HENRY

Whether you think you can or think you cant

You are Right.

Background

Ford Motor Company and Father of modern assembly lines. Obsession for his vision Prolific inventor Richest and best-known people in the world. Consumerism as the key to peace.

Personality
Charismatic leader. He wasn't a "behind-the-scenes" kind of executive. Forceful, outspoken personality. Wide-ranging interests. Ford was an expression used for selfreliance.

Vision for a better society

Personal motto of "Help the Other Fellow. He preferred to provide opportunities for people to help themselves, rather than conventional charity. Liberal innovations Ford implemented within his company:

The $5 workday; Opportunities for the physically and mentally handicapped Educational facilities at the workplace "Sociological Department"

Leadership style

The importance of trusting people and nurturing their creativity

Paternalistic dictator
Unusual hiring methods.

Businesses are not cash cows Welfare Capitalism

ACHIVEMENTS

Bringing Cars to the Common Man. Dealer-franchise system. Assembly line system of manufacturing. Gas stations. Worlds best interstate highway system. His cars were sold in 33 countries. By the late 1920s Ford owned rubber plantations in South America, fleet of ships, a railroad, coal & ironore mines, and thousands of acres of timberland

Honors

Ford was among 18 Widely Admired People of the 20th Century. Car Entrepreneur of the Century Award of the Grand Cross of the German Eagle.

Critical Analysis Of his Personality his prized Model T. He refused any kind of innovation with
customer can go to hell, he can have any color as long as it's black. His devotion to Adolf Hitler. Stubbornness. He was sued by his shareholders for diverting company profits into expansion without consulting them. spy on managers. 'history is bunk Transformed workers into robots.
Labor unions
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Self-destructiveness

Final Words

An original, far-reaching vision that carries with it the potential to change the world; and an obsessive attention to detail that can drive other people mad. "My Life and Work "You are not 'saving' when you prevent yourself from becoming more productive. You are really taking away from your ultimate capital; you are taking away the value of one of nature's investments."