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Title: My Life and Work
Contents: Introduction: What is the idea? -- The beginning of business -- What I learned about business -- Starting the real business -- The secret of manufacturing and serving -- Getting into production -- Machines and men -- The terror of the machine -- Wages -- Why not always have good business? -- How cheaply can things be made? -- Money and goods -- Money: master or servant? -- Why be poor? -- The tractor and power farming -- Why charity? -- The railroads -- Things in general -- Democracy and industry -- What we may expect.
Credits: Produced by Marvin Hodges, Tom Allen, Tonya Allen, Eric Eldred, Charles Franks, and the DP Team
Summary: "My Life and Work" by Henry Ford is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The text provides insights into Ford's life, his philosophical approaches to business, manufacturing, and the transformative impact of the automobile on society. It serves as a reflection on his experiences and the principles that guided the operations of Ford Motor Company. The opening of the work introduces the reader to Ford’s foundational beliefs regarding work and service as central to a successful life and business. He emphasizes the value of hard work and intelligent planning, critiquing the then-prevailing attitudes towards finance and profit-driven approaches that neglected genuine customer satisfaction. Ford recounts his early fascination with machinery and mechanics, sharing anecdotes from his childhood and early career that led to the development of his automobiles. This segment highlights his desire to innovate and improve production processes, setting the stage for his later successes in the automotive industry. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 69.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Ford, Henry, 1863-1947
Author: Crowther, Samuel, 1880-1947
EBook No.: 7213
Published: Jan 1, 2005
Downloads: 713
Language: English
Subject: Industrialists -- United States -- Biography
Subject: Ford, Henry, 1863-1947
Subject: Ford Motor Company -- History
Subject: Automobile industry and trade -- United States -- History
Subject: Automobiles -- History
Subject: Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography
LoCC: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Production
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: My Life and Work
Contents: Introduction: What is the idea? -- The beginning of business -- What I learned about business -- Starting the real business -- The secret of manufacturing and serving -- Getting into production -- Machines and men -- The terror of the machine -- Wages -- Why not always have good business? -- How cheaply can things be made? -- Money and goods -- Money: master or servant? -- Why be poor? -- The tractor and power farming -- Why charity? -- The railroads -- Things in general -- Democracy and industry -- What we may expect.
Credits: Produced by Marvin Hodges, Tom Allen, Tonya Allen, Eric Eldred, Charles Franks, and the DP Team
Summary: "My Life and Work" by Henry Ford is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The text provides insights into Ford's life, his philosophical approaches to business, manufacturing, and the transformative impact of the automobile on society. It serves as a reflection on his experiences and the principles that guided the operations of Ford Motor Company. The opening of the work introduces the reader to Ford’s foundational beliefs regarding work and service as central to a successful life and business. He emphasizes the value of hard work and intelligent planning, critiquing the then-prevailing attitudes towards finance and profit-driven approaches that neglected genuine customer satisfaction. Ford recounts his early fascination with machinery and mechanics, sharing anecdotes from his childhood and early career that led to the development of his automobiles. This segment highlights his desire to innovate and improve production processes, setting the stage for his later successes in the automotive industry. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 69.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Ford, Henry, 1863-1947
Author: Crowther, Samuel, 1880-1947
EBook No.: 7213
Published: Jan 1, 2005
Downloads: 713
Language: English
Subject: Industrialists -- United States -- Biography
Subject: Ford, Henry, 1863-1947
Subject: Ford Motor Company -- History
Subject: Automobile industry and trade -- United States -- History
Subject: Automobiles -- History
Subject: Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography
LoCC: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Production
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.