSESSMENT...
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...of fiction. It is best not to make assumptions but at times it can be hard when it seems very personable to the author’s story. In a writing such as “Commitments” by Essex Hemphill, it is suggested that he is using his own experiences to influence the writing because of the emotion in the words and story told. When I first read through I thought if the Jackson 5 song, “I’ll be there” but after reading it again it became clear that it was more about playing a role or part in the family rather than just being there for someone when needed. In “People Who Take Care” by Nancy Henry. She describes how “people who take care of people are not worth much” (Henry 3-4). In her biography it is explained how she was a hard worker. I imagine this must be how she felt or what she saw in those around her. Both of these writings take a very different aspect to their life. While Hemphill’s writing seems more personal Henrys seems more of a story about another or maybe of fiction. The biography of Hemphill describes his struggles in the period he lived about race, culture, his sexual orientation, and his place in that world (661). From this the writing seems more about having to hide ones unique self to fit in with what is expected from society. This is a battle many people felt especially those of ethnic background and, at that time, an unacceptable sexual...
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